Thanks for that, Charlie.
Chris
> On 7 Aug 15, at 21:11, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Wasn't familiar with this machine so I looked it up. The Wikipedia write
> up has this entry under "Notable Incidents":
>
>
>
> - 26 September 1986 Mihai Smighelschi, a 21-year old student of the Romanian
> Air Force Academy
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Air_Force_Academy&action=edit&redlink=1
>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romanian_Air_Force_Academy&action=edit&redlink=1>>,
> used an L-39ZA Albatros training plane to fly to Turkey and request
> political
> asylum <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_asylum
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_asylum>>. His aircraft
> was later recovered and onboard data recorders showed that he had flown no
> higher than 150 m (490 ft) above ground at 700 km/h (430 mph) to evade
> radar <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar>> detection. Smighelschi had
> less than 100 hours at the time, including high-school glider
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_%28aircraft%29
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_%28aircraft%29>> training, and less
> than 3 hours on the L-39ZA. Without satellite navigation
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_navigation>> or indeed any maps,
> he navigated a straight line over Romania
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania>>, Bulgaria
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria>> and Turkey
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey>> using only ground marks and the
> memory of a map of Europe he had access to at the Academy. He eventually
> landed in Kirklareli <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklareli
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklareli>>, Turkey,
> on a street near a group of jeeps that seemed to have American insignia,
> breaking the front wheel and the nose of the plane.[40]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros#cite_note-40
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros#cite_note-40>>
>
> Brave young man.
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