Talk:Mathias Rust

message: he flew from helsinki, finland!
"Rust was arrested immediately by the Soviet authorities"
This statement is inaccurate. Please check news reports from the time.  I recall that no one on Red Square quite believed Rust's ridiculous story of flying in from Finland and Germany. People thought he was a comedian or an aerial stunt man, and Rust and the crowd enjoyed some good banter. The attitude of the first authorities to arrive was the same as the crowd's, and they made the arrest only after overcoming their complete disbelief of Rust's story.
:Quite true from the A&S article: SpeakFree (talk)  19:56, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Older comments

message: I have replaced Berlin in 2004 with Hamburg in 2002, as the latter is a fairly reliable source (Indy) the former from a website informed by "Bernard". Rich   Farmbrough. 18:57, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Where he lives now

message: This article is poorly sourced, at least two of the three links are authored by Rust, and the third is itself unsourced (may even derive partially from this article). Rich   Farmbrough. 19:12, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  SOurces 

message: I got this from the Russian Mathias Rust page:
Когда постовой сказал ему о самолёте, дежурный ответил «Ты смотри, чтобы коровы по площади не ходили, а самолёт — хуй с ним!»
My Russian is really bad:  I get something like "When the lookout told him about the ariplane, the sentry answered: "You saw that cows didn't walk on the (red) square, but an airplane - penis with him!"  It sounds really colourful, maybe someone can translate it better? --Slashme 15:16, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Fuck the plane, make sure there are no cows walking on the square!". Most likely an urban legend, though, not a real quote... Azov 18:51, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What does this mean? 

message: I'ts quite funny that a young German flew in his small Cessna from Helsinki to Moscow having evaded the suppposedly sophisticated and deadly Soviet Air Defences. The people who operated the air Defence system(s) must have been really wasted at the time. If one German in a small Cessna could evade soviet air defences, imagine how easy it would have been for the USAF.
:About how he evaded air defences -- that's very simple: he didn't. His plane was consistently  tracked at least for half of his flight distance -- to Pskov, that is. At some point he was even escorted by two Soviet fighters, who tried to force him down. However, following scandal with Korean Boeing just about five years before, Soviet air defence had put the regulation that no aggressive meas should be attempted if plane in question is definitely civilian. So after fighter pilots failed to communicate with him (Rust turned off his radio), they returned to base.
:After Pskov his plane disappeared from radars and there is some evidence that he landed somewhere around Staraya Russa. After that his plane was also spotted several times, but was confused with rescue helicopters, working on the site of recent air crash near Torzhok or even domestic trainer plane defying the regulations.--Khathi 14:36, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree with Khathi. This also shows how this article favoring only one side and the power of mass stupidity from both sides. Certainly a breach of POV. --Garrythefish (talk) 18:32, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Funny

message: People ask why the bridge always pops out -- that's simple. Vasilievsky Spusk, while quite wide, just isn't long enough to land a plane on it, even lighter one like Cessna. But it continues into Moskvoretsky bridge across Moskva river after crossing the embankment, forming a stretch of road long and straight enough to serve as an improvised runway. Read Russian accounts on the landing: they all more or less agree that Rust landed on Moskvoretsky bridge, where was little traffic at the time, then slowed down on Vasilievky Spusk and just taxied into Red Square. --Khathi 18:29, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hm, interesting! I believe on the pictures that I've seen the plane was between Kremlin and St.Basil's. How did he get there, did he make a turn while driving on Vasilevsky Spusk?.. Would be nice if someone who can dig out the details makes a diagram.   Azov 02:39, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Check this interview. He clearly says that he landed on wide bridge near Red square . -- Zzzzzzzzzz  19:54, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Landing on the bridge

message: Is it just me, or does the first paragraph look really...weird. Not very encyclopaedic, IMHO. 35.11.183.95 08:51, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: First Paragraph

