1935
- May 18 - Moscow, USSR - a crash of a giant propaganda plane Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky during a demonstration flight over Moscow. As a result of a poorly executed loop manoeuvre around the plane performed by an accompanying I-5 fighter (pilot - Nikolai Blagin), both planes collided. Forty-six people aboard both planes were killed.
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