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They must have been brutal flights.

Thanks, codyhay.

Thanks Marc. Glad you had fun flying them.

Thanks stygg. I believe the charges were sabotage and espionage. I think Russia was a dangerous place to live back then.
Jono thanks, It would be mind numbing to be in the air for 75 hours. I would...

I don't think so, Gary. Just trying to show their aircraft design abilities I believe. Tupolev and some of the designers were arrested and put in jail. Typical of the Soviets back then. I guess they...

This old drawing of the ungainly Russian Tupolev ANT-25 aircraft with a 112 foot wingspan first flew in 1933. Built to go the distance it could remain in the air for 75 hours and cover up to 8000...