Soviet Pilot Steals MiG-29

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[TheGermanKrankenwagen]

Fun fact: He tried shooting the aircraft that were parked on the ground after he took off, but realized he can’t because one of the gun locks have not been removed.

[carlpetersen]

I met him in osh kosh Wisconsin. He told me the story himself. He only had enough time to take the covers of his intakes and engines. He was shot in the arm or shoulder if I remember. He flew at an altitude of just a couple hundred feet to avoid radar. One of the coolest stories I've ever heard. Nice guy too

[andydrahos]

That must have been one big friggin' cake for a regiment.

[rifqihatta]

He successfully pulled operation Cake Eater

[leeroyjenkins]

It’s a miracle he wasn’t blasted out of the sky regardless of whether or not he had his radar and comms on

[captkingsly]

"Let him cook" has a whole new meaning

[borabingol]

Turki here! I remember that day. He flew at almost sea level avoiding radars and landed at Trabzon. That was a civil airport and it was almost dawn, so there weren’t many groubd staff around, so he just left the MIG and sneaked outside the airport just by the road, he took a cab and told the driver to take him to hospital since his arm was imjured. Then he met the officials and asked US asylum which he was sent to Ankara to get to the US consulate. USSR warned Turkiye to return both the pilot and the MIG. Turkiye accepted to return the MIG but not the pilot according to the international law. US asked Turkey to investigate the MIG and not return to the Soviets. Turkiye refuses that but Turkiye investigated the MIG on her own. The MIG was disarmed and sent back flying.

[earlblacklock]

There's a great story about a Korean War Saber pilot who lost consciousness and was saved by two other pilots who flew under his wings to reduce lift enough to get him down to where there was enough oxygen

[JuanCastro-dxjk]

You should cover this story, A Cuban pilot named Orestes Lorenzo got tired of the regime and left in his MIG 23 landing in FL, after that the Cuban dictatorship wouldn’t let his wife and two sons to come to the US and reunite with him, Raul Castro said if he want to see his family he better have the same balls when he took the MIG23 and come pick them up himself, so he did 😅 he managed to put his hands on a Cessna 31 and flew back to cuba to pick up his family, he told the people in FL if you haven’t heard from me in 2 hours is because I’m dead, flying a 3 meters from the water he managed to avoid the coastguard radars, landed in a highway, pickup his family turned around and flew back to the US making a fool of Fidel Castro not only once but twice, amazing story one of if not the best I’ve ever heard

[otavainen]

Can we take a moment to appreciate how beautiful an aircraft the MiG-29 is?

[radbie]

I flew an airplane with this guy when I was a kid. Trips me out. He was a real nice guy.

[WellthatlldoitAGAIN]

"Both of them ended up ✨️shot✨️"
Enunciating shot im crying😂😂

[Chrono_topher]

Damn, if he waited for 2 more years 😂

EDIT: Uh I dont know what happened to the replies

[andyz]

"..invited his entire regiment..."
Ah yes, the cake for 1500 soldiers😂

[twozerofour]

“American? Sorry bro, you’re Turkey now.”

[Exton_Z]

When he flew away from Soviet Russia with the jet, he could feel the Freedom 🇺🇸 🦅

[masoncorwin]

That guys more American than most kids these days

[jinto]

Zuyev: "Finally I an American!!"

Turkish Ground Crew: "Skibbidi bop bop bop..."

[ErlingEra]

WOW! He died in 2001 in Whatcom County, WA like 2 hours from where I grew up, how interesting and what a beautiful place to go!

[kyuremdj]

He could have just waited 2 years and avoid all of this