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X-Plane 9 And 10 Tupolev ANT-25. First constructed in 1933, it was used by the Soviet Union for a number of record-breaking flights. In June of 1937, Valery Chkalov, co-pilot Georgy Baydukov and navigator A. Belyakov made a non-stop flight from Moscow to Portland, United States, in bad weather. At the 60 hour point they passed Seattle, after two more hours they passed Portland lighthouse on the Columbia River and headed deeper into US territory. Over the city of Eugene they found they were short of fuel and turned back for the army airbase at Fort Vancouver Barracks at Vancouver, landing at Pearson Airfield. The 9130 kilometres (5670 mi) trip took 63 hours and 25 minutes. Uses the default Cessna 172 panel. By Alexander Sheiko.