Here is a unique issue of the journal with published materials for the first time . They will force you to reconsider your views on the history of domestic aviation You will receive first-hand information about the birth and formation of Long-Range Aviation of the Air Force. Participants of the First World War Mikhail Nikolaevich Nikolskaya, senior mechanic of the squadron of heavy ships "Ilya Muromets" Vsevolod Dmitrievich Solntsev, flight mechanic "Ilya Muromets"-4, at one time wrote about the events of those years. They made numerous attempts to publish their work, but Soviet historiography followed ideological clichés. The main one is that the imperial aviation has no place in the chronicle of the Fatherland .. Except that they have a lot of knowledge.... Blessings: got a wonderful manuscript for storage in the Scientific-Memorial Museum N. E. Zhukovsky, which is on the street Radio in Moscow . It was well received and properly evaluated by experts .. The materials were processed by the oldest researcher of the museum Nina Mikhailovna Rukopis was prepared as a report for internal use.