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The teenager who flew to Moscow
28 years ago, on the 28th May 1987, a 19-year old German flew a Cessna 172 to Moscow. He appeared on the Soviet Air Defence radar. He did not reply to any attempts to contact and three military divisions with surface-to-air missiles began to track him. The military went into alert and two fighter jets were scrambled to investigate. He landed on a bridge near the St. Basil’s Cathedral, and taxied past the cathedral and into the Red Square. (fearoflanding.com) Más...
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I had forgotten about this. There's stupid and then there's absolutely moronic, don't-care, brain-dead, arrogant behavior that defies belief. This guy was obviously a good pilot with a potential career in aviation ahead of him. However, he decided he'd rather ignore aviation laws and live foolishly and dangerously. Now, he's grounded. He's lucky he didn't get shot down and got out of prison when he did. What an idiot.
Timing is everything. At the time he was protected by some of the repercussions of Korean Air 007. Later on, those disappeared quickly.
