Russian Su-30 to make nonstop flight along famous route
A Russian Su-30 will attempt to make a nonstop flight made by a famous Russian pilot and his crew in 1936.
The flight will take the Flanker across the Arctic Ocean and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the Udd Island (now Chkalov Island), off the Kamchatka coast.
It will undergo in-flight refueling operations and cover a distance of 12,417 kilometers.
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