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:37, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: I added this as a link, but would like to also draw the attention of this article to anyone editing this entry -- Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine has a July 2005 article "The Notorious Flight of Mathias Rust" that seems to me to be one of the most well-written pieces on the event available online, with a great deal of detail about the flight itself, Rust's prior activities, and the repercussions within the Soviet Union.  I recommend it to anyone doing work on this entry.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by StrangeAttractor (talk • contribs) 15:46, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine piece is not so well written, as on bottom of page 3 it says "a Soviet MiG-23 fighter-interceptor pulled up beside him. With nearly three times the wingspan and more than 10 times the weight of Rust’s Cessna, the MiG seemed huge."  The MiG-23 has a Wingspan (when Spread) of 13.97 m, the Cessna's Wingspan is 11.00 m. That's not quite "nearly three times". How can they mangle basic technical facts that badly? -- Matthead  Discuß   11:23, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Air & Space Magazine - good source for editors of this article 

message: I thought it is generally agreed that Rust was not shot down simply because noone wanted another international scandal like the recent Korean flight.
Where are the sources that he eluded anyone?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.231.50.118 (talk) 20:13, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Failure of Soviet PRO? 

message: Quoting the article: "Rust's trial started in Moscow on September 2, 1987 -- After serving 432 days at the Lefortovo jail in Moscow, he was released on parole.[1] He returned to West Germany on August 3, 1988". Problem: If serving 432 days, starting no earlier than Sep 2nd 1987, he's parole couldn't start no earlier than 432-365 = 67 days after September 2nd the next year (1988), meaning ~November 8th 1988. But he returned to Germany less than a year after the trial, "Aug 3rd 1988"... Either the "432 days" is incorrect or the trial date / the return date is incorrect. Sources?
Edit: 100 days less would make sense, 332 days is 33 days short a year which'd be a bit less than year minus a month, so Sep 2nd 87 -> Aug 3rd 88 would make sense.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.223.209.198 (talk) 18:38, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You are quite right - the number is suspect - maybe it includes time already served or not? Regardless, the cited ref does not mention that number, so I have rewritten the para to make more sense. Thanks for pointing out the problem, sometimes it talkes some fresh eyes! - Ahunt (talk) 19:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error in timeline? 

message: Does anyone have information, ie tail number or registry for his aircraft.  Also, does anyone know what ever happened to the plane.  Was it ever returned to the original owners?  Was is kept by the USSR?  Does it even still exist?  67.166.155.113 (talk) 08:44, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The information is all in the article and the external links. The Reims Cessna F172P D-ECJB was in the Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin in 2009 photo. Perhaps I can add something to make that clearer. - Ahunt (talk) 15:06, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where-abouts of the Cessna 

message: There is some disagreement among sources about his age and DOB at the time. A lot say 19 year old, but if he was June/ July he was 18. Here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20609795 he says he was 19 himself. Also, his DOB is contentious. This is going to be sticky, but it is a pretty serious problem.Jamesx12345 (talk) 15:40, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: We just need to gather up all the refs and then indicate disagreement and footnote the cases for each one. It would be good if someone could locate an official source, like a birth certificate. - Ahunt (talk) 15:53, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Age/ DOB 

