Comments on: The Day I Met a Communist Defector http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/the-day-i-met-a-soviet-defector/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: sperantei http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/the-day-i-met-a-soviet-defector/comment-page-1/#comment-164 sperantei Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:34:06 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=553#comment-164 Sorry for the late reply.

We don’t know of anyone flying a MiG to Paris, but maybe you mean Viktor Belenko. He escaped to Japan in a MiG-25 in 1976. To the alarm of the Soviet Air Force, he had delivered to the United States a complete and operational version of one of the Soviet Union’s most advanced military aircraft. Belenko gained great notoriety. He settled in the United States after being granted immunity. You can read more about him by googling his name. Also, there is a book about him by John Barron called, “MiG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lieutenant Belenko.”

I hope this answers your question.

]]> By: Kathleen Hanser http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/the-day-i-met-a-soviet-defector/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Kathleen Hanser Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:21:27 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=553#comment-163 That’s a good question! I will have to ask one of our curators and get back to you on that. Thanks for writing.

]]> By: George Vogler http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/the-day-i-met-a-soviet-defector/comment-page-1/#comment-162 George Vogler Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:53:43 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=553#comment-162 Was there another Polish defector who flew a MIG-15 into Paris after Lt. Jarecki, settled on te East Coast and was employed at a U.S. Tech center for many years?

]]> By: Eric http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/the-day-i-met-a-soviet-defector/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Eric Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:03:20 +0000 http://blog.nasm.si.edu/?p=553#comment-161 “Why would the Poles let me come here in a MIG?” … blank stares across the interrogators faces. “Hm… good point Jarecki.”

Great story! I love learning tidbits like this about history.

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