Soviet long-distance aviators

Soviet aviators arrive in New York City on an Eastern Air Lines flight to meet Eddie Rickenbacker. On July 13, 1937 the three-man Soviet crew of Mikhail Gromov, Andrei Youmachev and Sergei Daniline flew an ANT-25 from Moscow, across the North Pole, to San Jacinto, California, a distance of slightly...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Unknown
Other Authors: Abernethy, Lynn
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: Auburn University Libraries 1937
Subjects:
Eastern Air Lines
inc.; Rickenbacker
Eddie
1890-1973; Air pilots > Soviet Union; Airplanes; Aeronautics Records; Airlines > United States
Airplanes
Gauche
North Beach
North Pole
Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/cdm/ref/collection/eddier/id/12
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Summary:Soviet aviators arrive in New York City on an Eastern Air Lines flight to meet Eddie Rickenbacker. On July 13, 1937 the three-man Soviet crew of Mikhail Gromov, Andrei Youmachev and Sergei Daniline flew an ANT-25 from Moscow, across the North Pole, to San Jacinto, California, a distance of slightly more than 6,295 miles. They set a new world distance record for a nonstop flight in a straight line. Caption on verso reads, " les AVIATEURS RUSSES, detenteurs du record du monde de distance en ligne droite, arrivent a New York - arrivee a l'aerodrome de North Beach, de gauche a droite: Andrei Yumashev, le depute Harold Fowler, le chef pilote Michel Gromov, Paul Borovoy, Consul General de L'URSS a New York, Serge Daniline, Mr. Oumansky, charge d'affaires de L'URSS a Washington et Charles Jaffee, New York, Aout 1937. U.S. Information Agency; photo no. 306-NT-118.046 in the National Archives"

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