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| Thread ID: 81187 | 2007-07-19 15:06:00 | ANT-25 In San Jacinto | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 570389 | 2007-07-19 15:06:00 | It was 1937, and a field here in San Jacinto became a part of aviation history . :thumbs: Hopefully youse guys can get to see this, I don't think there's any zone restrictions on the site . . . it's a newspaper here in our area . LINK: . pe . com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_hrussian19 . 3cc51a6 . html" target="_blank">www . pe . com |
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| 570390 | 2007-07-19 20:31:00 | Looks like the wingspan of a single wing was greater than the length of the plane itself!! | johcar (6283) | ||
| 570391 | 2007-07-20 06:18:00 | From our local San Jacinto library, a folder that I scanned with Simple OCR for you here: With its enormous 112-foot wingspan and streamlined design, the ANT-25 resembled an oversize glider . It was 44 feet in length, and despite its size, had only one engine . The aircraft could carry an astonishing six and a half tons of fuel and was powered by an AM-34 engine that developed about 900 horsepower . It was flown by a three-man crew and had tremendous range--a range it demonstrated during a record breaking 1937 flight across the North Pole . The ANT-25 was crammed with special navigational equipment, including a unique trans-polar compass and a short-wave radio with a range of 5,000 miles . In addition, it had a cockpit heater, flotation bag to keep it afloat if it was forced down at sea and a special cooling system that allowed the engine to operate at very low temperatures . In 1936 three Russian fliers--Valeri Chkalov, pilot; George Biadukov, copilot; and Alexander Beliakov, navigator -- flew an ANT-25 some 5,800 miles from Moscow across the Siberian subarctic to Kamchatka near the Bering Sea . Though long, daring and dangerous, the flight was not a record for nonstop long-distance flying . Still, it was a stern test of the ANT-25 and a remarkable feat of human endurance . In recognition of their accomplishments, all three fliers were later proclaimed Heroes of the Soviet Union . Then, on July 13 of the following year, another three-man Soviet crew--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 . Not only did the Russian aviators set a new world distance record for a nonstop flight in a straight line, but they also blazed an aerial route across the Arctic . The route they pioneered was to have great flight significance for both commercial and military aviation . Note: They actually flew a lot further than that . . . they went to San Diego first to attempt to land there and the weather was so bad they turned toward LA . . but again got fog and low visibility problems . The they turned toward the desert and found some blue sky in the Hemet/San Jacinto valley and there they landed . I guess you'd have to add about another 300 miles or so . . . but remember they were circling and changing altitude too looking for a field to use . |
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| 570392 | 2007-07-20 07:02:00 | Cool - cheers Joe. I love being edjimicated!! :D | johcar (6283) | ||
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