Could he do it now?

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BBC News - Mathias Rust: German teenager who flew to Red Square (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20609795)

Mathias Rust. 50 hours on his PPL, straight into Red Square.

Whatever your view, it was a fair bit of flying:\

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I still have my 'Red Square' tie. Blue, with a red square, with an outline of a C172 on it. Not worn it for a long time as few today would understand what it's about. And anyway, now I'm retired I don't wear ties (except for Concorde tours).

Good on yer, Mattius!

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What I did not realise when he did it, was the routing up via Iceland then across to Scandinavia. That would, given his relative inexperience, been a decent flight, but to then blast off with the intent of buzzing Moscow. Well that takes some guts. All without a GPS or I pad in sight.