:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-3543986-1428749974-8286.jpeg.jpg)
Biography
:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/A-3543986-1428749974-8286.jpeg.jpg)
Валерий Чкалов
Real name: Валерий Павлович Чкалов
(January 20 (February 2) 1904, Vasilevo, Balakhninsky County, Nizhny Novgorod province, Russian Empire - December 15, 1938, Moscow)Soviet test pilot, the brigade commander, Hero of the Soviet Union.
The commander of the crew of the aircraft, committed in 1937, the first non-stop flight across the North Pole from Moscow to Vancouver (Washington State).