Hi! DVB102 long range record aircraft larger image.
http://alternathistory.com/opytnyi-dalnii-vysotnyi-bombardirovshchik-dvb-102-sssr
"In August 1945, participants in the first transpolar flights from Moscow to the United States, the heroes of the Soviet Union M.M. pogroms, A.B. Yumashev, S.A. Oleg and G.F. Bajdukov, asked Stalin to set a further global flight record, and the only candidate for that role was ... DVB-102. In their letter secretary, they reported:
"The flight across the South Pole, with a world range record and flying around the world without landing, was and remains our cherished desire."
Calculations carried out by the constructors of Mjasishhevym and Cheromskim showed that the aircraft Myasishchev "102", with a corresponding upgrade (wings replacement) with two Cheromskogo diesel engines, would have a range of about 20,000. Kilometres and may be prepared for the summer tests in the spring of 1946.
After extensive testing and a long flight to the USSR, the record flight through the South Pole can be performed in the winter of 1946-47.
To fly around the world without landing, a special record plane with a range of about 30,000 flights is required. Kilometres, whose construction is also desirable to begin this year ... "
The letter remained unanswered. If before the war, record flights were needed by Stalin not only to demonstrate the military power of the Soviet Union, but also to "grow" the national heroes who, if necessary, could "open the doors" of the heads of various states, especially the United States, after the war, the need for it was no longer. It was necessary to look for other ways to win the Cold War.."
