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Mathias Rust

March 08, 2023

Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968)[1] is a German aviator known for his flight that ended with a landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. A teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, being tracked several times by Soviet Air Defence Forces and civilian air traffic controllers, as well as Soviet Air Force interceptor aircraft. The Soviet fighters did not receive permission to shoot him down, and his aeroplane was mistaken for a friendly aircraft several times. He landed on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, next to Red Square near the Kremlin in the capital of the Soviet Union.

Mathias Rust
Mathias Rust in May 2012
Born (1968-06-01) 1 June 1968 (age 54)
Wedel,[citation needed] Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Known forIllegally landing a small aircraft on Moscow's Red Square.

Rust said he wanted to create an "imaginary bridge" to the East, and that his flight was intended to reduce tension and suspicion between the two Cold War sides.[2][3]

Rust's flight through a supposedly impenetrable air defence system had a great effect on the Soviet military and led to the dismissal of many senior officers, including Minister of Defence Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov and the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, former World War II fighter ace pilot Chief Marshal Alexander Koldunov. The incident aided Mikhail Gorbachev in the implementation of his reforms, by allowing him to dismiss numerous military officials opposed to his policies. Rust was sentenced to four years in a general-regime labour camp for violation of border crossing and air traffic regulations, and for provoking an emergency situation upon his landing. After 14 months in prison, he was pardoned by Andrei Gromyko, the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, and released.[2][3]

Flight profile

 
Flight path

Rust, aged 18, was an inexperienced pilot, with about 50 hours of flying experience at the time of his flight. On 13 May 1987, Rust left Uetersen near Hamburg and his home town Wedel in his rented Reims Cessna F172P, registration D-ECJB, which was modified by removing some of the seats and replacing them with auxiliary fuel tanks. He spent the next two weeks travelling across northern Europe, visiting the Faroe islands, spending a week in Iceland, and then visiting Bergen on his way back. He was later quoted as saying that he had the idea of attempting to reach Moscow even before the departure, and he saw the trip to Iceland (where he visited Hofdi House, the site of unsuccessful talks between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1986) as a way to test his piloting skills.[2]

On 28 May 1987, Rust refuelled at Helsinki-Malmi Airport. He told air traffic control that he was going to Stockholm, and took off at 12:21. Immediately after his final communication with traffic control, he turned his plane to the east near Nummela, Vihti. Air traffic controllers tried to contact him as he was moving around the busy Helsinki–Moscow route, but Rust turned off all his communications equipment.[2][4]

Rust disappeared from the Finnish air traffic radar near Espoo.[2] Control personnel presumed an emergency and a rescue effort was organized, including a Finnish Border Guard patrol boat. They found an oil patch near Sipoo where Rust had disappeared from radar observation, and conducted an underwater search but did not find anything.

Rust crossed the Baltic coastline over Estonia and turned towards Moscow. At 14:29 he appeared on Soviet Air Defence Forces (PVO) radar and, after failure to reply to an IFF signal, was assigned combat number 8255. Three SAM battalions of 54th Air Defence Corps tracked him for some time, but failed to obtain permission to launch missiles at him.[5] All air defences were brought to readiness and two interceptors were sent to investigate. At 14:48, near Gdov, MiG-23 pilot Senior Lieutenant A. Puchnin observed a white sport plane similar to a Yakovlev Yak-12 and asked for permission to engage, but was denied.[2][6]

The fighters lost contact with Rust soon after this. While they were being directed back to him, he disappeared from radar near Staraya Russa. West German magazine Bunte speculated that he might have landed there for some time, noting that he changed his clothes during his flight and that he took too much time to fly to Moscow considering his plane's speed and the weather conditions.

Air defence re-established contact with Rust's plane several times but confusion followed all of these events. The PVO system had shortly before been divided into several districts, which simplified management but created additional overhead for tracking officers at the districts' borders. The local air regiment near Pskov was on maneuvers and, due to inexperienced pilots' tendency to forget correct IFF designator settings, local control officers assigned all traffic in the area friendly status, including Rust.[2]

Near Torzhok there was a similar situation, as increased air traffic was created by a rescue effort for an air crash the previous day. Rust, flying a slow propeller-driven aircraft, was confused with one of the helicopters taking part in the rescue. He was spotted several more times and given false friendly recognition twice. Rust was considered as a domestic training plane defying regulations, and was assigned the least priority by air defense.[2]

