About the book: 1995 / Here is a unique issue of the magazine with materials published for the first time. They will make you 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 Nikolskoy, senior mechanic of the squadron of heavy ships "Ilya Muromets" Vsevolod Dmitrievich Solntsev, flight mechanic of "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 cliches. The main one is that imperial aviation has no place in the annals of the Fatherland. Only meager information leaked out. Another good thing: a wonderful manuscript was deposited in the Scientific Memorial Museum of N. E. Zhukovsky, which is on Radio Street in Moscow. Here she was well received and correctly assessed by specialists. The processing of materials was carried out by the oldest researcher at the museum, Nina Mikhailovna. The manuscript was prepared as a report for internal use.