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| Landmark #989 | Riverside County | Visited: November 20, 2011 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque marking the landing site of the world’s first transpolar flight from Moscow to Hemet! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: Three miles west of this site, on July 14, 1937, three Soviet aviators completed a transpolar flight from Moscow in 62 hours, 17 minutes, establishing a new world’s nonstop distance record of 6,305 miles. The huge single-engine aircraft, an Ant-25 Military Reconnaissance Monoplane, was shipped back to the Soviet Union and placed in a museum. Aircraft commander Mikhail Gromov, co-pilot Andrei Yumashev and navigator Sergei Danilin became generals in World War II.
OTHER TIDBITS: That pretty well sums it up! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Near intersection of Cottonwood and Sanderson Sts W of San Jacinto, CA 92582 ANNOTATIONS: 2450 Cottonwood Ave The old plaque that was vandalized can still be found at the San Jacinto Museum! 695 Ash Street From Los Angeles: ~84mi (136km) — 1.4hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |
