Taiwan Daily Gazette Reprint
In a heroic dogfight fought over international waters
off the mainland China coast, a 60s era American-built
Lockheed Electra propeller airliner with 24 US Navy
passengers/observers aboard chewed up one of China's
best state-of-the-art supersonic fighter aircraft.
The Americans utilizing the infrequently seen combat
tactic of straight and level flight, often accomplished by
relying solely on autopilot, engaged the unfortunate single
seat combat jet and knocked it out of the air using only
one of its four formidable rotating air mass propellers.
After the action, the crew and passengers/observers
dropped in on China's Hainan Island Resort, for some
much deserved R&R as guests of the Chinese government.
Reprinted from the Taiwan Daily Gazette by staff writer One Wing Lo