Around 19:00, Rust appeared above Moscow. He had initially intended to land in the Kremlin, but he reasoned that landing inside, hidden by the Kremlin walls, would have allowed the KGB to arrest him and deny the incident. Therefore, he changed his landing spot to Red Square.[2] Heavy pedestrian traffic did not allow him to land there either, so after circling about the square one more time, he was able to land on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge by St. Basil's Cathedral. A later inquiry found that trolleybus wires normally strung over the bridge—which would have prevented his landing there—had been removed for maintenance that morning, and were replaced the next day.[2] After taxiing past the cathedral, he stopped about 100 metres (330 ft) from the square, where he was greeted by curious passersby and asked for autographs.[7] When asked where he was from, he replied "Germany" making the bystanders think he was from East Germany; but when he said West Germany, they were surprised.[8] A British doctor videotaped Rust circling over Red Square and landing on the bridge.[8] Rust was arrested two hours later.[9]

Aftermath

 
D-ECJB at the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin (2010)

Rust's trial began in Moscow on 2 September 1987. He was sentenced to four years in a general-regime labour camp for hooliganism, for disregard of aviation laws, and for breaching the Soviet border.[10] He was never transferred to a labour camp, and instead served his time at the high security Lefortovo temporary detention facility in Moscow. Two months later, Reagan and Gorbachev agreed to sign a treaty to eliminate intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe, and the Supreme Soviet ordered Rust to be released in August 1988 as a goodwill gesture to the West.[2]

Rust's return to Germany on 3 August 1988 was accompanied by huge media attention, but he did not talk to the assembled journalists; his family had sold the exclusive rights to the story to the German magazine Stern for 100,000 DM.[8] He reported that he had been treated well in the Soviet prison. Journalists described him as "psychologically unstable and unworldly in a dangerous manner".[8]

William E. Odom, former director of the U.S. National Security Agency and author of The Collapse of the Soviet Military, says that Rust's flight irreparably damaged the reputation of the Soviet military. This enabled Gorbachev to remove many of the strongest opponents to his reforms. Minister of Defence Sergei Sokolov and the head of the Soviet Air Defence Forces Alexander Koldunov were dismissed along with hundreds of other officers. This was the biggest turnover in the Soviet military since Stalin's purges 50 years earlier.[2][11]

Rust's rented Reims Cessna F172P (serial #F17202087),[12] registered D-ECJB, was sold to Japan where it was exhibited for several years. In 2008 it was returned to Germany and was placed in the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin.[13][14]

Because Rust's flight seemed like a blow to the authority of the Soviet regime, it was the source of numerous jokes and urban legends. For a while after the incident, Red Square was jokingly referred to by Muscovites as Sheremetyevo-3 (Sheremetyevo-1 and -2 being the two terminals at Moscow's international airport).[15] At the end of 1987, the police radio code used by law enforcement officers in Moscow was allegedly updated to include a code for an aircraft landing.[16]

In Estonia at Saka Manor Park there is a monument dedicated to Rust's flight.[17]

Later life

While doing his obligatory community service (Zivildienst) in a West German hospital in 1989, Rust stabbed a female co-worker who had rejected him. The victim barely survived. He was convicted of injuring her and sentenced to two and a half years in prison, but was released after 15 months.[18] Since then he has lived a fragmented life, describing himself as a "bit of an oddball".[19] After being released from court, he converted to Hinduism in 1996 to become engaged to a daughter of an Indian tea merchant.[20] In 2001, he was convicted of stealing a cashmere pullover and ordered to pay a fine of 10,000 DM, which was later reduced to 600 DM.[8][18] A further brush with the law came in 2005, when he was convicted of fraud and had to pay a €1,500 fine.[18] In 2009 Rust described himself as a professional poker player.[21] Most recently, in 2012, he described himself as an analyst at a Zurich-based investment bank.[19]

Peace activism

In October 2015, The Hindu published an interview with Rust to mark the 25th anniversary of German reunification. Rust opined that institutional failures in Western countries to preserve moral standards and uphold the primacy of democratic ideals were creating mistrust between peoples and governments. Pointing to the genesis of a New Cold War between Russia and the Western powers, Rust suggested that India should tread with caution and avoid entanglement: "India will be better served if it follows a policy of neutrality while interacting with EU member countries as the big European powers at present are following the foreign policy of the U.S. unquestioningly". He claimed: "Governments have been dominated by the corporate entities and citizens have ceased to matter in public policy".[22]

In the media

Following the 20th anniversary of his flight on 28 May 2007, the international media interviewed Rust about the flight and its aftermath.

