Soviet Chuck Yeagerski

[The Inspector]

Dec. 26, 1948 I.V. Fedorov breaks the sound barrier in Russia

[mustangdriver]

I heard some guy named Welshki went up just minutes before and did it in a regular Mig.

[The Inspector]

He was flying the one only Lavotchkin La 176, and being kind of a fan of the La jets I see La-186's all the time in Soviet era footage usually in flight and in programs about the Mig 15 because it's a swept wing (abeit shoulder wing not mid body) T tailed Russian jet and the producers have no idea the type exists, they use it in representative footage of the Mig. In a lot of ways it was superior to the Mig 15 but was a very complex design and difficult to build and maintain.

P.S. he did it in a shallow dive-

[Tulio]

On reading the thread's title, I thought that it was about a Russian, with similar personality traits and social skills... glad to be wrong about this one.


Saludos,


Tulio

[TROJANII]

Never properly certified, so doesn't count!

[The Inspector]

And the Tu-144 got it's Russian type certificate dated Dec. 32nd because the Government said it must fly before the end of that year 1968 to beat the CONCORDES T.C. date.

[jaybird]

You're all wrong- Adam was the 1st...the earth is orbiting the sun at 67,100 mph!