A convoy of private planes is making a friendship flight to link Alaska and Russia
Eleven pilots and passengers in six planes will fly a rarely used route between Nome, Alaska and Provideniya, Chukotka in hopes of keeping strong cross-border connections.
June 25, 2019
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Three decades after the melting of the “Ice Curtain” that separated Alaska and Russia during the Cold War, a group of Alaska aviators is trying to shore up relationships across the Bering Strait.
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