num_pages: 222
description: To be a MIG pilot in Russia is to be as close to heaven as communism allows. Millions are spent on your training. And nothing is too lavish for your living. Lt Viktor Belenko was a MIG-25 pilot - one of Russia's elite warriors and the supreme expression of the ideal communist man. Or so everyone believed.Thwn on September 6, 1976, while on a routine training flight, Lt. Belenko veered off course - and embarked on an incredible escape, an unforgiveable betrayal of his nation, and a daring and torturous personal journey of hope and courage.MIG PILOT is the thrilling true story of how Russia's greatest air military secret was stolen and delivered right into America's lap. But it's more - it's the fascinating life story of a peasant's son who grew up to possess every luxury and honor Russia can bestow. And who threw it all away for one desperate chance to possess a dream. The American Dream.
language: English
title: MIG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko
titlecomplete: MIG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko
genres: Military Fiction, History, Biography, Memoir, Military History, Russia, War, Politics, Aviation, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 569
publisher: Avon Books