Posted: 6/3/2011 8:28:57 PM EDT
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What ever happened to this guy? He was the crazy German that landed in Red Square in the 1987. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust#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 injuries were life-threatening and he was sentenced to four years in prison for attempted manslaughter and was released after having served fifteen months. 
In 1996, he became engaged to a daughter of an Indian tea merchant and converted to Hinduism.[9] In 2001, he was convicted for stealing a cashmere pullover and ordered to pay DM 10,000; the sentence was later reduced to 600 marks. In 2005, he was convicted of fraud and had to pay €1,500 for stolen goods. In 2009 Rust described himself as a professional poker player.[10]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust#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 injuries were life-threatening and he was sentenced to four years in prison for attempted manslaughter and was released after having served fifteen months.
In 1996, he became engaged to a daughter of an Indian tea merchant and converted to Hinduism.[9] In 2001, he was convicted for stealing a cashmere pullover and ordered to pay DM 10,000; the sentence was later reduced to 600 marks. In 2005, he was convicted of fraud and had to pay €1,500 for stolen goods. In 2009 Rust described himself as a professional poker player.[10]
It would appear the personality traits that lead you to flay a plan through Soviet Air Defenses and land it in Red Square during the Cold War are not conducive to stable, normal life. |
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It would seem.........but the shocked look on the faces of Soviet Air Defense commanders was priceless
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust#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 injuries were life-threatening and he was sentenced to four years in prison for attempted manslaughter and was released after having served fifteen months.
In 1996, he became engaged to a daughter of an Indian tea merchant and converted to Hinduism.[9] In 2001, he was convicted for stealing a cashmere pullover and ordered to pay DM 10,000; the sentence was later reduced to 600 marks. In 2005, he was convicted of fraud and had to pay €1,500 for stolen goods. In 2009 Rust described himself as a professional poker player.[10]
It would appear the personality traits that lead you to flay a plan through Soviet Air Defenses and land it in Red Square during the Cold War are not conducive to stable, normal life. |
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I wonder how many Soviet Officers got the axe after Rust's little stunt? I know the top air defense guy was shit canned, but I think a lot more headed off to Siberia after that indecent. The Wikipedia article goes into this, many leaders got fired and Gorbachev used the incident to clean house. It also said that the Soviet Military lost a lot of face that they never really recovered. My guess is that they had been saying they could shoot almost all of our B52s, when that Cessna showed up it looked really bad. Steve |
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Here's a link to a detailed story of the flight.
http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/rust.html Gorby canned hundreds of officers. |