Pilot Nikolai Demyanenko in the cockpit of one of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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Project participants seen by the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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Project participants stand by one of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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Pilot Nikolai Demyanenko (center) after landing one of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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One of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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Sergei Baranov (right), Director General of the Russian Aviation Society, and pilot Valentin Lavrentyev are seen here near one of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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Sergei Baranov, Director General of the Russian Aviation Society, disembarks one of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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One of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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One of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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One of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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One of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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One of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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One of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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One of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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One of the historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes that arrived at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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The historic Douglas DC-3 airplanes escorted by an Antonov 26 aircraft arrive at Koltsovo airport of Yekaterinburg as part of the Alaska-Siberia 2015 project dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory. The project aims to retrace the ALSIB Alaska-to-Siberia air route by a group of WWI-era airplanes that used to be shipped by the US to the Soviet Union as part of the Lend-Lease program.

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