A 19-Year-Old German Pilot Lands a Plane Next to the Kremlin in 1987
Mathias Rust was sent to jail for one year in 1987 after he decided to land his single prop plane right next to the Kremlin in Moscow. During his 500 mile flight, he was warned that failure to turn around would lead to military action. Soviet military defense systems didn’t cause him any harm and Soviet fighter pilots decided not to take his life during his historic (and ballsy) flight.
