1 March 1926 Russian Review reports: “Soviet Airplane Flights in 1926 With the support of public organizations interested in aviation, Soviet fliers are arranging four speed flights on planes of domestic construction over the following routes: The first course, to be flown on postal service planes, covers a distance of 7,150 kilometers, starting from Moscow and proceeding to Koenigsberg, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, and back to Moscow. The second route, to be completed on passenger flying machines, extends for a distance of 6,000 kilometers from Moscow to Berlin, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Paris, and return via Frankfort-on-theMain and Koenigsberg to Moscow. The third contest will be held over a distance of 1,870 kilometers between Moscow and Angora with a stop at Sebastopol. Finally, there will be a fourth course extending over a distance of 3,100 kilometers from Moscow to Rostov-on-the-Don, the MineralniyeVody in the Caucasus, Baku, and Teheran. Soviet Airplanes Arrive in Persia. On January 24 two airplanes, purchased by the Persian Government from the "Aviakhim" flying machine factory in the Soviet Union, flew from Baku to Teheran. The machines were equipped with 400-horsepower motors and were piloted by Persian flyers specially trained at the Third Aviation School in Moscow. Before starting out for Persia the aviators made the following statement to a representative of the press: "We leave the Soviet Union with feelings of profound thankfulness and gratitude for the opportunity to learn the flying art accorded to us by the Soviet Government, as well as for the cordial attitude we have met with here. We have received an excellent theoretical and practical preparation for flying activity in a special aviation course. The school we attended, providing facilities for learning the art of aviation in one year, indicates the high standard of aviation in the Soviet Union, which is not behind any other country in this respect." The Persian aviators expressed the confidence that their work in Persia will serve as the best advertisement for the Soviet aviation school.” 4 March 1926
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