US spy plane down ...
 

Just heard something about it crashing in korea or something?


North Korea shoot it down?


If so all hell is going loose :BangBang: :BangBang:

errr if they flew one over California and we shot it down, that would be ok yeah?

stevo beat me to the link.

If you fly a spy plane over another nation you cannot whine when it is shot down although it seems it simply crashed.

U2"S Don't crash man, There fricken gliders. Had to have been shot.

if the plane was in N. Korea airspace why wouldn't you think they'd try to shoot it down? You think the US would hesitate to drop a spy plane violating it's airspace?

Hope the pilot is okay and anyone else who happened to be on the plane at the time.

Actually it was over South Korea, 31 miles south of Seoul.

At 70,000 feet it is out of range from most anti-aircraft fire. Also seems like the pilot is dead.

Maybe he hit a goose.

Lol how do you know that? Every plane can crash. Maybe a mistake by the pilot, software problem etc. This is a dumb answer, starting to blame other countries without taken notice of all info...

Andre

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

oh i hope the people are okay too

Unleash the FURY:ak47:

no doubt Canadian geese.


when in doubt always blame Canada.


only when the world comes to grips with the 'Canadian Problem' will stability return to the planet.

I have a degree in Aeronautics you dipweed. If you knew anything about the U2 then you would have not made a stupid comment like this. There is a huge difference between a plane and a glider with and engine. Typical okie....

:1orglaugh whatever

Whats the purposes of these spy planes in a day and age when


the CIA and etc. can get all the information they need through the Satellites?


That way, they wouldn't violate nobodys airspace either.



weird.

satelites cannot look at specific places at specific times because they are constantly moving in orbit. they can only look at what they happen to be passing over at the time. so if we need to see what is going on at a certain place at a certain time reconnisence planes/drones will always be needed.

Aside from the post above. They know when the satelites pass over... So a spy plane is the only alternative.

Are you saying gliders can't crash?

my understanding of the U2 is that it is an antiquated airplane - whose pilots have a difficult time controlling it - both because of it's age and the altitude its forced to fly at.

what's your "expert" opinion then Snow?

the plane took off in S/Korea and then was shot down
by S/Korea ? don't think so :2 cents:

any plane can crash.

way to contradict yourself. what do you think happens when u shoot down a plane, it crashes right? or does it not crash?

who gives a fuck why they crashed until you hear the real news. besides how will you know the news are real. give me a break.

-- McSpike --

I hardly think we will know the truth :(

It crashed on purpose.

Blame Korea.

Validates invasion.

End of Story.

Snow, hate to tell you this, but after 4 years of working on all types of jets in the Air Force I can safely say that ANY aircraft can crash. Seen rudders, ailerons, tails, wings fall off of perfectly good multi-million dollar aircraft before. Guess what sometimes happens when things go wrong? What goes up must come down.