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  • 2017-07-31 (xsd:date)
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  • Is This a Russian Pilot Flying Under a Bridge in 1965? (en)
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  • If you travel to Novosibirsk, Russia, you might hear a story about a pilot named Valentin Privalov who reportedly flew a MIG 17 aircraft under the municipal bridge on 4 June 1965. There isn't much photographic evidence of the dangerous stunt, other than this image: This picture is typically accompanied by a few brief sentences about Privalov's stunt. One version of the story was posted to LiveJournal in October 2013, which we have translated via Google and edited for clarity: This is not a genuine photograph, but an image created by the Museum of Novosibirsk. The museum labeled the image a photo collage in a Facebook post, and signaled that it was a modern creation by a staff member and not a genuine photograph from 1965: An informational placard about Privalov's stunt that was created for the museum's City Born To Fly street exhibit in 2013 contained a wider version of this photograph. The Russian word фотомонтаж can be seen in the bottom right-hand corner of the image, which translates to photo collage: In addition to the documentation at the Novosibirsk Museum, we also found a brief mention of the stunt in a contemporary English-language news wire: To sum up: The viral image of a plane flying underneath a bridge in Russia in 1965 is not a genuine photograph. It was created for a museum display in order to illustrate what the storied flight might have looked like. (en)
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