Arseny Mironov

Dr.
Arseny Dmitrievich Mironov
Арсений Дмитриевич Миронов
Mironov in 2007
Born(1917-12-25)25 December 1917
Died3 July 2019(2019-07-03) (aged 101)
Alma materMoscow Aviation Institute (1941)
Occupations
Years active1941–2019
EmployerGromov Flight Research Institute (1941–2019)
Known forscientist in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing, 8th director of the Gromov Flight Research Institute (1981–1985)
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Spouse
Olga E. Rudneva
(m. 1940; died 2017)
Children2
AwardsStalin Prize (1948)
USSR State Prize (1976)
Websitelii.ru/novosti/100-letniy-yubiley-mironova-arseniya-dmitrievicha/ (in Russian)
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Arseny Dmitrievich Mironov (Russian: Арсений Дмитриевич Миронов; 25 December 1917 – 3 July 2019) was a Russian scientist, aerospace engineer, and aviator. He was one of the oldest researchers in aircraft aerodynamics and flight testing, a Gromov Flight Research Institute (GFRI) director from 1981 to 1985, a recipient of the Stalin Prize in 1948 and the USSR State Prize in 1976, and an honorary citizen of Zhukovsky.

Mironov contributed to aviation engineering and research through the GFRI, serving as a flight test engineer, researcher, and director. He turned 100 in December 2017.