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Apr
29
2013
From Moscow to Miscou
Posted by HW on 29 Apr 2013 /
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Published on April 29, 2013 Brig. Gen. Vladimir Kokkinaki and his copilot, Major Mikhail Kh. Gordienko, had set out from Moscow on April 28, 1939, in the Russian prototype Ilyushin TsKB-30 twin-engined bomber on an international mission. Though the aircraft was a bomber by design, their flight was one of peace. Nonetheless, it wouldn’t be [...]
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