Chinese show-off

mapuc · 08-22-14, 07:42 PM

As there article say a Chinese fighter jet made some provoking maneuver near an American P-8

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-0...ocative-action

I got the news from a Danish newspaper, there was no link so I had to make a search for it.

Markus

Oberon · 08-22-14, 07:53 PM

Well, at least it didn't crash into it this time.

There were numerous near misses during the Cold War, US interceptors used to have to get up close to try and read the tail number of the intruding Soviet aircraft for intel purposes, and the Soviets would play up on this by periodically trying to turn into the US aircraft or pointing the tailgun at it.

Just another day of Cowboys and Kowloons.

Platapus · 08-22-14, 08:14 PM

The rattling of sabres

mapuc · 08-22-14, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

Well, at least it didn't crash into it this time.

There were numerous near misses during the Cold War, US interceptors used to have to get up close to try and read the tail number of the intruding Soviet aircraft for intel purposes, and the Soviets would play up on this by periodically trying to turn into the US aircraft or pointing the tailgun at it.

Just another day of Cowboys and Kowloons.

I guess they(Chinese) did or tried to send two messages

1. We are not afraid of you
2. This is our playground, buzz off

Markus

August · 08-22-14, 09:29 PM

Nah, Hotshot Pilots come in all nationalities.

And there is a bit of Maverick in all of them!

Find some tiny jerkwater country with old WW1 biplanes for an Air Force and I guarantee that the fighter pilots will be just as full of themselves as the best of the USAF.

Jimbuna · 08-23-14, 05:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August

Nah, Hotshot Pilots come in all nationalities.

And there is a bit of Maverick in all of them!

Find some tiny jerkwater country with old WW1 biplanes for an Air Force and I guarantee that the fighter pilots will be just as full of themselves as the best of the USAF.

True that

Eichhörnchen · 08-23-14, 02:15 PM

Fighter-Command pilots were so full of themselves during WW2, they would even undo the top button of their tunic...

08-22-14, 07:42 PM	#1
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Chinese show-off As there article say a Chinese fighter jet made some provoking maneuver near an American P-8 http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-0...ocative-action I got the news from a Danish newspaper, there was no link so I had to make a search for it. Markus

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The rattling of sabres __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,199 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nah, Hotshot Pilots come in all nationalities. And there is a bit of Maverick in all of them! Find some tiny jerkwater country with old WW1 biplanes for an Air Force and I guarantee that the fighter pilots will be just as full of themselves as the best of the USAF. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Well, at least it didn't crash into it this time. There were numerous near misses during the Cold War, US interceptors used to have to get up close to try and read the tail number of the intruding Soviet aircraft for intel purposes, and the Soviets would play up on this by periodically trying to turn into the US aircraft or pointing the tailgun at it. Just another day of Cowboys and Kowloons.

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Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,394 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Fighter-Command pilots were so full of themselves during WW2, they would even undo the top button of their tunic...