Usage Tupolev ANT-3

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tupolev ant-3


the r-3 used military reconnaissance. also, traveled around europe in summer of 1926, piloted michel arroshar. started in paris , finished journey in moscow.


afterwards, tsagi had mikhail gromov, assisted mechanic yevgeny radzevich, visit important european capitals in ant-3. started expedition moscow @ 3 a.m. on august 30, , headed west. after 120 km (75 mi) covered, expansion tank water napier lion engine experienced 3 fatigue cracks. water sprayed around cockpit. fortunately him, gromov did sensible thing , returned home. newspapers stated , radzevich turned due poor weather. incident caused tupolev recommend tank have convex base, adopted. gromov resumed expedition. yet problem arose. ant-3 landed @ present day kaliningrad, point radiator leaking. gromov proceeded berlin. there, mechanics not able fix radiator. moving on, went paris, mechanic found putty sealant had separated. solve problem, took aircraft s radiator, , adapted fit in ant-3. when mechanic finished problem, gromov flew off rome.


while rolling out, black cat walked in front of plane. according russian superstition, black cat bad luck, gromov chose believe english version of story, black cat considered lucky. weather bad during takeoff, had cleared time on lyons, permitted gromov go on alps en route turin, on geneva , afterwards, rome. refueling took longer expected, , twilight nearing.


when refueling done, gromov , radzevich flew north vienna. sun started set time 119 km (74 mi) away destination. (it dark 19 km/12 mi.) gromov decided risk landing in vienna, campfires lit around airport.


the takeoff scheduled following morning, vips such soviet ambassador austria, supposed attend departure. however, did not arrive on time, , gromov, anxious make time, flew on prague.


the weather poor them able land in prague, causing pilot decide continue warsaw. there, staff @ soviet embassy handed them flowers, requested dropped on soviet territory. act duly noted, regardless of superstition of ill fortune. flew journey started: moscow. mikhail gromov , yevgeny radzevich flew 7,170 km (4,443 mi) duration of 34 hours , 15 minutes.


in 1927 british minister @ foreign office, austen chamberlain, half-brother of later british prime minister neville, severed diplomatic ties ussr. in response, next journey ant-3 flight moscow tokyo , moscow, took place between august 20 , september 1, 1927, , plane titled our reply. flight titled great eastern overflight, , piloted semion shestakov. ant-3 used powered mikulin m-5. expedition covered 22,140 km (13,500 mi) in 153 flying hours (today, take 18 hours), going moscow- sarapul- omsk- novosibirsk- krasnoyarsk- irkutsk- chita- blagovenshensk- nanian- yokohama- tokyo, , return. though not direct course possible, there propaganda opportunities.







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