Conspiracy theories abound! I love it. I thought something like that
might be.
It would explain why the pilot is missing though he did eject. Chinese
pilots in general may be second string, but I doubt they are generally so
incompetant as to go crashing into other airplanes whilest escorting them.
Maybe they will produce him, maybe not. I've heard Chinese pilots called
2nd rate pilots in 3rd rate aircraft, but they do have some Mig 29's I
wouldn't want to tangle with.
The Chinese claim that our plane veered into thier's is ridiculous. Just
like the rules of the road for seagoing vessels, the smaller, more
maneuverable vessel maneuvers and the larger, less maneuverable one
maintains it's heading and speed.
Example, I was sailing in the Bahamas about 15 years ago. We were near
the Acoustic testing range called Autec. We were under sail. The captain
radioed us to maneuver and we said "NO". He maneuvered his destroyer
around us. Not the reverse.
We stayed at the AUTEC range for a few days. It was fun dinking with the
Navy in our 44' sailboat.
The operable variables are: Method of Propulsion - wind power stays on
course, motors maneuver. Size: The smaller vessel is generally the more
maneuverable and is obliged to do so.
There are other rules as well, but these two suit this situation very
nicely. Fast, jet powered fighter aircraft can and should avoid colliding
with butt slow prop-driven piglike aircraft. Really, that is the first
duty of any fighter pilot after taking off and before landing. The rest
is trying to SHOOT down the bad guys. Ramming them is not nearly so
effective, as our Chinese friends have learned.
In <l03102801b6f6f44db419_at_[192.168.1.4]>, on 04/09/01
at 04:06 PM, Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com> said:
>>Not to start a flame war, but...
>Fighter jet and large heavy turboprop spy plane collide, and I think by
>definition the bulk of the blame has to go on the fighterjet.
>Want some wild speculation? How about the fighter pilot was INSTRUCTED to
>crash into the spy plane to force it to land on chinese soil.
>IMHO Greed, worldwide, is currently blinding people to a proper course of
>action with China.
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