The Washington Post and Bild both have online editions of their interviews.[23] The most comprehensive televised interview available online is produced by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. In their interview Rust in Red Square, recorded in May 2007, Rust gives a full account of the flight in English.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv: Eine Cessna auf dem Roten Platz – Mathias Rust in Moskau". www.dra.de (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l LeCompte, Tom (July 2005). "The Notorious Flight of Mathias Rust". Air & Space/Smithsonian. Washington, D.C. Retrieved 4 April 2009.
  3. ^ a b Hadjimatheou, Chloe (7 December 2012). "Mathias Rust: German teenager who flew to Red Square". BBC World Service. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. ^ coptercrazy (n.d.). . Archived from the original on 14 March 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2007.
  5. ^ Khodarenok, Mikhail (28 May 2017). Руста прикрыли облака [Rust hidden by clouds]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. ^ Kraskovsky, Voltaire Makarovich. "Нарушитель стал "своим" (The Intruder Became "His")". Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. ^ "The Teenage Pilot Who Could Have Caused a Global Crisis". Time. 28 May 2015.
  8. ^ a b c d e Locke, Stefan (12 May 2012). "Der lange Irrflug der Friedenstaube" [The long erratic flight of the peace dove]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  9. ^ Rehrmann, Marc-Oliver (26 June 2009). "Der Kremlflieger Mathias Rust kehrt zurück" [The Kremlin Flyer Mathias Rust returns] (in German). Hamburg: Norddeutscher Rundfunk. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  10. ^ Barringer, Felicity (9 December 1987). "German in Red Square Flight Is Denied a Pardon". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  11. ^ Brown, A. (2007). "Perestroika and the End of the Cold War". Cold War History. 7: 1–17. doi:10.1080/14682740701197631. S2CID 154856417.
  12. ^ Deutsches Technikmuseum (14 May 2009), Cessna F 172 P „Skyhawk II", retrieved 18 October 2012
  13. ^ Reims Cessna F172P, D-ECJB, in the Deutsches Technikmuseum, 2009 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ^ . Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  15. ^ Bushansky, Valentin (28 May 2008). [10 Facts about Mathias Rust on Border Guard's Day] (in Russian). Fraza. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  16. ^ Милицейские байки. 15-й десяток (in Russian).
  17. ^ "Punasel väljakul maandunud mees sai Saka mõisa mälestusmärgi" ERR, 27-05-2022 (In Estonian)
  18. ^ a b c Krüger, Ralf E.; Grages, Anna (25 May 2007). "Moskau-Flug: Der Kremlflieger pokert hoch" [The Kremlin Flyer raises the stakes]. Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  19. ^ a b Connolly, Kate (14 May 2012). "German who flew to Red Square during cold war admits it was irresponsible". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  20. ^ Connolly, Kate (21 April 2001). "German daredevil grounded by court". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  21. ^ "Kreml-Flieger Rust: "750.000 Euro beim Pokern gewonnen"" [Kremlin Flyer Rust: "I won 750,000 Euros playing poker"]. Spiegel Online (in German). 6 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2009.
  22. ^ "Cold War is back: German peace activist". The Hindu. 4 October 2015.
  23. ^ Finn, Peter (27 May 2007). "A Dubious Diplomat". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  24. ^ Mathias Rust Interview on YouTube

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mathias Rust.
  • Excerpts of video capturing Rust's flying and landing in Moscow
  • Rust in Red Square 22 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine (English) about the flight and the aftermath. Interview clips are embedded in a flash presentation. (October 2007)
  • TV Interview 2007 on YouTube English interview in Danish news cast eng/eng subs (28 May 2007)
  • Smithsonian's Air & Space Magazine: "The Notorious Flight of Mathias Rust" Comprehensive article about the flight and the political aftermath in Gorbachev's USSR (1 July 2005)
  • Guardian: interview with Mathias Rust
  • Where Are They Now?: Mathias Rust
  • Washington Post: A Dubious Diplomat Washington Post article on Rust incident, aftermath, and Rust's life today. (27 May 2007)
  • , by Jose Antonio Lozano (in Spanish)
  • Danmarks Radio – "Rust in Red Square" interview, May 2007 22 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  • Mathias Rust at IMDb
  • BBC article including original video of the landing.
  • Mathias Rust Interview from the Love + Radio podcast

