Crazy people often do unusual things; but once in a while they do very crazy and interesting things. I could not argue that his flight was not both crazy and interesting.
maybe a smart young pilot, but simply a crazy guy who hasn't heard the whistle. After his time in russia he tried to stab a nurse who refused to kiss him. He was convicted to three years in prison for the attempt of manslaughter. Later he was convicted due to thievery and for deception. This man is a lunatic.
@ss90ss444: if the measure of being a true German is piloting a private aircraft and risking getting shot down only to be inevitably captured and detained in a Soviet prison for 14 months only to return to Germany to lead a life of crime which included STABBING a girl, well, may I say that I am glad to NOT be German.
@everyone Oh please let go of this childish German bashing. Mathias Rust is quite apparently mental, and he was so at the time. His mental illness is the reason he made this flight, and that he committed several crimes in his later life. Also look at his "philosophies" of "saving the world" and all that, it doesn't sound quite sane. There are mentally ill people in any country.
@ss90ss444 die russen sind keine bastarde - du depp - rust zeigt ganz friedlich wie menschenverständigung im positiven zu bewerkstelligen ist ! daraus gelernt - hat allerdings niemand - was rust beweisen wollte !
and Francisco81a, are you really saying that since the Soviets decided it wasn't a good idea to shoot down CIVILIAN AIRLINERS (like KAL 747), they decided that anyone could fly a plane into downtown Moscow??? I find that difficult to believe my friend. I'm pretty sure such a stunt would end in a smoldering pile of debris well outside Moscow were someone to try it today. Or Beijing, or Washington D.C for that matter.
This guy did something that changed the world. The effect on the Soviet Union credibility as superpower was shacken. Thank you Mathias, you contributed, believe it or not to the freedom of half Europe.
This guy did something that changed the world. The effect on the Soviet Union credibility as superpower was shacken. Thank you Mathias, you contributed, believe it or not to the freedom of half Europe.
@kosiak10851 Different situation, these were passenger planes that were kidnapped, in Rust's case it was an unknown plane coming to Moscow, crossing 1oos of kilometres in USSR territory...
@kosiak10851 You RETARD, those were passenger liners full of people, the only way of intercepting them would have been to shoot them down. Sure USSR would have done this, they were good ad treating people as cattle when needed. But the US simply couldn't kill all those innocents aboard the planes.
@GreatGodSajuuk Thats why there are laws that all pilots follow. And pilots know that military has every right to shoot them in case of violation. Even if korean pilot was that dumb and headed airliner to soviet no-fly zone, Tragedy is all his fault then, He could crash the aircraft into mountain with the same result.
All the claims that Soviet air defence was weak is bullshit. So what? Americans also didnt stop several aircrafts (much larger than Cessna) in Sept 2001.
Soviet air force / air defence tracked them from west Gemany border, but they did not got order to shot down them (mainly for polical reasons to prevent scandal)
please, look at his flying route first. there's no need to track aircraft heading to island and norway. yes, i think russians were able to track since norway until moscow. but that they didn't shoot him down and this shows the degree of 'bardak' in soviet army. after that gorbachev got oppurtunity to fire some general who opposed his politics. afterall this was very stupidly brave act from rust. brought lots of excitement for me too, 'cause i had my 13th birthday that day :)
Wow, talk about air defense. And these were our supposed adversaries during the Cold War and some dude landed a Cessna in the middle of their capitol?
A good pilot can keep a Cessna in the air at just under 50 knots. Any fighter/interceptor would be forced to fly at least twice as fast to remain airborne.
Maybe if the Sovs had flown up there with their own light aircraft and AK-47s they would have scared him off.
They can't stay airborne. The stall speed for any fighter jet, regardless of variable wing or flap setting is about 100 kts, and a Cessna cruises around 90kts.
So what? Fighter can keep running circles around him if needed...fighters were ordered to abandon following him and then later directed back to find him but he probably landed somewhere before going to Moscow.
