krs
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posted on May 2, 2001 10:04:58 AM new
26 April 2001 China Blames U. S. for Second Mid-Air Collision BEIJING
(Reuters) - Chinese officials have stated that they are holding the United
States, "fully responsible" for today's mid-air collision, involving
several Chinese aircraft and one American craft. This comes just days after
a similar incident involving a U. S. spy plane. Officials have stated that
at approximately 8:25 a. m., GMT, a squadron of Chinese F-8 fighters
collided with the American Goodyear Blimp. The crash left over a dozen
Chinese planes downed and the blimp's electronic billboard damaged. Sources
say the billboard's scrolling marquee had been advertising 7-UP soft drink,
leaving the line "Up yours" in view. A Chinese pilot who witnessed the
collision between his squadron, nicknamed, "Panda Rash" told China's Xinhua
news agency that he saw the American blimp dive out of the clouds and into
wingman Sum Yung Gui's F-8 jet. "I told Yung Gui his tail was all broken.
Keep it straight. Keep it straight'," said the pilot. "He just couldn't
shake the American foreign-devil. The blimp then reportedly veered hard
left and then right, taking out the rest of the squadron. Pilot Chawp Suey
told Xinhua the American blimp "fully responsible for the incident,"
repeating the language Beijing has used in the earlier incident.
China blames this new accident on the Goodyear blimp, saying it rammed the
supersonic fighters, and has demanded an apology. Officials from the
Goodyear Company have said it is unlikely that the slow propeller-driven
blimp could turn inside and ram a dozen nimble fighters, unless the Chinese
were testing chimp pilots. "The direct cause of the collision was that the
American blimp made a sudden big move toward the Chinese planes, making it
impossible for the Chinese planes to get out of the way," Suey was quoted
as saying. "The savage act of American blimps colliding with Chinese planes
while conducting spying activities at sporting events makes us indignant,"
he was quoted as saying. Chinese officials are calling for an apology from
the United States and enough Goodyear tires to replace the Firestone's that
experienced spontaneous combustion last year. U. S. officials expressed
regret, but would not allow an apology until the matter could be
investigated further.
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Borillar
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posted on May 2, 2001 10:17:14 AM new
I imagine that we'll hear from the Bush Administration that Bush is proffering his behind again to the Chinese just like in the other incident where he was made to beg for it - guess he gets that thrill just as his old man did years ago. No wonder the blimp was ordered to attack!!
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kraftdinner
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posted on May 2, 2001 10:22:45 AM new
I think they might be onto something here.....
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krs
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posted on May 2, 2001 10:27:26 AM new
It should be obvious that the report is false. It is, however, currently being circulated amongst members of the U.S. military, and originated at the submarine base in San Diego.
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kraftdinner
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posted on May 2, 2001 10:41:26 AM new
My stomach's growling (????).
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zilvy
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posted on May 2, 2001 10:44:56 AM new
False a likely cover up...we know how those Goodyear Blimps can move in and out and those flashing signs, Lord knows what they were saying that incited this whole incident. The hare and the turtle all over...goes back to Egypt ya know?
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krs
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posted on May 2, 2001 10:47:04 AM new
A co MING LING of dynasties?
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zilvy
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posted on May 2, 2001 10:53:46 AM new
Tut, Tut..as usual well said Chawp...errr chap.
[ edited by zilvy on May 2, 2001 11:12 AM ]
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kraftdinner
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posted on May 2, 2001 10:56:05 AM new
krs.....hehehehehehe.....you funny guy.
Come on guys! If the U.S. military has it CIRCULATING amongst it memebers, there could possibly be a chance of some of it containing truisms.
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KatyD
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posted on May 2, 2001 11:07:55 AM new
originated at the submarine base in San Diego.
Hmm...must be why it's called Ballast Point lol!
KatyD
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zilvy
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posted on May 2, 2001 11:40:29 AM new
You have to remember the Navy will always have some sort of rumor/humor in regard to the AirForce, or air powered vehicles. It's a trans military thang!!
Let's see potential chaos and upheaval, my job is done here. Back to plants.
[ edited by zilvy on May 2, 2001 11:43 AM ]
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gravid
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posted on May 2, 2001 11:40:47 AM new
That big sign on the side is probably a cover for a big side looking phased array radar.
The display can probably be used to flash a confusing imaige - like some fish are marked so they look like they are pointed the wrong way so when a predator attacks they take off the opposite of what expected!!
No wonder the planes ducked the wrong way and were suckered by the slow moving blimp.
Next we will hear that the self sealing technology to close nail holes up has been adopted to make these things near impossible to shoot down. I can see the look of astonisment as a straffing run nails a hundres holes down the side of the thing and they pucker right shut and fly on.
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zilvy
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posted on May 2, 2001 11:44:00 AM new
Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness.
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kraftdinner
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posted on May 2, 2001 11:52:41 AM new
KatyD & zilvy 
gravid - you maybe onto something....only one thing you missed.....this blimp was a FAST moving one - not slow. Personally, I think Area 51 is involved somehow.
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sNowyEgreT
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posted on May 2, 2001 12:14:10 PM new
Obviously, they were playing chicken.
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krs
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posted on May 2, 2001 12:15:47 PM new
the mein issue.
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kraftdinner
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posted on May 2, 2001 12:39:01 PM new
All I can picture is Bush sitting in a big comfy chair in the "Toy Room", hand on the joystick, laughing his head off.
Wouldn't you just like to yell at him "hey Bush, don't be so trigger happy when the Chinese might have an altenative fuel source!"
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zilvy
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posted on May 2, 2001 01:33:09 PM new
krs in the words of the lovely Femme, GROAN
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zilvy
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posted on May 2, 2001 01:33:09 PM new
'scusa me double damned post!
[ edited by zilvy on May 2, 2001 01:34 PM ]
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