German pilot Mathias Rust trial in Soviet Union, 1987

Moscow, Soviet Union. Amateur pilot from West Germany Mathias Rust is tried by the Supreme Court for breaching the Soviet border and hooliganism. Rust illegally landed near Red Square on his Reims Cessna F172P civil single-engine aircraft on May 28, 1987. Nikolai Malyshev/TASS

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Amateur Breaching Cessna F172p Hooliganism Illegally Landed Malyshev Mathias Reims Rust Single-engine Tried

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