After 1983 when Soviet Air Force shot down KAL`s 747 over kamchatka, Soviet air commanders and Soviet air pilots were forbidden to show down unknown/foreign aircraft, that`s why Rust got away with it period... also it was a Soviet national holiday (border guards day May 28) when he did his solo flight... therefore this german was lucky because of history itself... not because of Soviet poor air defense....
Well, lets look at that in the same way. A good air defense unit can classify friendly, civilian, hostile, and unknown aircraft quickly and effieciently, which means they never should have shot down that 747. Also, the holiday was also stupid. Does the US military stop all combat operations because its Christmas? No. Basically, if they did let up their guard on May 28, wouldnt that mean anybody, lets say a Nato country, could walk into the country just because of a holiday?!?! That's just crazy
Who took and then released this footage? This was quite a long time before anyone was carrying a cell phone camera...It's quite obviously not a CCTV camera, nor a fixed surveillance camera of any kind, it follows him flying around the area of Red Square...so who knew he was coming? Or am I supposed to believe that the Soviets just let cameramen tape whatever they wanted to next to the Kremlin in 1987??
@robertogrimes121 They indeed knew that he was comming. Before that landing, his Cessna was accompanied by two MiG-23 fighter jets which was already shown on TV. But because they did not shoot his aircraft down or forced him to return, Gorbatschow fired the minister of defence, the chief of air defence and other officials.
As one can see, it isn't always hard to enter a foreign airspace or even to do something very evil in the US air space (9/11). Even big countries are attackable.
@robertogrimes121 "Who took and then released this footage? This was quite a long time before anyone was carrying a cell phone camera" Yeah but amateur video cameras existed then. "Or am I supposed to believe that the Soviets just let cameramen tape whatever they wanted to next to the Kremlin in 1987??" Yes, the Red Square was buzzing with tourists, and they tend to have cameras. The footage was shot by a tourist, it said so in the news at the time.
Crazy people often do unusual things; but once in a while they do very crazy and interesting things. I could not argue that his flight was not both crazy and interesting.
Wunlong1234 2 weeks ago
maybe a smart young pilot, but simply a crazy guy who hasn't heard the whistle. After his time in russia he tried to stab a nurse who refused to kiss him. He was convicted to three years in prison for the attempt of manslaughter. Later he was convicted due to thievery and for deception. This man is a lunatic.
TheColinChapman 10 months ago 10
@TheColinChapman are u serious? i cant beleive that!
srt619 2 weeks ago
@srt619 I am dead serious. read his biography on Wikipedia.
TheColinChapman 2 weeks ago
@ss90ss444: if the measure of being a true German is piloting a private aircraft and risking getting shot down only to be inevitably captured and detained in a Soviet prison for 14 months only to return to Germany to lead a life of crime which included STABBING a girl, well, may I say that I am glad to NOT be German.
happyhourkid 1 year ago
@everyone Oh please let go of this childish German bashing. Mathias Rust is quite apparently mental, and he was so at the time. His mental illness is the reason he made this flight, and that he committed several crimes in his later life. Also look at his "philosophies" of "saving the world" and all that, it doesn't sound quite sane. There are mentally ill people in any country.
anorak2 1 year ago
nur kranke menschen landen nicht mit flugzeugen sicher auf festem boden !
GayFoxxx 1 year ago
Whaaaa, how can someone fly that kind of distances over water with a single-engine aircraft?!?
112Simoni 1 year ago
Good man. He showed those russian bastards what a true german is made of.
ss90ss444 1 year ago
@ss90ss444 die russen sind keine bastarde - du depp - rust zeigt ganz friedlich wie menschenverständigung im positiven zu bewerkstelligen ist ! daraus gelernt - hat allerdings niemand - was rust beweisen wollte !
