Russian Plane in Riverside County Calif

County of Riverside Historical Marker No. 52

Transpolar Record Flight Site

Near this site on July 14, 1937, three Russian aviators completed a transpolar flight, from Moscow in 62 hours, 17 minutes. Establishing a new world's nonstop distance record 6,305 miles. The huge single engine aircraft, an ANT-25 military reconnaissance monoplane, was shipped back to Russia and placed in a museum. Aircraft Commander Mikhail From of, co-pilot Andrei Yumashev, and navigator Sergei Danilin became generals in World War II.

Placed by the San Jacinto Valley Transpolar Flight Committe,    City of San Jacinto, Billy Holcomb Chapter, E.C.V,  and Museum Associations of San Jacinto, and Hemet.