On May 28, 1987, an eighteen-year-old German pilot who barely knew how to fly helped topple the Soviet Union. When Mathias Rust landed his Cessna in Red Square in Moscow, he set in motion of chain of ...

In 1987 a West German teenager shocked the world, by flying through Soviet air defences to land a Cessna aeroplane in Red Square. He was jailed for more than a year - but a quarter of a century later, ...

A video of the event is here (takes user to dropbox file). On May 28 in 1987, 18-year-old German amateur pilot Mathias Rust, from Schleswig-Holstein, had just 50 hours' flight experience when he ...

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In May 1987, Mathias Rust, an amateur German pilot, flew a rented Cessna aircraft from Finland to Moscow, evading Soviet air defenses and improbably landing on Red Square near the Kremlin. Rust's ...

The story of Mathias Rust's flight from Helsinki to Moscow in 1987 is probably one of the strangest episodes of the Cold War. Twenty-five years ago Rust, a 19-year-old German with about 50 hours of ...

Mathias Rust, who stunned the world as a teenager when he landed his Cessna plane in Moscow's Red Square, has re-emerged 20 years later to reveal his regrets about his peace mission. Mr Rust, now 39, ...

This week 30 years ago, a teenager called Mathias Rust evaded fighter jets and the world’s most sophisticated air defence technology to land a light aircraft in the heart of Moscow. Dr Robin Stott ...

Twenty five years ago, at the height of the cold war, 19-year-old Mathias Rust flew a daring 'peace mission' from Helsinki to Moscow. He evaded Soviet Union air defences for 500 miles before landing ...

In 1987 a West German teenager shocked the world, by flying through Soviet air defences to land a Cessna aeroplane in Red Square. He was jailed for more than a year - but a quarter of a century later, ...