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From 12 to 14 July 1937, Gromov, {{ill|Andrey Yumashev|lt=Andrey Yumashev|ru|Юмашев, Андрей Борисович}}, and {{ill|Sergey Danilin (aviator)|lt=Sergey Danilin|ru|Данилин, Сергей Алексеевич}} {{ill|Transpolar flight of Gromov, Yumashev and Danilin|lt=established|ru|Беспосадочный перелёт Москва — Северный полюс — Сан-Джасинто}} a new [[Flight distance record|non-stop flight distance record]] of {{convert|10148|km|mi|sp=us}} from Moscow to [[San Jacinto, California|San Jacinto]], California, via the [[North Pole]] in a [[Tupolev ANT-25]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Gromov |first=M. M. |date=1939 |title=Across the North pole to America |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Across-America-Mikhail-Mikhailovich-Gromov/dp/B0006APDGA |language=EN |location=[[Moscow]] |publisher=Foreign Languages Publishing House |pages=38 }}</ref>
 
Gromov used his influence and renown among the government to attain reconsideration of [[Sergei Korolev]]'s case, which resulted in hisKorolev's transfer from the prison camp at [[Kolyma]] to TsKB-29.
 
From March to August 1941, Gromov was the first director of the [[Gromov Flight Research Institute|Flight Research Institute]], a flight research and testing centre in [[Zhukovsky (city)|Zhukovsky]]. The name of M. M. Gromov was awarded to the institute in 1991 to celebrate 50th anniversary of the institute.