Word: siberia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cruising range, and Herndon & Pangborn could take turns at the controls whereas Pilot Post was obliged to fly without relief. They gained time by cutting short their stops, but unscheduled landings put the Miss Veedol about a day behind the Winnie Mae when she quit the race at Khabarovsk, Siberia...
...flew on to Churchill, Canada's booming northern grain port; thence set out for Baker Lake and Aklavik, a route from which many a seasoned airman of the North had tried to dissuade them. From Aklavik their course lies west through Point Barrow, Nome, the tips of Siberia, the Kuril Islands and Tokyo...
Nothing was heard of the plane for hours after it passed Belgium. Then, at early evening, Moscow reported it overhead, going strong. Again it disappeared, over Siberia's wastelands. At 10:30 that night the motor quit. Lebrix aroused the sleeping mechanic, jumped with him. Doret brought the Trait d'Union nearby to the ground, "tailed out" just before the ship crashed into treetops not far from Irkutsk...
...their 90-acre farm to drop their work. In a general way they were proud of Son Wiley, although "he didn't have our blessing when he started out in this flying business." But the simple fact of his safety meant more to them than the geography of Siberia...
Three times Revolutionist Vladimir Zenzinov was sent to Siberia by the Tsarist Government. Twice he escaped; the third time he served his full four-year term. In this book he tells about...