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From September 1 to October 11, 1992 (almost 28 years ago), for the first time in the history of our country, an ultra-long-range flight was made in a Mi-24 helicopter. This flight was special for two reasons: firstly, its length was 25,000 km, and secondly, the crew consisted entirely of women!
Let's remember what it was like.
The crew consisted of the helicopter commander - the famous Galina Rastorgueva, navigator Lyudmila Polyanskaya and operator Galina Koshkina.
Soviet helicopter
pilots were to follow the route Moscow - Anadyr - Canada - Miami Mi-24 flew not alone, but accompanied by an Mi-17, which was flown by military pilots V.M. Chernov and V.B. Kalish, and also on board was a group of technicians led by Air Force engineer Igor Gayvoronsky.
The flight distance from Moscow to Miami was 19156 km. The flight took 39 days, of which about 85 hours were spent in the air. The crew had to refuel every 3.5 hours.
During the entire flight, the crew changed climatic conditions several times: "- We flew several times from summer to winter and back, - says Skrobova-Koshkina."
Our female helicopter pilots were welcomed with open arms everywhere. Each airport, each intermediate point on the route from Moscow to Miami was remembered in its own way. Most of the difficulties were brought by the flight through the Bering Strait. It took almost 3 hours and was quite challenging. The crew had to face strong wind and snow.
The record Mi-24 reached Watson Lake in 19 days, which increased the route distance to 24,942 km (total - 112 hours and 48 minutes of flight time).
The Mi-24 and the accompanying Mi-17 helicopter returned to Russia not on their own, but on board the An-124 transport aircraft. The legendary Mi-24 is still in Torzhok.
The Moscow-Miami flight was dedicated to three significant events at once: the 50th anniversary of the Lend-Lease between the USA and the USSR, the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America, as well as the 55th anniversary of the legendary flight of a female crew from Moscow to the Far East.