As I recall, he went up in a 4 ship formation, and while the flight was is a turn, he broke in the other direction, and made for the coast. I was an air traffic controller, at the time. 😁
I think he asked what the definition of an alcoholic was, and when he was told, said if that were true, then almost everyone in the Soviet Union, was an alcoholic.
Yes. I don’t drink, but if I had to live there, I might have taken that route.