# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mathias-rust
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:00:42.106Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mathias-rust"
name: "Mathias Rust"
slug: "mathias-rust"
description: "Mathias Rust is a German aviator. In 1987, as a teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, without authorization. According to Russian claims, he was tracked several times by Soviet Air Defence Forces and civilian air traffic controllers, as well as Soviet Air Force interceptor aircraft. The Soviet fighters did not receive permission to shoot him down, and his aeroplane was mistaken for a friendly aircraft several times. Also, 28 May 1987 was Border Guards Day, leaving many guards distracted. He landed on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, next to Red Square near the Kremlin in the capital of the USSR."
tagline: "German amateur aviator and activist"
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gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1968-06-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             8.627134928673788
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump