Russian aviators meet the press after breaking the non-stop flight record, flying from Moscow to San Jacinto, 1937

Item Overview

Title

Russian aviators meet the press after breaking the non-stop flight record, flying from Moscow to San Jacinto, 1937

Date Created

July 14, 1937

Date

1937-07-14

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Soviet aviators -- Col. Mikhail Gromov, pilot, Maj. Andrei Yumashev, co-pilot, and Capt. Sergei Danilin, navigator -- are welcomed after breaking the nonstop flight record, flying from Moscow and landing in San Jacinto, California, via the North Pole. The trio flew over 6700 miles in 62 hours and 12 minutes. The original flight plan called for a landing in San Diego, but fog made landing the Russians’ large monoplane on San Diego’s short runways dangerous, and so the crew landed instead in the semi-desert fields surrounding San Jacinto. After landing, the crew was quickly taken to the nearby March Field Air Base, where they answered questions from reporters after a shower and a quick meal. July 14, 1937.Pictured are Gromov, center behind microphones, Russian consul Grigori Gromov to his left, and Yumashev and Danilin to Gokhman's left.

Caption

Text from original nitrate sleeve: Candid Camera shots of Russian Flyers - 15 films - 30 shots.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Gokhman, Grigori
Gromov, Mikhail, 1899-
Danilin, Sergei
Yumashev, Andrei

Location

Riverside (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Events
Aeronautics--California--Riverside
Consuls--Russian--California--Riverside
World records--California--San Jacinto
Press conferences--California--Riverside
Air bases--American--California--Riverside
Air pilots--Russian--California--Riverside
Media
Reporters--American--California--Riverside