Tupolev ANT-37
[1] Based on the unbuilt Tupolev ANT-36 (DB-1) single-engined bomber, the ANT-37 was a twin-engined monoplane[1] of stressed skin, dural construction,[3] fitted with a high-aspect-ratio wing[4] and tailwheel landing gear, the main units retracting into the engine nacelles.[5] Powered by 800 hp (597 kW) Gnome-Rhône 14K radial engines, the prototype first flew on 16 June 1935.[1] The program suffered a setback when the prototype crashed the following month, after the tail splintered into pieces during flight.[1] It was decided not to order the type into production, the Ilyushin DB-3 being selected for Soviet Air Force service instead.[1] The first of the three DB-2B aircraft was given the name Rodina ("Motherland"), and, flown by an all female crew (Valentina Grizodubova, Polina Osipenko, and Marina Raskova) between 24 and 25 September 1938, it was used to establish a distance record of 5,908 km (3,671 mi)[1][5] before ending in an emergency landing.