March 08, 2023
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the existing German Wikipedia article at de Mathias Rust see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated de Mathias Rust to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Mathias Rust born 1 June 1968 1 is a German aviator known for his flight that ended with a landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987 A teenage amateur pilot he flew from Helsinki Finland to Moscow being tracked several times by Soviet Air Defence Forces and civilian air traffic controllers as well as Soviet Air Force interceptor aircraft The Soviet fighters did not receive permission to shoot him down and his aeroplane was mistaken for a friendly aircraft several times He landed on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge next to Red Square near the Kremlin in the capital of the Soviet Union Mathias RustMathias Rust in May 2012Born 1968 06 01 1 June 1968 age 54 Wedel citation needed Schleswig Holstein West GermanyNationalityGermanKnown forIllegally landing a small aircraft on Moscow s Red Square Rust said he wanted to create an imaginary bridge to the East and that his flight was intended to reduce tension and suspicion between the two Cold War sides 2 3 Rust s flight through a supposedly impenetrable air defence system had a great effect on the Soviet military and led to the dismissal of many senior officers including Minister of Defence Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov and the Commander in Chief of the Soviet Air Defence Forces former World War II fighter ace pilot Chief Marshal Alexander Koldunov The incident aided Mikhail Gorbachev in the implementation of his reforms by allowing him to dismiss numerous military officials opposed to his policies Rust was sentenced to four years in a general regime labour camp for violation of border crossing and air traffic regulations and for provoking an emergency situation upon his landing After 14 months in prison he was pardoned by Andrei Gromyko the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and released 2 3 Contents 1 Flight profile 2 Aftermath 3 Later life 3 1 Peace activism 4 In the media 5 References 6 External linksFlight profile Edit Flight path Rust aged 18 was an inexperienced pilot with about 50 hours of flying experience at the time of his flight On 13 May 1987 Rust left Uetersen near Hamburg and his home town Wedel in his rented Reims Cessna F172P registration D ECJB which was modified by removing some of the seats and replacing them with auxiliary fuel tanks He spent the next two weeks travelling across northern Europe visiting the Faroe islands spending a week in Iceland and then visiting Bergen on his way back He was later quoted as saying that he had the idea of attempting to reach Moscow even before the departure and he saw the trip to Iceland where he visited Hofdi House the site of unsuccessful talks between the United States and the Soviet Union in October 1986 as a way to test his piloting skills 2 On 28 May 1987 Rust refuelled at Helsinki Malmi Airport He told air traffic control that he was going to Stockholm and took off at 12 21 Immediately after his final communication with traffic control he turned his plane to the east near Nummela Vihti Air traffic controllers tried to contact him as he was moving around the busy Helsinki Moscow route but Rust turned off all his communications equipment 2 4 Rust disappeared from the Finnish air traffic radar near Espoo 2 Control personnel presumed an emergency and a rescue effort was organized including a Finnish Border Guard patrol boat They found an oil patch near Sipoo where Rust had disappeared from radar observation and conducted an underwater search but did not find anything Rust crossed the Baltic coastline over Estonia and turned towards Moscow At 14 29 he appeared on Soviet Air Defence Forces PVO radar and after failure to reply to an IFF signal was assigned combat number 8255 Three SAM battalions of 54th Air Defence Corps tracked him for some time but failed to obtain permission to launch missiles at him 5 All air defences were brought to readiness and two interceptors were sent to investigate At 14 48 near Gdov MiG 23 pilot Senior Lieutenant A Puchnin observed a white sport plane similar to a Yakovlev Yak 12 and asked for permission to engage but was denied 2 6 The fighters lost contact with Rust soon after this While they were being directed back to him he disappeared from radar near Staraya Russa West German magazine Bunte speculated that he might have landed there for some time noting that he changed his clothes during his flight and that he took too much time to fly to Moscow considering his plane s speed and the weather conditions Air defence re established contact with Rust s plane several times but confusion followed all of these events The PVO system had shortly before been divided into several districts which simplified management but created additional overhead for tracking officers at the districts borders The local air regiment near Pskov was on maneuvers and due to inexperienced pilots tendency to forget correct IFF designator settings local control officers assigned all traffic in the area friendly status including Rust 2 Near