Meet the Man Who Escaped the Soviet Bloc in a Homemade Plane

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Published 2016-06-06

The dusty desert of Lucin, Utah, isn't for everyone. It's lonely, windy and hot. But for Ivo Zdarsky, it's home. The inventor, who in 1984 escaped Czechoslovakia in a homemade aircraft, lives in an airplane hangar about 25 miles from his nearest neighbor. Like we said, Lucin isn't for everyone.

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All Comments (21)

@kidpeligro7878 4 years ago

Makes a homemade airplane, fly over militarized zones, lands in a busy airport, with an expired passport. USSR: Wait, what?
@ramneeksethi 5 years ago

He is a low budget Tony Stark. I'm telling you
@charlesplass 4 years ago

i like how he’s building planes in his garage and wearing camo pants and crocs, truly epic
@austinbandy5818 3 years ago

Why aren't me getting more documentaries on Netflix about men and women like him? This was inspiring af and more interesting than half the junk I've seen on YouTube or Netflix. He's pure genius
@BHuang92 8 years ago

So, an aviator about the same age as me right now built a plane from scratch, flew it across the border early in the morning, landed in a busy airport with the high risk of an malfunction, authorities spotting, and shooting him, and now he lives happily in the middle of nowhere. Remarkable guy.
@aliabasset7265 5 years ago

I like how the narrated is so hyped about this guy
@banaanpropaan9344 3 years ago

Video title: ''Meet the man who escaped the soviet bloc in a homemade plane'' First few seconds of the video: THIS IS BEETLE
@jakubnovak2161 3 years ago

I’m from the Czech Republic and we learned about this gentleman at school. Seems like a nice person...
@cj5857 5 years ago

If this dudes stuck in prison, the guards are screwed
@dongdynamics 8 years ago

I love the entire build up to who this man is
@sharvaneethale5669 4 years ago

He's like that one character in an apocalypse movie who knows what to do and has like a thousand quirks.
@Dylan-le9zi 3 years ago

The grandma holding an AK in his room is such a great photo.
@pokec. 7 years ago

The Czechoslovakian enginering. SO PROUD
@arielbron 8 years ago

The video is beautifully done. The shots are smooth and the editing is on point! Still don't understand how videos like this don't blow up.. Love the channel!
@coertmommsen837 3 years ago

I think Ivo should have a script of his life written and filmed. It should include an interview with this creative man with a wonderful sense of humor.
@nicholascage7696 4 years ago

The narrator sounds like every guy in a Western commercial
@neil3714 6 years ago

I think we found Gru in real life.
@myotherusername9224 7 years ago

"Didn't feel like I could be myself..." a mechanical creative genius !
@ddlithuania819 3 years ago

Bruh imagine escaping threw one of the most secured borders of all time just to live in a desert
@idripxy8694 4 years ago

The speaker: WHOOOOO ISSSS THISSSS MANNNNN Him: My name is Iyo Zdarsky and this is where I live