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"I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986."
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"My plan was to land in Red Square, but there were too many people and I thought I'd cause casualties."
Thought
"My parents were angry, but they were relieved that I was in good condition. They had been afraid the Russians would torture me. They told me not to do it again!"
Parents
"I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square."
Land
"I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate."
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"I didn't tell anybody about my plan because I was convinced my family or friends would stop me. I didn't think much about what would happen afterwards."
Family
"I wanted to choose somewhere public, because I was scared of the KGB."
Public
"After that I couldn't show my face outside. I lost my identity and balance. I was still living with my parents, and they were my only friends. For so many people, this thing with the nurse was confirmation that I must be mad or mentally ill."
People
"You have to be young to be able to do things like that. Now I'm more cautious. I'm proud that I was able to do what I did - psychologically it was a great wall to climb - but sometimes I regret it."
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"I regret what happened. I saw no other possibility to achieve my goal. It was not hooliganism."
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"I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986."
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"I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986."
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"Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?"
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"I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn."
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"A strangely reflective, even melancholy day. Is that because, unlike our cousins in the northern hemisphere, Easter is not associated with the energy and vitality of spring but with the more subdued spirit of autumn?"
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"There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!"
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"Autumn is my favorite season."
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"I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence."
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"Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt."
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