Soviet long-distance aviators

Record-holding Soviet long-distance aviators in NYC. 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 di...

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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; Airlines > United States; Aeronautics Records
Bertrand
North Pole
Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/cdm/ref/collection/eddier/id/13
http://diglib.auburn.edu/images/sparcimages/101-96-066-2014.jpg
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Summary:Record-holding Soviet long-distance aviators in NYC. 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, "Aviateurs Sovietiques Recus Au Ministers de l'air - par le Ss Secretaire d'Etat au Ministere de l'Air, M. Henry Andraud. De g. a.dr: Michel Gromov (grand) Andrei Yumashev (moyen), Serge Daniline (petit), Codos, et M. Henry Andraud. Bertrand, 12 Aout 1937. U.S. Information Agency photo no. 306-NT-118.155 in the National Archives"

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