{"id":3744505,"date":"2026-07-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=3744505"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:18:07","slug":"valentin-privalov-mig-17-brucke-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/de\/valentin-privalov-mig-17-bridge-1965\/","title":{"rendered":"Der sowjetische Pilot, der mit einem D\u00fcsenjet unter einer Br\u00fccke hindurchflog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\n\n<style>\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid #0F1720;background:#fff;color:#0F1720;font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;letter-spacing:0;text-transform:none;cursor:pointer;box-shadow:none;transition:background .15s,color 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At the controls was Valentin Privalov, and he had just done something almost no pilot in history has survived.<\/p>\r\n<p>He flew a jet fighter under a bridge, at close to 700 kilometres an hour, and lived to tell the tale.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f4f6f9; border-radius: 8px; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 24px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: .3px;\">QUICK FACTS<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 14px 6px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Stunt<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #222;\">Flying a jet fighter under a river bridge<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 14px 6px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Pilot<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #222;\">Valentin Privalov, Soviet Air Force<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 14px 6px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #222;\">June 1965<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 14px 6px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Aircraft<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #222;\">Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 14px 6px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Where<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #222;\">Ob River bridge near Novosibirsk, Siberia<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 14px 6px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Speed<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #222;\">Around 700 km\/h, only metres above the water<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">A gap measured in metres, a margin measured in inches<\/h2>\r\n<p>To understand the madness of it, picture the geometry. The bridge\u2019s span rose only a few tens of metres above the river. Privalov brought the MiG-17 down almost to the surface and lined it up with the central arch, then held it there \u2014 dead level, wings clear of the water below and the steel above \u2014 as the aircraft covered the width of the bridge in a heartbeat. At that speed, the smallest twitch of the stick, the faintest gust off the river, and there would have been nothing left to recover.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/mikoyan-gurevich-mig-17-fresco.jpg\" alt=\"Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">A MiG-17 of the type Valentin Privalov flew under the Ob River bridge in 1965. (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Why he did it<\/h2>\r\n<p>The reasons have blurred into legend. Some accounts describe a dare among pilots; others hint at a private, emotional motive that sent Privalov looking for a way to prove something to himself. What is clear is that the flight was unauthorised \u2014 a spur-of-the-moment act of astonishing skill and even more astonishing nerve, entirely against the rules.<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">The reprieve<\/h2>\r\n<p>By every expectation of the Soviet military, Privalov should have been finished \u2014 grounded, court-martialled, made an example of. Instead, as the story is usually told, a senior commander who understood exactly how hard the stunt had been intervened on his behalf. Impressed rather than outraged, the brass let him off, and Privalov reportedly kept flying.<\/p>\r\n<p>It is the detail that makes the tale perfect: a pilot breaks every rule in the book, performs the impossible, and is spared precisely because what he did was so difficult. In the annals of aviation daredevilry, the man who flew a fighter under the Ob River bridge holds a place all his own.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Sources: Soviet and Russian aviation histories; contemporary press accounts; This Day in Aviation.<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\n\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\n\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\n\r\n<!-- mf-faq -->\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"mf-faq-block\"><style>.mf-faq-block{margin:34px 0}.mf-faq-item:not([open]) .mf-faq-answer{display:none !important}.mf-faq-block h2.mf-faq-h{padding-top:22px;margin-bottom:14px}.mf-faq-item{border:1px solid #e2e8f5;border-radius:8px;margin:0 0 10px;background:#fff}.mf-faq-item summary{list-style:none;cursor:pointer;padding:15px 50px 15px 18px;font-weight:600;color:#1a1a1a;position:relative;line-height:1.45}.mf-faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mf-faq-item summary::after{content:\"+\";position:absolute;right:18px;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%);font-size:1.5em;color:#5C91FF}.mf-faq-item[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mf-faq-answer{padding:14px 18px;color:#333;line-height:1.6}.mf-faq-answer p{margin:0}<\/style>\r\n<h2 class=\"mf-faq-h\">Related Questions<\/h2>\r\n<details class=\"mf-faq-item\">\r\n<summary>Who flew a MiG-17 under a bridge?<\/summary>\r\n<div class=\"mf-faq-answer\">\r\n<p>Soviet Air Force pilot Valentin Privalov flew a MiG-17 jet fighter beneath a railway bridge over the Ob River near Novosibirsk, Siberia, in June 1965. 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