SOVIET FLIFRS PIONEER AIR ROUTE ACROSS NORTH POLE—The trio of daring Soviet aviators who linked two hemisphere by air over the North Pole are picturad in the upper photograph after they landed at Pearson Field, Vancouver, Wash., ending their non-stop flight from Moscow to San Francisco 592 miles short of their goal. From left to right are: Alax Beliakov, navigator; Valerie Chkalov chief pilpt, and George Baidukov, co-pilot. In the lower right is shown the aeroplane which hopped off irom Moscow on the non-stop transpolar flight. At the left is Valerie Chkalov, chief, pilot of the single motored aeroplane which failed to beat the world’s long distance fight record set by M. Rossi and P. Codos by only a few hundred miles. The two French fliers Set a record of 5657 miles when they flew from New York to Svria in 1933. The, Soviet pilots Set their aeroplane down in a perfect landing because of poor visibility, after flying 5300 miles. Later they beat the French record.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 204, 29 July 1937, Page 6

SOVIET FLIFRS PIONEER AIR ROUTE ACROSS NORTH POLE—The trio of daring Soviet aviators who linked two hemisphere by air over the North Pole are pic turad in the upper photograph after they landed at Pearson Field, Vancouver, Wash., ending their non-stop flight from Moscow to San Francisco 592 miles short of their goal. From left to right are: Alax Beliakov, navigator; Valerie Chkalov chief pilpt, and George Baidukov, co-pilot. In the lower right is shown the aeroplane which hopped off irom Moscow on the non-stop transpolar flight. At the left is Valerie Chkalov, chief, pilot of the single motored aeroplane which failed to beat the world’s long distance fight record set by M. Rossi and P. Codos by only a few hundred miles. The two French fliers Set a record of 5657 miles when they flew from New York to Svria in 1933. The, Soviet pilots Set their aeroplane down in a perfect landing because of poor visibility, after flying 5300 miles. Later they beat the French record.