the Talented pilot and the talented designer. G.V.Alehnovich

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I. M.Gakkel has replaced it with the new plane ' Gakkel-ViI ', essentially modernised. This plane, unique of all participating in competition, has sustained all conditions of enough difficult program, including - a take off and landing on the ploughed field. медецинский туризм

on October, 3rd, 1911 G.V.Alehnovich on Russian airplane ' Gakkel-Vib has made for the first time flight from Gatchina to Petersburg. Having fallen in Case airdrome where it was expected by the special competitive commission from representatives of the Main engineering management, it has renewed a stock of gasoline and has gone to a way back. Having had a rest in Gatchina and using good weather, Gleb Vasilevich has again made flight to Petersburg. On October, 9th it has executed by this plane a number of difficult flights with passengers before the military commission which has decided to get this biplan for army and to give out to its designer an incentive prize. But only in April, 1912 I. M.Gakkel has received all sum promised to it - 8000 roubles.

As experts marked, obedient in management ' Gakkel-ViI ' could become a good training aircraft for military pilots as the strong design of the chassis bore strong enough blows at neudachnojposadke. However its destiny was sad: overtaken to Gatchina on military airdrome, it there has been thrown, because the instructors of the school who has got used to ' farmanam ', have not wanted to master this plane unfamiliar to them. even water from a radiator have forgotten to merge and at the first frost ice has broken off a shirt. The new motor it has not appeared, to make shirts then were not able yet and and not risen more in vozduhsamolet have handed over on demolition.