The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-03
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of the ceremony, the high point of
which will be the presentation of a
number of trucks and tractors, pur-
chased with funds collected from the
workers and farmers of the United
States, to the workers and peasants
of the Soviet Republic, through their
emissaries of good will.
On the afternoon of the reception,
the Friends of the Soviet Union will
make a presentation of bronze
PLAQUES concentrating the historic
12,500 mile flight of the Land of
the Soviets to the members of its
crew.
According to the F. S. u, Osoa-
viakhim, the popular U.S.S.R. avia-
ton society backing the globe grid
ling flight of the Land of the
Soviets, has announced that if the
journey is brought to successful
close, as it undoubtedly will be, the
most hazardous parts of the trip
having been triumphantly negotiated
the Trans-Siberian air service of the
first workers republic will be ex-
tended by establishing an air route
between the Soviet Union and the
west coast of the United States.
In its constant battles with gales,
fog, snow, ha.l and sea, the Land of
the Soviets, designed by A. N. Tu-
polev, Soviet engineer, and built
in Soviet plants, has already demon
strated on its present flight that it
is the equal, if not the superior, of
planes produced by the capitalist
powers.
Osoaviakhim, which has 100000
members scattered over the U. S. S.
R., states that the Moscow to New
York is primarily experimental. It
does not aim to set up any speed
records" The greatest precautions
for the safety of Semyon Shestakov
and his three comrades have been
taken, and all along the North Paci-
fic route, heretofore Unmarried, the
filters were busy compiling geo.
graphic and atmospheric data in the
interests of transpacific aviation.
The Land of the Soviets is piloted
by four of the NEST capable aviators
! nthe Soviet Union, which numbers
among its airmen Chuckovski, the
hero of the Krassin rescue of the
Inflated Noble expedition. Semyon
A. Shestakov, first pilot and COM
mander of the plane, was formerly
worker in metal factory and at
one time worked as chauffeur. He
was serving in the czar's imperial
army when the Proletarian Revolu-
ton swept over Russia; at once he
Joined the forces of liberation. He
began his flying career in 1920 and
is now known as an "Honored Filler
of the Soviet Republic"
Shestakov has several long dis
lance and endurance flights to his
credit. In 1927, with Philip Bolotov
as mechanic, he made brilliant
flight from Moscow to Toxic and
return in single motored mail
plane, for which feat he was award
ed the highest order of the Soviet
government, that of Red Banner.
Philip Belotov, Al years old, Sec
ond pilot of the Soviet plane, has
had vast amount of experience in
sea flying ar handled the controls
during the dangerous hop over
Boring Strait from Kamchatka TO
Attu, the outermost of the Aleutian
Islands. He distinguished himself
during the last imperialist war,
fighting against the Germans in
giant Sorkoskys, but when the Revo-
luton broke, he Immediately placed
his services at the disposal of the
Red Army.
Navigator Boris V. Sterlingov is
only % years old, but is head of the
aero-navigation section of the Scien-
tific Experimental Institute as Mos
COW. Has participated in many long
night flights under difficult atmos-
pheric conditions, and has devel-
oped a number of instruments used
in aeronavigation.
Dmitry V. Fufaev is the youngest
member of the crew, 81 years. Has
been flying since 1920. He is SEN
ior aeronautical technician. He flew
with Shestakov to Toxic and retui. !.
in 1927, receiving the order of the
Red Banner.
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