Northwest History. Alaska. Distance Flights.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: Fairbanks; Alaska; Russian flyers; weather conditions; U. S.; Moscow; air trade route; Sigismund Levanesky; Victor Levchenko; Juneau; Harding lake; E. B. Collins; Joe Crosson; Will Rogers; Wiley Post; Barrow; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Harding; Pacific
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90295

Russian Fliers Seeking Moscow To U. S. Route. Russian Fliers Seeking Moscow To U. § Route FAIRBANKS, Alaikl Aug. 12. (/P)—Two noted Russian flyers poised near here today awaiting favorable weather conditions before taking off on another leg of their 10,000-mile flight to seek an air trade route from the U. S. The flyers. Sigismund Levanesky and Victor Levchenko, arrived from Juneau yesterday afternoon and alighted on nearby Harding lake. The pair, on a leisurely scientific journey, were feted by Mayor E. B. Collins and a large delegation of citizens including Alaska's most noted pilot, Joe Crosson, who flew the bodies of Will Rogers and Wiley Post from Barrow to the U. S. a year ago.