GayFoxxx 1 year ago
and Francisco81a, are you really saying that since the Soviets decided it wasn't a good idea to shoot down CIVILIAN AIRLINERS (like KAL 747), they decided that anyone could fly a plane into downtown Moscow??? I find that difficult to believe my friend. I'm pretty sure such a stunt would end in a smoldering pile of debris well outside Moscow were someone to try it today. Or Beijing, or Washington D.C for that matter.
robertogrimes121 1 year ago
p.s. really, alfhalfling? I'm not saying it's too soon, but what on earth does your comment have to do with this clip?
robertogrimes121 1 year ago
Ich fand das damals eine coole Aktion... Wir brauchen mehr Menschen wie ihn die sich mal etwas trauen....
Cobramicha 1 year ago
This guy did something that changed the world. The effect on the Soviet Union credibility as superpower was shacken. Thank you Mathias, you contributed, believe it or not to the freedom of half Europe.
TheAndresMendez 1 year ago
This guy did something that changed the world. The effect on the Soviet Union credibility as superpower was shacken. Thank you Mathias, you contributed, believe it or not to the freedom of half Europe.
TheAndresMendez 1 year ago
Mathias Rust Number one!!!
hatredrock 2 years ago
Funny how you think about 'weak' Russians while some strong country SUCCESSFULLY intercepted all tyny planes heading their cities on Sept 11th, 2001
kosiak10851 2 years ago
@kosiak10851 Different situation, these were passenger planes that were kidnapped, in Rust's case it was an unknown plane coming to Moscow, crossing 1oos of kilometres in USSR territory...
lkrnpk 1 year ago
@kosiak10851 You RETARD, those were passenger liners full of people, the only way of intercepting them would have been to shoot them down. Sure USSR would have done this, they were good ad treating people as cattle when needed. But the US simply couldn't kill all those innocents aboard the planes.
GreatGodSajuuk 1 year ago
@GreatGodSajuuk Thats why there are laws that all pilots follow. And pilots know that military has every right to shoot them in case of violation. Even if korean pilot was that dumb and headed airliner to soviet no-fly zone, Tragedy is all his fault then, He could crash the aircraft into mountain with the same result.
kosiak10851 1 year ago
@kosiak10851 "And pilots know that military has every right to shoot them in case of violation."
Bollocks
anorak2 1 year ago 3
der muss inne Klapse...mein Gott hat der ein anne Waffel
Rwe72 2 years ago
erlend er teit
viktor777888 2 years ago
In Soviet Russia, plane flies YOU!
joshua81em 2 years ago
They could have shot him down but they didnt't want to risk an incident like de Korean 747 that was shot down in 1986.
In the end it gave Gorbatsjov a good oppertunity to sack the hardline soviet generals that could have blocked Perestroika.
A realy BRILLIANT action !
UberQuaker2 2 years ago
Yep, It was intercpted 11 times and none given an order to shoot it down.
zipacna1980 1 year ago
All the claims that Soviet air defence was weak is bullshit. So what? Americans also didnt stop several aircrafts (much larger than Cessna) in Sept 2001.
kosiak10851 2 years ago
A Hero!! Russian are very weak in every way lol
TruthSearcher4ever 2 years ago
poor russian air defense...
adamukrop 3 years ago
you will see what is russian army....i see west is shiting in the pants....
fzfrukzfkffk 3 years ago
Soviet air force / air defence tracked them from west Gemany border, but they did not got order to shot down them (mainly for polical reasons to prevent scandal)
Rust was lucky bastard
ukrainesuperpower87 2 years ago
please, look at his flying route first. there's no need to track aircraft heading to island and norway. yes, i think russians were able to track since norway until moscow. but that they didn't shoot him down and this shows the degree of 'bardak' in soviet army. after that gorbachev got oppurtunity to fire some general who opposed his politics. afterall this was very stupidly brave act from rust. brought lots of excitement for me too, 'cause i had my 13th birthday that day :)
hlbq 2 years ago
Please tell us, why you try to stab a young nurse 1989?!?
hansaushamburg2008 3 years ago
lol
Dogmeat1950 2 years ago
ha ha this guy is great!
teymur55 3 years ago
Wow, talk about air defense. And these were our supposed adversaries during the Cold War and some dude landed a Cessna in the middle of their capitol?
chrslbrt 3 years ago
A good pilot can keep a Cessna in the air at just under 50 knots. Any fighter/interceptor would be forced to fly at least twice as fast to remain airborne.
