Chkalov 70th aniversary

Any Russians know if there is anying going on in Moscow to celebrate the 70th aniversary (June 18 - 20) of Chkalov et alii's epic first ever over the pole nonstop flight between Europe & North America?






see that plane fathest to the right?
it is a shark mouthed Cessna 150.
if you value your life, do not celebrate with a ride in it.




highest time of all DC-3s is at the museum, piloted by Eddie Rickenbacker and a lot of other dudes
http://us.airliners.net/photos/photos/5/8/5/0649585.jpg

 

Thx RolandGarros, i's crosslink your post to the russian-speaking most visited "Offtopic" sub-forum

 

Wow, now that's what I call aspect ratio! Wingspan must be 3 times the length of the plane!

 

So what's up with that Cessna? Is it an unstable beast?

 

yeah, but they were probably carrying about 2500kg of fuel with an engine about half the power of that in an i-16.
i'd say it looks more like a glider, but it is a very short coupled plane too.
i hope they had some sort of rudder trim.
if not i bet they had tough enough legs to walk back without resting.

 

One reason why they may not have a really big party:


http://www.heretical.com/miscella/rstofame.html

 

...and one more view point:


http://www.ukraine-observer.com/articles/216/794