Day in the history: in 1938 flight of the Soviet women-pilots on a route Moscow - DV] took plac

On September 24 in "A leaf of memorials" from regional news agency "AmurMedia" Khabarovsk Territory on September 24. "This day in the history" on September 24-25, 1938 Grizodubov V. S., M. M. Raskovaya and Osipenko P. D. by Homeland plane made non-stop flight on a route Moscow — Far East. P. O. Sukhoy who worked in CB Tupoleva was the founder of the plane. The vehicle was under construction specially for this flight and was unanimously called future crew "Homeland". For such distant flight seventeen tanks were loaded into the plane with fuel. Women-pilots faced need...