He was an amazing man but these days has been rather overlooked in the pantheon of early aviation heroes.
The three aviation heroes were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and decorated with the Order of Lenin for the record-breaking flight.
The Canadian aviation heroes were commemorated on a twenty coin set.
All coins were of proof quality, and each coin featured a gold oval cameo with the image of one of Canada's aviation heroes.
From an early age, Bondarenko was fascinated by aviation heroes and dreamed of becoming a military aviator himself.
In March 1913 he returned to Switzerland, welcomed at the boundary in Basel as a much-admired 'aviation hero'.
It begins with aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, already criticized for his praise of Hitler's government, joining the America First party.
This is the modest and engaging story modeled on that real boy, Harold Rea Gilpin, and the aviation hero.
The avant-garde of the new non-interventionism was the America First Committee, which included the aviation hero Charles Lindbergh and many prominent Americans.
What about the flying features, and the articles on real aviation heroes?