Maybe if the Sovs had flown up there with their own light aircraft and AK-47s they would have scared him off.
SCE2AUX 3 years ago 2
a mig aircraft can fold its wing out and fly slow and fold them back if they need speed
alfhalfling 3 years ago
They can't stay airborne. The stall speed for any fighter jet, regardless of variable wing or flap setting is about 100 kts, and a Cessna cruises around 90kts.
SCE2AUX 3 years ago
So what? Fighter can keep running circles around him if needed...fighters were ordered to abandon following him and then later directed back to find him but he probably landed somewhere before going to Moscow.
AreOut 2 years ago
They were shut down several fools who tried to repeat rust's "achievement" with ... Mi-24 lol
ahbahpuh 1 year ago
After 1983 when Soviet Air Force shot down KAL`s 747 over kamchatka, Soviet air commanders and Soviet air pilots were forbidden to show down unknown/foreign aircraft, that`s why Rust got away with it period... also it was a Soviet national holiday (border guards day May 28) when he did his solo flight... therefore this german was lucky because of history itself... not because of Soviet poor air defense....
Francisco81a 3 years ago 2
Well, lets look at that in the same way. A good air defense unit can classify friendly, civilian, hostile, and unknown aircraft quickly and effieciently, which means they never should have shot down that 747. Also, the holiday was also stupid. Does the US military stop all combat operations because its Christmas? No. Basically, if they did let up their guard on May 28, wouldnt that mean anybody, lets say a Nato country, could walk into the country just because of a holiday?!?! That's just crazy
chrslbrt 3 years ago
Who took and then released this footage? This was quite a long time before anyone was carrying a cell phone camera...It's quite obviously not a CCTV camera, nor a fixed surveillance camera of any kind, it follows him flying around the area of Red Square...so who knew he was coming? Or am I supposed to believe that the Soviets just let cameramen tape whatever they wanted to next to the Kremlin in 1987??
robertogrimes121 1 year ago
@robertogrimes121 They indeed knew that he was comming. Before that landing, his Cessna was accompanied by two MiG-23 fighter jets which was already shown on TV. But because they did not shoot his aircraft down or forced him to return, Gorbatschow fired the minister of defence, the chief of air defence and other officials.
As one can see, it isn't always hard to enter a foreign airspace or even to do something very evil in the US air space (9/11). Even big countries are attackable.
Flag4Spam 1 year ago
@robertogrimes121 "Who took and then released this footage? This was quite a long time before anyone was carrying a cell phone camera" Yeah but amateur video cameras existed then. "Or am I supposed to believe that the Soviets just let cameramen tape whatever they wanted to next to the Kremlin in 1987??" Yes, the Red Square was buzzing with tourists, and they tend to have cameras. The footage was shot by a tourist, it said so in the news at the time.
anorak2 1 year ago
yeah it was a better stundt than hijacking 2 aircraft and flying into the world trade
alfhalfling 3 years ago 5
Nice! I like!!
iliamark 4 years ago
I remember that day. It was unbelievable watch the news and see that someone can freely land at the Red Square in Moscow.
trythinksmart 4 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Nobody landed there! So nobody could see! He was definitively not on the red square! So what news did you watch? ;)
youshouldntknow 4 years ago
He landed right outside, and then taxed into the red square.
drankrur 3 years ago
awesome! thanks for posting.
mqz123 4 years ago