SOVIET TRANSPOLAR LANDING SITE

Historical Landmark

Description:
Three miles west of this site, on July 14, 1937, three Soviet aviators completed a transpolar flight from Moscow in 62 hours, 17 minutes, establishing a new world's nonstop distance record of 6,305 miles. The huge single-engine aircraft, an Ant-25 Military Reconnaissance Monoplane, was shipped back to the Soviet Union and placed in a museum. Aircraft commander Mikhail Gromov, co-pilot Andrei Yumashev and navigator Sergei Danilin became generals in World War II.

Registration Date: 10/20/1989

Location:
City: San Jacinto
County: Riverside

Directions:
Near intersection of Cottonwood and Sanderson Sts, W of San Jacinto

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