Torzhok there was a similar situation as increased air traffic was created by a rescue effort for an air crash the previous day Rust flying a slow propeller driven aircraft was confused with one of the helicopters taking part in the rescue He was spotted several more times and given false friendly recognition twice Rust was considered as a domestic training plane defying regulations and was assigned the least priority by air defense 2 Around 19 00 Rust appeared above Moscow He had initially intended to land in the Kremlin but he reasoned that landing inside hidden by the Kremlin walls would have allowed the KGB to arrest him and deny the incident Therefore he changed his landing spot to Red Square 2 Heavy pedestrian traffic did not allow him to land there either so after circling about the square one more time he was able to land on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge by St Basil s Cathedral A later inquiry found that trolleybus wires normally strung over the bridge which would have prevented his landing there had been removed for maintenance that morning and were replaced the next day 2 After taxiing past the cathedral he stopped about 100 metres 330 ft from the square where he was greeted by curious passersby and asked for autographs 7 When asked where he was from he replied Germany making the bystanders think he was from East Germany but when he said West Germany they were surprised 8 A British doctor videotaped Rust circling over Red Square and landing on the bridge 8 Rust was arrested two hours later 9 Aftermath Edit D ECJB at the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin 2010 Rust s trial began in Moscow on 2 September 1987 He was sentenced to four years in a general regime labour camp for hooliganism for disregard of aviation laws and for breaching the Soviet border 10 He was never transferred to a labour camp and instead served his time at the high security Lefortovo temporary detention facility in Moscow Two months later Reagan and Gorbachev agreed to sign a treaty to eliminate intermediate range nuclear weapons in Europe and the Supreme Soviet ordered Rust to be released in August 1988 as a goodwill gesture to the West 2 Rust s return to Germany on 3 August 1988 was accompanied by huge media attention but he did not talk to the assembled journalists his family had sold the exclusive rights to the story to the German magazine Stern for 100 000 DM 8 He reported that he had been treated well in the Soviet prison Journalists described him as psychologically unstable and unworldly in a dangerous manner 8 William E Odom former director of the U S National Security Agency and author of The Collapse of the Soviet Military says that Rust s flight irreparably damaged the reputation of the Soviet military This enabled Gorbachev to remove many of the strongest opponents to his reforms Minister of Defence Sergei Sokolov and the head of the Soviet Air Defence Forces Alexander Koldunov were dismissed along with hundreds of other officers This was the biggest turnover in the Soviet military since Stalin s purges 50 years earlier 2 11 Rust s rented Reims Cessna F172P serial F17202087 12 registered D ECJB was sold to Japan where it was exhibited for several years In 2008 it was returned to Germany and was placed in the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin 13 14 Because Rust s flight seemed like a blow to the authority of the Soviet regime it was the source of numerous jokes and urban legends For a while after the incident Red Square was jokingly referred to by Muscovites as Sheremetyevo 3 Sheremetyevo 1 and 2 being the two terminals at Moscow s international airport 15 At the end of 1987 the police radio code used by law enforcement officers in Moscow was allegedly updated to include a code for an aircraft landing 16 In Estonia at Saka Manor Park there is a monument dedicated to Rust s flight 17 Later life EditWhile doing his obligatory community service Zivildienst in a West German hospital in 1989 Rust stabbed a female co worker who had rejected him The victim barely survived He was convicted of injuring her and sentenced to two and a half years in prison but was released after 15 months 18 Since then he has lived a fragmented life describing himself as a bit of an oddball 19 After being released from court he converted to Hinduism in 1996 to become engaged to a daughter of an Indian tea merchant 20 In 2001 he was convicted of stealing a cashmere pullover and ordered to pay a fine of 10 000 DM which was later reduced to 600 DM 8 18 A further brush with the law came in 2005 when he was convicted of fraud and had to pay a 1 500 fine 18 In 2009 Rust described himself as a professional poker player 21 Most recently in 2012 he described himself as an analyst at a Zurich based investment bank 19 Peace activism Edit In October 2015 The Hindu published an interview with Rust to mark the 25th anniversary of German reunification Rust opined that institutional failures in Western countries to preserve moral standards and uphold the primacy of democratic ideals were creating mistrust between peoples and governments Pointing to the genesis of a New Cold War between Russia and the Western powers Rust suggested that India should tread with