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Title
Russian aviators meet the press after breaking the non-stop flight record, flying from Moscow to San Jacinto, CA. July 14, 1937
Date Created and/or Issued
July 14, 1937
1937-07-14
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Soviet aviators -- Col. Mikhail Gromov, pilot, Maj. Andrei Yumashev, co-pilot, and Capt. Sergei Danilin, navigator -- are welcomed after breaking the nonstop flight record, flying from Moscow and landing in San Jacinto, California, via the North Pole. The trio flew over 6700 miles in 62 hours and 12 minutes. The original plan was for the airplane to land in San Diego, but fog made landing the Russians’ large monoplane on San Diego’s short runways dangerous, and so the crew landed instead in the semi-desert fields surrounding San Jacinto. After landing, the crew was quickly taken to the nearby March Field Air Base, where they answered questions from reporters after a shower and a quick meal. July 14, 1937.Pictured from left to right are Mikhail Gromov and Russian Consul Grigori Gokhman.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Candid Camera shots of Russian Flyers - 15 films - 30 shots.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0027xkjk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Aeronautics--California--Riverside
Consuls--Russian--California--Riverside
World records--California--San Jacinto
Press conferences--California--Riverside
Air bases--American--California--Riverside
Transportation
Air pilots--Russian--California--Riverside
Media
Gokhman, Grigori
Gromov, Mikhail, 1899-
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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