A bust of Chkalov at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington commemorating his trans-polar flight

Chkalov meets with Stalin

Valery Pavlovich Chkalov (Russian: Вале́рий Па́влович Чка́лов) (February 2, 1904 – December 15, 1938) was a Soviet aircraft test pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union (1938). Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 2442 KB)A sculpture of Valery Chkalov situated at the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 2442 KB)A sculpture of Valery Chkalov situated at the Museum of Flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington. ... For the Museum of Flight in East Lothian, Scotland, see Museum of Flight (Scotland). ... Downtown Seattle skyline City nickname: The Emerald City Location Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Government County King Mayor Greg Nickels NP/Democrat ¹ Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 369. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Official languages None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire (D) Senators Patty Murray (D) Maria Cantwell (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 18th 184,824 km² 6. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1024, 762 KB) en: Valery Chkalov, Joseph Stalin, Belyakov, Voroshilov, Kaganovich. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1024, 762 KB) en: Valery Chkalov, Joseph Stalin, Belyakov, Voroshilov, Kaganovich. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი; see Other names section) (December 21, 1879[1] – March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and leader of the Soviet Union. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area  - Total  - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July... Hero of the Soviet Union (Russian: Герой Советского Союза) was the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of the former USSR. It included the Order of Lenin (the highest Soviet award) and, as the sign of excellence, the Gold Star medal with the certificate of the heroic deed (gramota) from... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He developed several new figures of aerobatics. In 1936 and 1937 he participated in several ultralong flights, including a 63-hour flight from Moscow, USSR to Vancouver, Washington, USA via the North Pole on an Tupolev ANT-25 plane (June 18–20, 1937), a non-stop distance of 8,811 km (5,507 miles). Soon after aircraft were invented, pilots realised that they could be used as part of a flying circus to entertain people or impress others in what was termed aerobatics. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (?)) is the capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva. ... City of Vancouver Logo Vancouver, Washington is a city on the north shore of the Columbia River, in the state of Washington, USA. It is the county seat of Clark County. ... The North Pole is the northernmost point on any planet. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ...

He was killed in a Polikarpov I-180 plane crash during a test flight, due to engine fault (the authorities urged to fly the plane to meet the plan, until it would be finished). The I-180 (И-180) was a Soviet fighter aircraft prototype, of Polikarpov bureau design of 1938. ...

The city of Orenburg bore the name Chkalov from 1938 to 1957, and a street in Vancouver has borne the name Chkalov Drive since the 1970s (Google map). Orenburg (Оренбу́рг) is a city on the Ural River and the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast in the Volga Federal District of Russia. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...