An everyday story of Soviet air force pilots in the early jet age. Various pilots fall for various women amidst much peasant merrymaking. Various pilots crash which upsets both the women and the authorities, and anyone who's anybody wears a ton of medals. It might have been quite good if I could have understood it. However, the main interest was in the aeroplanes, starting with what looked like an early MiG-15 with a low rather than high tailplane: the opening shots of the plane landing were spectacular; later some real MiG-15s are seen. An Il-12 or 14 chases one of the cast round the grass airfield(!), and a Lisunov Li-2 (a licence-built DC-3) ditching in water. Towards the end there were shots of a Tu-104. The scenes inside the factory where aircraft were being built explained the pilots' long faces.
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Soviet pilots have trouble with their women and their aircraft
robinakaaly22 December 2011
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