the Talented pilot and the talented designer. The second copy ' Gakkelja-ViI '
| to Pass to sections: the Talented pilot and the talented designer After closing of an exhibition of G.V.Alehnovich has begun trial flights on exhibition ' Gakkele-ViI ' in the Moscow airdrome. In pervojpolovine May in Moscow have passed competitions in which have taken part B.I.Rossijsky and And. M.Gaber-Vlynsky on ' Farmanah ', G.V.Yankovsky on ' LJAM ' and G.V.Alehnovich on ' Gakkele-ViI '. During these competitions Gleb Vasilevich has established Russian record of height of flight for biplanov (1250, having broken a record belonging before to the well-known M.N.Yefimov (1150), and the Moscow record prodolzhitelnostipoleta (56 mines 56). As marked magazine ' Aero and an automobile life ', the last competitions have shown that ' Russian airplanes already have outstripped now many best foreign. Recollect delightful flights ' Ljama ' or ' Gakkelja '. Made G.V.Alehnovich and night flights under the moon which has disappeared behind clouds. A landing strip thus to it designated the poured and set fire gasoline. The same magazine wrote:'Только on an airplane of Gakkelja it is possible to dare at such courageous flight as its chassis still never broke at descent, and in the dark at descent it is impossible to warrant but that will not get to a ditch '. In the end of May in Hodynsky airdrome have passed one more competitions on figured flights, height and flight to mountain Poklonnoj and back in which G.V.Alehnovich has won neskolkoprizov. |
the Second copy ' Gakkelja-ViI ', the 1912 made in the beginning in a workshop of the designer, was exhibited at the Second international exhibition of aeronautics at Moscow on March, 25th on April, 8th, 1912 where it has received the Big gold medal of the Moscow society of aeronautics. 
