of domestic aviation, the legendary soviet pilots valentina grizodubova, palina osipenko and marina raskovarst women to receive gold stars, high awards for the flight from moscow to the far east. they covered 6,500 km in 26.5 hours, setting a world record. almost the entire flight took place in extremely difficult conditions at the limit of capabilities. yuri shcherbakov will remind you how it was. this is not just courage, it is exceptional. even making a decision to land in the taiga requires a hero for that. september 24, 1938, early morning, takes off from an airfield in shchelkovo near moscow. long-range bomber called rodina. destination komsomolsk on amur on board the female crew: ship commander valentina grizodobova, co-pilot polina osipenko and navigator marina raskova. before departure, aircraft designers thoroughly strengthened the aircraft. they removed all military equipment in favor of the appearance of additional fuel tanks, installed the most modern, most powerful engines at that time, in a word, they did everything to the maximum to ensure that the record-breaking arrival wa

these were fearless pilots, valentina grizadubova, polina osipenko and marina raskova.to the far east, covering almost 6,500 km in just 26 hours, it was a distance record , we flew on a tupolev an-37 plane, home at an altitude of more than 7,000 in oxygen masks, we wanted to land in khabarovsk, then in komsomolsk on the amur, but the instruments failed, the pilots mistook the amgun river for the amur, went to the side, had to land in a swamp in the taiga, roskova had to jump from parachute, she was the navigator and the cabin in front could have crashed first. the search for the plane with gryadodubovo and osipenok took more than a week. raskova was found even later, but everyone was rescued in moscow and was solemnly greeted at the belarusian train station. on november 2, 1948, harry truman won the presidential election in the united states; he came to power 3 years earlier, after the death of franklin roosevelt, under whom he was vice president, and had already proven himself to be an extremely tough and inflexible politician. he was not satisfied with the growing inf

grizadubova, polina osipenko and marina raskova were the first women to receive gold stars.omolsk-on-amur, on board a female crew, ship commander valentina grizodubova, co-pilot polina osipenko and navigator marina roskovo. before takeoff , the aircraft designers thoroughly strengthened the landing gear, removed all military equipment in favor of adding additional fuel tanks, installed the most modern, most powerful engines at that time, in a word, they did everything to the maximum. in order for the record flight to be accomplished. and immediately the difficult weather, overcast, squally wind, rain with snow and difficult weather conditions had to gain an altitude of almost 7,500 m. from the logbook, the temperature outside was -50°, in the cockpit -thirty. the inside of the cabin was icy from the outside. the radio station failed, marina raskova tried to restore it, but nothing worked, and besides, she opened the astro hatch so that... try to follow the stars, although there were clouds there, but the map was lost, i don’t know what the clouds are hiding, it’s dangerous ,