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Old 28th May 2017, 18:00
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I was quite surprised recently to see that the main exhibit in the foyer of Berlin's Technik Museum is a 172. Why a Cessna in Berlin's museum? I wondered before the penny dropped. It's Rust's Cessna!

The museum says that it's there because the German authorities refused to re-register it for flight after return from display in Japan, due to "sensitivities with the Russians". Hmmm.
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