STALIN WELCOMES AIRMEN
o 5821-MILES FLIGHT .MOSCOW, Aug. 10. M. Stalin himself wcnl out to the tthelkovo military aerodrome, <>o miles north of Moscow, I his afternoon, lo welcome home the pilots of the great Soviet-built monoplane", A.X.T. -">, who last month flew non-slop from .Moscow, via 'Franz Joseph Land in the Arctic, and Kamchatka in iho I'acilic, lo the Isle of Udd, off I lie mouth of the Amur liiver, Manchuria. This is a distance of ."illii miles dinvt, without counting ,".7."i more miles Mown in avoiding blizzards. After the Defence Commissar, M, Vorosliiloff, had addressed the crowd, emphasising the Soviet's new prowess and power in the air, n procession of more than 100 flower-docked official cars drove ton pi; lo Moscow through cheering crowds.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19137, 5 October 1936, Page 10
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