Record-setting flights demonstrated the DB-3's range outside combat. One variant flew nonstop from Moscow to the Soviet Far East, while another journey reached the east coast of North America in Canada. A Soviet all-women crew also completed a landmark long-distance flight. Together these flights showed that the airframe could cross the enormous distances central to Soviet strategy.
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DB-3 record flights demonstrated strategic reach
Record flights across the Soviet Union and toward North America demonstrated the DB-3's long-range potential, including a landmark flight by an all-women crew.