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Marina Popovich, Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (died 2017)

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Marina Popovich

Soviet Air Force colonel, engineer and test pilot

Marina Lavrentyevna Zhikhoreva was a Soviet Air Forces colonel, engineer, and decorated Soviet test pilot. In 1964, she became the third woman and the first Soviet woman to break the sound barrier. Known as "Madame MiG", for her work in the Soviet fighter, she set more than one…
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July 30

Day of the year

July 30 is the 211th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 154 days remain until the end of the year.
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