Cold War Escape Room - Anyone remember this event? OTD, 1987 – A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defenses and lands a private
James Bond 007Museum on Twitter: "Illegally landing a small aircraft on Moscow's Red Square. Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968) is a German aviator known for his illegal landing near Red Square
![Landing of the plane on the red square. Matthias Rust: He landed in Red Square. To shoot down - you can't, to plant - it doesn't work Landing of the plane on the red square. Matthias Rust: He landed in Red Square. To shoot down - you can't, to plant - it doesn't work](https://i2.wp.com/krasvozduh.ru/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Matias-Rust.-TSessna-172P.jpg)
Landing of the plane on the red square. Matthias Rust: He landed in Red Square. To shoot down - you can't, to plant - it doesn't work
![تويتر \ Military History Now على تويتر: "On this day in 1987, an 18-year-old civilian pilot from West Germany named Mathias Rust penetrates Soviet air defences and lands his Cessna in Moscow's تويتر \ Military History Now على تويتر: "On this day in 1987, an 18-year-old civilian pilot from West Germany named Mathias Rust penetrates Soviet air defences and lands his Cessna in Moscow's](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E2LfJVLWUAEN-HZ.jpg)