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Old 14th Feb 2023, 02:36
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust

Small plane lands near Red Square by the Kremlin in 1987.

A teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow…

The Soviet fighters did not receive permission to shoot him down, and his aeroplane was mistaken for a friendly aircraft several times.

Rust, aged 18, was an inexperienced pilot, with about 50 hours of flying experience at the time of his flight.
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