檢視較大的地圖 今天閒來無事,就在Google Earth上找這幾天最ㄏㄤ的(不是瑤瑤,也不是舒舒啦)北韓火箭發射基地,位置在北韓東北部的舞水端里。點此下載Google Earth的kmz檔。如果你沒用Google Earth,用滑鼠把上圖往右移動,可以看到發射場西邊有一棟長形建築物,就是飛彈組裝檢測工廠。兩者之間有一條往北的道路,一直往上就可以看到擔任發射控制中心的小建築物位於路的盡頭。不過Google的衛星照片不是最新的,所以跟現在的樣子會不太一樣。 Click here to download the Google Earth kmz file to view the North Korea Missile Launch Pad.
也談郭冠英的文章
最近這幾天的網路熱門關鍵字排行榜應該少不了「郭冠英」這三個字,所以我也來湊個熱鬧,看能不能提高這個部落格的人氣指數。不過我並非要探討郭究竟是不是「泛藍親」還是「飯難吃」,也不是要討論他的文章是不是有用過「鬼大陸」這個詞。郭在2007年第35期的《鳳凰周刊》用本名寫了一篇「王錫爵與張立義的故事」,儘管他是研究張學良的專家,但是從這篇文章來看,顯然他不甚了解黑貓中隊的事。 文中提到「…當年台灣派往大陸執行間諜任務的U-2飛機一般維持兩個飛行員,1964年是王錫爵與張立義…」,這實在跟事實相差太遠。王錫爵比張立義早了一年接受U-2的訓練,而且1964年出過任務的飛行員除了王、張兩人,還有李南屏、王政文,另外梁德培要不是在訓練中失事,也會在那一年出任務,怎麼算都不止兩個飛行員。 郭文又說「…王錫爵是5個飛完10趟U-2任務的機員之一,飛完10趟就可以榮退,從優安排工作…」,可是不管我從前面數或是從後面數,就是不知道他說的五個機員是誰。黑貓中隊的飛行員中,剛好飛過十次任務的,只有三個人(請自行在網路上搜尋這三位是誰),另外還有五個人飛過十趟以上(其中還有高達二十三次的)。不知道是不是這五位不夠「高級」,所以飛滿十次也不能榮退? 因為郭的文章近來常被轉貼,所以特別在此指出其中的錯誤,以正視聽。
In God We Trust. All Others We Monitor.
Here are selected U-2 imagery of Chinese military bases. Google Earth users may want to download the associated kmz file to see what these bases look like now. Please save the file…
David Lee’s Ground Looping Incident
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U-2 Landings Video
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ROCAF F-5A/B Program in CINCPAC History Series (Part 2)
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BV234 Modification
Jason Tu sent me this photo in which he noticed a new addition to the upper side of the fuselage, just behind the forward transmission fairing. Can anyone identify this gray object?
ROCAF F-5A/B Program in CINCPAC History Series (Part 1)
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On ROCAF F-104A/B
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