Don Chanhttp://archive.mnd.gov.tw/search/full_search_result.asp?word=%A5%A2%A8%C6
In the ROC MND archive Website, search results for (mostly ROCAF) accidents and crashes, circa 1950s to 1970s. Each result leads to one or more pages of accident report titles.
Most have accident report year, aircraft type, and serial number, but not always the accident date.
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100201/60/1ztms.html
2010.02.01:
ROCAF Academy T-34C training flights resumed, led by principal Major General TIAN Zai Mai.
Don ChanWell, actually it is not that bad for China. F-16s are not there.
Try “Weird Photos – F-16 in China?” at
http://www.f-16.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=11422&highlight=
Don Chanhttp://funzu.com/index.php/crazy-pics/beautiful-female-military-around-the-world-05012010.html
“Beautiful Female Military Around the World”
“She loved to climb mountains”
First Posted 02:35:00 01/29/2010
By Joselle Badilla, Julie Alipala
Inquirer Mindanao
1Lt. Angelica Valdez, co-pilot of the crashed Nomad plane, was just 26.
Don Chan(Off-topic alert.)
Cheap but old airframes are risky. A few of the Taiwanese F-104s, which were flown until the late ’90s, broke up in mid-air.
In recent years, a few Jap and US F-15s also broke up in mid-air, or had structural components (such as a 200 kg engine nozzle) fallen off them.
Don Chan(Off-topic alert.)
] If you’re going to start building a ’50s design again, I’d suggest that the F-106 might be a better airframe.
Took us long enough to resurrect the ASTOVL spirit of the P.1154 as the F-35.
Too bad the Yak-141 ASTOVL (Yak-41), MiG 1.44 ATF (MiG 1.42), and MiG-31 Firefox ATF weren’t funded.
Don Chan“Both missing Taiwan air force pilots found dead”
2010-01-28 06:00 PM
Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A helicopter found the bodies of the two missing pilots and the wreckage of their T-34C plane in a mountainous part of Kaohsiung County Thursday.
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100128/8/1zlgv.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100128/8/1zlos.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100128/1/1zlqr.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100128/5/1zlsf.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100128/8/1zlta.html
2010.01.28:
About noon, helo found found broken wing in jungle, 1330 Plateau, 300 m from Lao Ren Xi (Old Person River) Number 14 Bridge, altitude about 360 m. Eight special forces soldiers were hoisted down to search.
About 12:50 PM, found broken fuselage. About 1:10 PM, found Chen’s body.
By 2:10 PM, found Rao’s body. Bodies delivered by S-70C to Kang Shan AB.
Don ChanThe Chicom spent decades to re-design the MiG-21 into the J-7 and J-8, then bought the Su-27 and Su-30 as soon as the Chicom could afford them, and produced the J-10 and J-11. I doubt anyone in 2010s would buy a re-designed F-104.
Dream on, dudes.
Don Chan“F-104 4420 in Breitling 2010 Catalogue”
The Breitling 2010 catalogue reportedly features ROCAF F-104 4420.
Is that pic visible somewhere in the Breitling site?
Don Chan] Any chance of a translation in point form?
It’s in my back log of “to do” list. 8b For now, you can try:
http://translate.google.com/?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en#
Don Chanhttp://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100126/8/1zhan.html
26 January 2010:
F-16 of Luke AFB, en route to Red Flag in Alaska, had ROC flag in cockpit, before the HUD.
ROC President Ma himself is in USA now, en route to Latin America, and the Chicom is professionally mute about this ROC Presidential visit to USA. 8D
Don Chanhttp://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100205/8/201kt.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100205/78/201vt.html
5 February 2010:
ROCAF buys three EC225 all-weather and night SAR heloes, for US$ 110 mil. In 2011, will be delivered to the SAR unit based at Chia Yi, after facilities at Chia Yi are upgraded to operate the EC225.
ROCAF claims the agreement restricts the heloes can’t use made-in-China parts. In the audition, its rival is the S-92.
The Chicom has its equivalent: the domestic Z-8, based on the SA321, related to the EC225. 8(
http://cu.nsysu.edu.tw/1000112900/sun/beijing_index_military.htm
has recent photos of the ROCAF planes that defected to the Chicom, and preserved in Bei Jing. The serial numbers on the tails are too small to read, IMO. 8(
Don ChanTuesday, 26 January 2010:
T-34C-1. 3437 (T-3437, 84037). C/N GP-43.
ROCAF, based at ROCAF Academy, Kang Shan AB.
1:40 PM, during visual flight training, missing.
Two pilots.
Front seat: Second Lieutenant CHEN Tse Yu (25, CHEN Ze Yu). Student pilot. About 110 hours.
