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The wreckage of four ROCAF U-2s shot down over the PRC and displayed in
Beijing. Two of the pilots were killed and two were captured.

The picture probably dates from 1965.

"Netko" wrote in message...
The wreckage of four ROCAF U-2s shot down over the PRC and displayed in
Beijing. Two of the pilots were killed and two were captured.
The picture probably dates from 1965.

Interesting. I (and I'd think many others) have never seen
4 U-2s sitting together.

Meanwhile that got me off into reading about - recon. planes
The wiki entry - RQ-4 Global Hawk says,
"In March 1999, a Global Hawk inadvertently responded to a
termination signal emanating from Nellis Air Force Base after the
aircraft lost the Edwards AFB signal."
Huh?? Okay, guess that's clear. Bummer!

"a425couple" wrote in message
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"Netko" wrote in message...
The wreckage of four ROCAF U-2s shot down over the PRC and displayed in
Beijing. Two of the pilots were killed and two were captured. The
picture probably dates from 1965.

Interesting. I (and I'd think many others) have never seen 4 U-2s sitting
together.

Meanwhile that got me off into reading about - recon. planes
The wiki entry - RQ-4 Global Hawk says, "In March 1999, a Global Hawk
inadvertently responded to a termination signal emanating from Nellis Air
Force Base after the aircraft lost the Edwards AFB signal." Huh?? Okay,
guess that's clear. Bummer!


Clear as mud!

"Oviedo" wrote...
"a425couple" wrote in message...
"Netko" wrote in message...
The wreckage of four - U-2s shot down -- and displayed
Interesting. I (and I'd think many others) have never seen 4 U-2s
sitting together.

Meanwhile that got me off into reading about - recon. planes
The wiki entry - RQ-4 Global Hawk says, "In March 1999, a Global Hawk
inadvertently responded to a termination signal emanating from Nellis Air
Force Base after the aircraft lost the Edwards AFB signal." Huh?? Okay,
guess that's clear. Bummer!

Clear as mud!

Well, the bottom line / end result seems fairly clear,
there was a safety mechanism, but between radio control signals
from Nellis and Edwards, they 'flubbed up' on controling
this 'mechanism', and so the plane (35+ million $) destroyed itself.

(reminescent of, "Mr. Bond, we regret to inform you,
but during inspection, you luggage was destroyed.")

The exact "hows" of this are muddy/murky to me.

"a425couple" wrote in message
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"Netko" wrote in message...
The wreckage of four ROCAF U-2s shot down over the PRC and displayed in
Beijing. Two of the pilots were killed and two were captured. The
picture probably dates from 1965.

Interesting. I (and I'd think many others) have never seen 4 U-2s sitting
together.

Meanwhile that got me off into reading about - recon. planes
The wiki entry - RQ-4 Global Hawk says, "In March 1999, a Global Hawk
inadvertently responded to a termination signal emanating from Nellis Air
Force Base after the aircraft lost the Edwards AFB signal." Huh?? Okay,
guess that's clear. Bummer!


those things don't look big but when you see them with ground crew their
size is surprising, to me at least.