<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> Remark: we would do well to remember the names of the pilots who died. </p><p>They fought for probably more than an hour with a mortally wounded plane to get it as good as possible to the ground. </p><p>They had now yaw, no rudder, no ailerons, no flaps, only the power level of the engine as means of control. </p><p>What they have shown is courage in the face of insurmountable odds. They knew exactly what their chances were. Their airmanship was on the highest possible level.</p><p>Their names are <strong>Igor Kshnyakin</strong> and <strong>Aleksandr Kalyaninov.</strong></p>