Wings of Victory
Valeri Chkalov, a Russian pilot born in 1904, set multiple long-distance flight records. Alongside co-pilots Baidukov and Belyakov, he completed several nonstop long-distance flights. In June 1937, Chkalov achieved a world record by flying 12,000 kilometers in 63 hours nonstop from Moscow to Vancouver, Washington, crossing over the North Pole.
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