The Ye-2GG Records

This label, invented solely for the purpose of submitting world-record corroboration documents to the FAI in Paris, applied not to one but rather to three aircraft: the Ye-155R-1, Ye-155R-3, and Ye-155P-l, all prototypes of the MiG-25 family. They were powered either by two R – 15B-300 turbojets rated at 10,005 daN (10,210 kg st) with afterburner and renamed R-266 in the FAI file, where their thrust was listed at 9,800 daN (10,000 kg st), or by two R-15BD-300 turbojets rated at 10,975 daN (11,200 kg st) renamed RD and listed at 10,780 daN (11,000 kg st).

1. 16 March 1965. Speed over a closed circuit of 1,000 km (621 miles) with a 2,000-kg (4,400-pound) payload, 2,319.12 km/h (1,252.32 kt). Pilot, A. V. Fedotov

2. 16 March 1965. Speed over a closed circuit of 1,000 km (621 miles) with a 1,000-kg (2,200-pound) payload, 2,319.12 km/h (1,252.32 kt). Pilot, A. V. Fedotov

3 16 March 1965. Speed over a closed circuit of 1,000 km (621 miles) without payload, 2,319.12 km/h (1,252.32 kt). Pilot, A. V. Fedotov

4*5 October 1967. Speed over a closed circuit of 500 km (310.5 miles), 2,981.5 km/h (1,610.01 kt). Pilot, M. M. Komarov. Absolute world record

5 *27 October 1967. Speed over a closed circuit of 1,000 km (621 miles) with a 2,000-kg (4,400-pound) payload, 2,920.67 km/h

‘These records were stil! standing as this book went to press.

(1,577.16 kt). Pilot, P. M. Ostapyenko 6 27 October 1967. Speed over a closed circuit of 1,000 km (621 miles) with a 1,000-kg (2,200-pound) payload, 2,920.67 km/h (1,577.16 kt). Pilot, P. M. Ostapyenko

7. 27 October 1967. Speed over a closed circuit of 1,000 km (621 miles) without payload, 2,920 67 km/h (1,577.16 kt). Pilot, P. M. Ostapyenko

8. * 8 April 1973. Speed over a closed circuit of 100 km (62 miles),

2,605.1 km/h (1,406.75 kt). Pilot, A. V. Fedotov

9. 5 October 1967. Altitude with a 2,000-kg (4,400-pound) payload,

29.977 m (98,325 feet). Pilot, A. V. Fedotov

10 5 October 1967 Altitude with a 1,000-kg (2,200-pound) payload,

29.977 m (98,325 feet). Pilot, A V. Fedotov

11. 25 July 1973 Altitude with a 2,000-kg (4,400-pound) payload,

35.230 m (115,555 feet). Pilot, A. V. Fedotov

12. 25 July 1973. Altitude with a 1,000-kg (2,200-pound) payload,

35.230 m (115,555 feet). Pilot: A. V. Fedotov

13. 25 July 1973. Altitude without payload, 36,240 m (118,867 feet). Pilot, A. V. Fedotov. Absolute world record

14. 4 June 1973. Time to climb to 20,000 m (65,600 feet), 2 minutes, 49.8 seconds. Pilot, B. A. Orlov

15. 4 June 1973. Time to climb to 25,000 m (82,000 feet), 3 minutes, 12.6 seconds. Pilot, P. M. Ostapyenko

16 4 June 1973. Time to climb to 30,000 m (98,400 feet), 4 minutes, 3.86 seconds Pilot, P. M. Ostapyenko