message: Just like an auto license plate, the ID numbers do transfer, so the serial number (or construction number) is included when known, you should know that, Ahunt.  I am also offended you considered my source as self-published when at most it is questionable (the sites are not even listed under WP:SPS).  Here is a list of sites that offer corroborative info, here, here, and here.  This site lists a number of aircraft made by Reims Aviation, however the serial # is miss-typed, saying 3087 instead of 2087, a look at the larger list show 172's of the same year mfg in the 2000 range.  BTW, I am trying to see if DTM listed the S#. Flightsoffancy (talk) 22:26, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't have a problem if you really think we need to note the serial number, but that jetphotos ref is user-submitted content by an anonymous user called "Pise". and thus WP:SPS. Citing lots more self-published or user-created content items doesn't add up to one WP:RS. If there is a better ref then please put it in instead. In the meantime I will fix the ref you have there as per WP:EL, external links are not used in article text. - Ahunt (talk) 22:55, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Jetphotos site also has a photo of 172 by user "Christian A. Amado" too, a reason I chose to link that one (I guess you just glanced at it). I am still looking for something from DTM (found this site full of pictures). Appreciate the WP:EL fix, my attempts was breaking the edit. -Flightsoffancy (talk) 14:30, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: www.time-o-rama.com is just another website where anyone can post anything, it all falls afoul of WP:SPS. I found an official ref for the museum where the aircraft is on display and I will add that instead. - Ahunt (talk) 16:10, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that is what I was looking for, and see you beat me to it, that's OK (DTM above is Deutch Technical Museum, which already is refereed to in article). They have 2 pages, here and here.  I thought it was only in the first page listed, completely missed it was also in the second page, d'oh!  www.time-o-rama.com is just an archive site, and it is a valid site if the original site is no longer accessible.  Of course the content needs to follow WP:QS rules (and why do you insist to use WP:SPS flag, even when Jetphotos is not on Wiki SPS list?).  Nice editing of the information and adding the registered tag as well, will keep it in mind on future edits. -Flightsoffancy (talk) 01:47, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It really doesn't matter whether the site is on any list of SPS sites, as WP:SPS explains, any site that allows users to just upload content without editorial oversight is not acceptable as a ref for Wikipeida, simply because the content can say anything and maybe dead wrong. Regardless I think we can close this issue now as . - Ahunt (talk) 11:06, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serial number needed as ID 

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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: There's not much sense in featuring a photo of Rust taken in 2012, 40 years after his famous flight. He was 18 at the time of the astounding event and his youth was a major aspect of the story. Sca (talk) 13:30, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: First off, it is a biography article, so while the flight is the main thing he is famous for, the article covers his whole life, plus second, we don't have a photo available of him at the time of his flight. Are you proposing we remove the sole photo we have of the article subject? - Ahunt (talk) 13:35, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm proposing we access a photo of him at the time of his flight under fair-use provisions for "illustrating historically significant events." Sca (talk) 14:09, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not a copyright lawyer, so I am not sure if we can justify a fair use image or not in these circumstances, but if you do find one and put it in, I would propose that the more recent image of him just be moved down in the article and not removed. - Ahunt (talk) 14:47, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not expert in such matters, but if a 'then'-photo were obtained, your suggestion makes perfect sense. Good to know you're not a lawyer. Sca (talk) 20:06, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo

message: Per this old revision, this article was started in British English ("defence", "labour"); there are a couple of American spellings as well but BrEng greatly predominates. Was there a reason to change it to US English? If not it should go back per MOS:RETAIN. --John (talk) 17:27, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The subject is German, so it was probably just sloppy editing. Feel free to fix. - Ahunt (talk) 17:47, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --John (talk) 17:55, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  ENGVAR 

message: Does any of the pictures at commons:Category:Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge show the area where he landed and taxied?
I think it should also include the church, as seen in .
Not knowing Moscow, I can't choose a picture myself.
--Error (talk) 09:40, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Pictures of the landing area

message: There is a sentence in the article
I put a comma after "emergency", thus:
But another editor, User:Ahunt, reverted it, and fine, but then here we are, and I'll make my case.
So my argument is that without the comma there's a tendency for some readers to read it like: [Control personnel presumed] [an emergency and a rescue effort] [was organized]... that is, the personnel either presumed that both an emergency and a rescue effort had occurred, or organized an emergency and a rescue effort. Sure, that doesn't make sense and doesn't exactly parse if you think about it, and the rest of the sentence (about the patrol boat) clarifies that further. But, the reader should not have to read to the end of a sentence to figure out what it's saying, nor stop for even a fraction of a second to figure it out. 
Or, maybe, "...presumed that and emergency had occurred and a rescue..." should be done, but that is three extra words.
 
Anyway, since placement of commas is more or less a judgement thing, neither the insertion or removal of the comma is "wrong". I just think it's better, particularly when you bear in mind that some of our readers reader are ESLers, or below average in literacy or intelligence, after all. Will to be convinced otherwise. Herostratus (talk) 00:07, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I will simply say that the sentence makes perfectly clear sense as originally written and the use of a comma in addition to a conjunction would be a very odd sentence structure. - Ahunt (talk) 00:28, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comma