caution and avoid entanglement India will be better served if it follows a policy of neutrality while interacting with EU member countries as the big European powers at present are following the foreign policy of the U S unquestioningly He claimed Governments have been dominated by the corporate entities and citizens have ceased to matter in public policy 22 In the media EditFollowing the 20th anniversary of his flight on 28 May 2007 the international media interviewed Rust about the flight and its aftermath The Washington Post and Bild both have online editions of their interviews 23 The most comprehensive televised interview available online is produced by the Danish Broadcasting Corporation In their interview Rust in Red Square recorded in May 2007 Rust gives a full account of the flight in English 24 References Edit Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv Eine Cessna auf dem Roten Platz Mathias Rust in Moskau www dra de in German Retrieved 18 March 2022 a b c d e f g h i j k l LeCompte Tom July 2005 The Notorious Flight of Mathias Rust Air amp Space Smithsonian Washington D C Retrieved 4 April 2009 a b Hadjimatheou Chloe 7 December 2012 Mathias Rust German teenager who flew to Red Square BBC World Service Retrieved 17 March 2014 coptercrazy n d Listing of Production Reims F172 Archived from the original on 14 March 2005 Retrieved 23 December 2007 Khodarenok Mikhail 28 May 2017 Rusta prikryli oblaka Rust hidden by clouds Gazeta ru in Russian Retrieved 25 November 2017 Kraskovsky Voltaire Makarovich Narushitel stal svoim The Intruder Became His Nezavisimaya Gazeta Retrieved 6 May 2020 The Teenage Pilot Who Could Have Caused a Global Crisis Time 28 May 2015 a b c d e Locke Stefan 12 May 2012 Der lange Irrflug der Friedenstaube The long erratic flight of the peace dove Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in German Frankfurt Retrieved 17 March 2014 Rehrmann Marc Oliver 26 June 2009 Der Kremlflieger Mathias Rust kehrt zuruck The Kremlin Flyer Mathias Rust returns in German Hamburg Norddeutscher Rundfunk Retrieved 17 March 2014 Barringer Felicity 9 December 1987 German in Red Square Flight Is Denied a Pardon The New York Times Retrieved 17 March 2014 Brown A 2007 Perestroika and the End of the Cold War Cold War History 7 1 17 doi 10 1080 14682740701197631 S2CID 154856417 Deutsches Technikmuseum 14 May 2009 Cessna F 172 P Skyhawk II retrieved 18 October 2012 Reims Cessna F172P D ECJB in the Deutsches Technikmuseum 2009 Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Himmelfahrt zum Roten Platz Deutsches Technikmuseum zeigt Cessna 172 mit der Mathias Rust 1987 in Moskau landete Archived from the original on 3 November 2012 Retrieved 10 March 2011 Bushansky Valentin 28 May 2008 10 faktov o Matiase Ruste ko Dnyu pogranichnika 10 Facts about Mathias Rust on Border Guard s Day in Russian Fraza Archived from the original on 5 April 2016 Retrieved 17 March 2014 Milicejskie bajki 15 j desyatok in Russian Punasel valjakul maandunud mees sai Saka moisa malestusmargi ERR 27 05 2022 In Estonian a b c Kruger Ralf E Grages Anna 25 May 2007 Moskau Flug Der Kremlflieger pokert hoch The Kremlin Flyer raises the stakes Westdeutsche Zeitung in German Retrieved 17 March 2014 a b Connolly Kate 14 May 2012 German who flew to Red Square during cold war admits it was irresponsible The Guardian London Retrieved 14 May 2012 Connolly Kate 21 April 2001 German daredevil grounded by court The Guardian London Retrieved 17 March 2014 Kreml Flieger Rust 750 000 Euro beim Pokern gewonnen Kremlin Flyer Rust I won 750 000 Euros playing poker Spiegel Online in German 6 June 2009 Retrieved 6 June 2009 Cold War is back German peace activist The Hindu 4 October 2015 Finn Peter 27 May 2007 A Dubious Diplomat The Washington Post Retrieved 17 March 2014 Mathias Rust Interview on YouTubeExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mathias Rust Excerpts of video capturing Rust s flying and landing in Moscow Rust in Red Square Archived 22 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine English about the flight and the aftermath Interview clips are embedded in a flash presentation October 2007 TV Interview 2007 on YouTube English interview in Danish news cast eng eng subs 28 May 2007 Smithsonian s Air amp Space Magazine The Notorious Flight of Mathias Rust Comprehensive article about the flight and the political aftermath in Gorbachev s USSR 1 July 2005 Guardian interview with Mathias Rust Where Are They Now Mathias Rust The Cessna registration number D ECJB on display Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin Novaya Gazeta RUST ETO PO NAShEMU Washington Post A Dubious Diplomat Washington Post article on Rust incident aftermath and Rust s life today 27 May 2007 Mathias Rust fly to the heart of USSR by Jose Antonio Lozano in Spanish Danmarks Radio Rust in Red Square interview May 2007 Archived 22 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Mathias Rust at IMDb BBC article including original video of the landing Mathias Rust Interview from the Love Radio podcast Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mathias Rust amp oldid 1124418670, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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