04-10-2003, 04:19 PM
Great thread; great photos.
I was at the Moscow Air Show back in 1998 and there was this older lady (but still in good shape) with a black leather jacket with us walking around the VIP section. All these top generals and other Cosmonauts ( I was sitting 3 seats away from a young major general cosmonaut but i did not get his name) would come over to her, bow a bit, and shake her hand. It never stopped, it was like she was a movie star. I asked my Russian friend and she said that it was Tereshkova, the first woman in space.
It was neat to see Russian "celebrity".
DD
I was at the Moscow Air Show back in 1998 and there was this older lady (but still in good shape) with a black leather jacket with us walking around the VIP section. All these top generals and other Cosmonauts ( I was sitting 3 seats away from a young major general cosmonaut but i did not get his name) would come over to her, bow a bit, and shake her hand. It never stopped, it was like she was a movie star. I asked my Russian friend and she said that it was Tereshkova, the first woman in space.
It was neat to see Russian "celebrity".
DD
