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>,
used an L-39ZA Albatros training plane to fly to Turkey and request
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> detection. Smighelschi had
less than 100 hours at the time, including high-school glider
<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> or indeed any maps,
he navigated a straight line over Romania
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania>, Bulgaria
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria> and 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>, 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>
Brave young man.
Charlie
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 3:57 PM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That worked thanks, Jim.
>
> It’s a good looking machine, but I don’t understand how it is is unique.
> It’s a L-39 Albatros, which were made in hundreds (or perhaps thousands);
> unless the newspaper means its restoration and paint scheme.
>
> And the lady is quite attractive . . .
>
> Chris
> > On 7 Aug 2015, at 20:24, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Chris.
> >
> > I would like to share a link that showed up today in the AOPA daily
> newsletter. Hope it works.
> >
> >
> https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2015/aug/05/port-lavaca-woman-awarded-for-best-jet/
> <
> https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2015/aug/05/port-lavaca-woman-awarded-for-best-jet/
> >
> >
> > Jim Nichols
>
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