Brave pilots are the conquerors of the Arctic. Korneeva O.T., KHUDYAKOV V., BURLAKOV Yu.K.

The collection includes 3 previously published books: “The first at the pole. The feat of Vodopyanov ”,“ Records of Chkalov and Gromov. Through the pole - to America ”,“ The salvation of the Chelyuskins. ”

This book is about real romantics. About people who are ready to sacrifice their lives in the name of discoveries and salvation of people.

The first aircraft appeared at the beginning of the last century. They were clumsy and slow -moving, often fell and crashed, so that only desperate brave men flew to them, ready to risk their lives. Although the devices that allowed to fly at night and in the fog, then there were no brave pilots to go to dangerous expeditions.

In this book, we will tell the story of the salvation of the crew and passengers of the Chelyuskin steamer with brave pilots and about three The famous flights, which in 1937 were made by the crews of Russian pilots under the command of Mikhail Vodopyanov, Valery Chkalov and Mikhail Gromov.

These stories entered the annals of the Arctic development as the greatest exploits of Soviet people. The whole world admired the polar pilots who committed what seemed impossible.