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Crimea_River · Jun 21, 2022

Soviet ANT-25 completes first transpolar airplane flight from the Sov

On June 20, 1937, a Soviet-built ANT-25 monoplane lands at Vancouver's Pearson Air Field, completing the first airplane flight from the Soviet Union to the United States across the North Pole. The un

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cammerjeff · Jun 21, 2022

Wurger said:
I know the route as well. Does it mean I'm a spy?

Or just a Former member of SAC?

Wurger · Jun 21, 2022

Capt. Vick said:
Wasn't it a twin engine Soviet plane that went missing?

The first ANT-25(RD-2) was the plane flown by Valery Chkalov, Georgi Baidukov and Alexander Belyakov. It was coded N025 with the inscription "Stalin Route" on the fuselage and landed in Portland, as memo serves.
The plane in the pic above was the Tupolev ANT-25(RD-1) code N025-1 flown by Mikhail Gromov, Andrei Yumashev, and Sergei Danilin from Moscow to a field outside San Jacinto, CA. It was the second ANT-25 coming from USSR to the USA.
These two flights took place in June and July 1937.

Earlier, in August 1935, ANT-25 flown by Z. A. Levanevsky, G. F. Baidukov and W. I. Levchenko took off to land in San Francisco purposely. Due to the oil system failure they had to land on Siberia. And I believe you meant the flight.

The appearance of the N025 and 025-1

Capt. Vick · Jun 21, 2022

I was thinking of this airplane, one of which disappeared on a Polar record flight and was never found. I was off by two engines.

SaparotRob · Jun 21, 2022

Both are new ones for me.

Wurger · Jun 22, 2022

Capt. Vick said:
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I was thinking of this airplane, one of which disappeared on a Polar record flight and was never found. I was off by two engines.

Ah ... the modified Tupolev TB-3 bomber powered by the M-34RN engines initially. Later she got the M-34FRN engines. The plane was adapted to a demonstration flight over the North Pole from Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. On 12 August 1937 they took off and a day later during the flight the crew reported the engine troubles at the Alaska area. It was the last message from the six people crew commanding by S.A. Levanevsky.

Frog · Jun 22, 2022

Occupation in Germany 1945 - French 17th Colonial Engineers Regiment

DerAdlerIstGelandet · Jun 22, 2022

Probably the Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg region. It was originally occupied by the French until the US Army took over the area.

GTX · Jun 22, 2022

syscom3 · Jun 22, 2022

Brand new B-17 Flying Fortresses are lined up at The Boeing plant at Seattle.

Wurger · Jun 22, 2022

nuuumannn · Jun 22, 2022

Wurger said:
The appearance of the N025 and 025-1

There's a scale representation at Monino and at the Misawa Aviation and Science Museum in northern Honshu, Japan.

Tupolev ANT-25

Wurger · Jun 23, 2022

Yep .. the full size replica wears colours of Valery Chkalov's kite .

Gnomey · Jun 24, 2022

Good shots!

syscom3 · Jun 25, 2022

Crewmen pull a FM-2 Wildcat fighter back from the forward edge of the flight deck, after it flipped over in a "freak accident", circa 1944-1945.

special ed · Jun 25, 2022

Could the man sitting on the port deck edge holding his knees be the man who caused the accident?

SaparotRob · Jun 25, 2022

Good eye!

syscom3 · Jun 26, 2022

SB2Cs of VB-9 in flight over TF 58, February 1945

syscom3 · Jun 27, 2022

Ground crew examine a newly arrived B-32 "Hobo Queen II" at Clark Field, Luzon, May 1945

Snautzer01 · Jun 27, 2022

Jack now knows he shouldnt have been ordering a b-29 on line while drinking the special coconut mix.

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