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Russian Lindbergh : the life of Valery Chkalov

Title
Russian Lindbergh : the life of Valery Chkalov / Georgiy Baidukov ; translated by Peter Belov ; edited and with an introduction by Von Hardesty.
Author
Baĭdukov, G. (Georgiĭ), 1907-1994.
Publication
Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1991.

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Additional Authors
Hardesty, Von, 1939-
Description
xii, 330 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Smithsonian history of aviation series
Uniform Title
  • Chkalov. English
  • Smithsonian history of aviation series
Alternative Title
Chkalov.
Subject
  • Chkalov, Valeriĭ Pavlovich, 1904-1938
  • Chkalov, Valeriĭ Pavlovich, 1904-1938
  • Geschichte
  • Air pilots > Soviet Union > Biography
  • Air pilots
  • Flugerprobung
  • Flugzeugführer
  • Luftfahrt
  • Flieger
  • Soviet Union
  • Sowjetunion
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Biographie.
Note
  • Rev. and enl. translation of: Chkalov.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Pt. 1. Getting to Know Life -- 1. Childhood -- 2. Earning Wings -- 3. Fighter Pilot -- Pt. 2. In the World of Creation -- 4. Test Pilot for the Air Force Scientific Research Institute -- 5. The Factory Test Pilot -- Pt. 3. In the World Arena -- 6. The First Flight across the Arctic Ocean -- 7. A Second Flight across the Arctic Ocean -- 8. Chkalov in America -- Pt. 4. The Last Episode -- 9. After the Flight -- 10. The Last Test Flight.
ISBN
  • 156098046X
  • 9781560980469
LCCN
91006718
OCLC
  • ocm23140559
  • 23140559
  • SCSB-1957895
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library