Back seat: civilian JAO Chien Pao (48, RAO Jian Bao). Instructor pilot. About 4,235 hours, with about 3,000 hours in T-34C.
1:05 PM, took off, at ROCAF Academy, and flew to training area, west of Kang Shan.
1:20 PM, arrived in training area = north of Qi Shan Town, Kao Hsiung County, and south of Ali Shan Mountain, Chia Yi County. Reported to tower that weather was suitable for flight, and began training between 10,000′ and 12,000′.
1:40 PM, above Na Ma Xia, Kao Hsiung County, radar contact disappeared, northeast of AB. About two klicks south of Number 14 Bridge, Na Ma Xia Village.
Or, at 150 knots, height 9,000′, northeast of Nan Hua Reservoir.
S-70C quickly scrambled to accident area.
On ground, ROCA 8th Regiment and county fire department mobilised hundreds of infantry, local fire-fighters, and mountaineers.
Photos of 3437:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Taiwan—Air/Beech-T-34C-1-Turbo/0310025/&sid=9598d3624ee160f5d25bb298daaa52a8
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Taiwan—Air/Beech-T-34C-1-Turbo/1378860/&sid=9598d3624ee160f5d25bb298daaa52a8
Chen’s photo:
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100126/5/1zhiv.html
Scheduled to graduate in March.
Unmarried. His family live on Section 1, Dong Shan Road, Bei Tun District, Tai Chung City.
http://www.tccg.gov.tw/sys/SM_theme?page=454aef66
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100126/5/1zhgx.html
Has younger brother and sister. Seems his father retired from the ROCAF, but wasn’t a pilot.
Studied radiation science (medical science), at Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology,
http://www.ctust.edu.tw/index.phtml
http://wwwold.ctust.edu.tw/english2006/
and changed to ROCAF Academy.
Rao’s photo:
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100126/5/1zhj3.html
Married, with two daughters. Last year, retired as Lieutenant Colonel, but contracted as instructor pilot.
NT$ 2,000 per hour; up to 45 hours per month. ROCAF Academy has 20-30 contract instructors.
Uncovered by military compensation and insurance for NT$ 10 mil; only by work insurance.
His wife and (her or his?) older sister run Xi Sheng Xuan, a ramen (Jap noodle) restaurant in Tu Cheng City, Taipei County, but closed it, and went south to the AB.
http://www.ipeen.com.tw/shop/20752/cmm/
http://www.wakema.com.tw/store-29007-0567/10.htm
http://www.06012072.shopcool.com.tw/
http://tw.lifestyle.yahoo.com/poi/?bizid=M9NVXRS38517
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100126/5/1zhps.html
Photo of accident area:
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100126/5/1zhiz.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100126/8/1zhc4.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100126/17/1zhhe.html
say: 3437 was acquired in 1984, and flew for 26 years, for almost 6,960 hours.
Reportedly, no black box. The canopies are manually closed and opened. The seats don’t eject. Unpowered, can glide for 30 NM.
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100126/17/1zhcl.html
says: in 2005, ADIC was paid NT$ 3.45 bil for air force trainers maintenance and repair. Because the X-ray machine was suspended, T-34 metal fatigue tests weren’t done, and ADIC forged the test documents and work diary. X-ray tests resumed in July 2006.
Don Chanhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/love-together/2651182755/
Grr. Can’t read serial number on tail.
On second thought, the Scramble database says: C-130H 1314 (93-1314). C/N 5276.
Don Chanhttp://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100125/5/1zdzs.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100125/5/1zdzq.html
http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/100125/5/1zdym.html
25 January 2010:
On 25 January 2010, local time, the ROCAF C-130 that historically arrives at the Dominican Republic, via three stops at three US air bases, is evidently 1314.
Because this is a disaster relief flight, and because ROC President Ma’s KMT party candidates were weak in recent by-elections, the Chicom doesn’t complain.
Reportedly, its insigniae are covered.
Don ChanThursday, 21 January 2010:
F-16.
35th FW, USAF, at Misawa AB, Aomori Prefecture.
14:45, during training, oil meter was abnormal, and pilot dumped auxiliary fuel tank into training area, Pacific Ocean, 150 km northeast of Misawa AB.
F-16 returned to base, and confirmed oil leak.
Diameter, 85 cm. Length, 4 m 50 cm. Volume, 1,140 L. Weight, without fuel, 170 kg.
1st Region, JCG, investigated the area.
http://www.kahoku.co.jp/news/2010/01/20100123t23020.htm
http://www.toonippo.co.jp/news_too/nto2010/20100122144107.asp
http://mainichi.jp/area/aomori/news/20100123ddlk02040021000c.html
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/politics/policy/100122/plc1001222053027-n1.htm
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