Showing posts with label aircraft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aircraft. Show all posts

Monday, July 19, 2010

UFO

On July 7, something unusual happened near the Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, China. An oddly shaped bright light appeared, forcing the airport to close down and delay 18 flights. Things are now back to normal, but people are wondering, what was that "thing"?
An ABC News article on the mysterious sighting explains that some who witnessed the light are calling it a UFO. But, keep in mind, a UFO doesn't necessarily mean little, green men.
There is plenty of speculation on whether or not the object was some sort of military aircraft or missile. The ABC article explains that a day following the sighting, "an anonymous source told China Daily that authorities already discovered the identity of the UFO after an investigation but could not publically disclose the information because 'there was a military connection.'"
Authorities are continuing to look into the incident, but no public conclusions have yet been made. Despite, or perhaps because of the mystery, Web searches on "china ufo" quickly soared 576%. Even now, a week after the sighting, online lookups remain high. 
Truth be told, there's not much left to be said. Something weird happened. Nobody knows what it was. And if they do, they aren't saying. Check out the video below and judge for yourself.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Dogfighting

Not involving dogs but fighter aircraft. Not real life but video games.

I want an air combat simulator for PS3 now. I miss my Ace Combat on the PS2 but now they've run off to the 360.

HAWX doesn't really cut it for me but hopefully HAWX 2 can improve on that. It's really fun watching the replays to see my aircraft swooping around raining destruction and doom on the enemies. However, it's potential was not realized.

Some hated it, but the boss fights on AC were quite fun, but quite hard. The arcade-ish style was fun, unrealistic or not. HAWX isn't realistic either, anyway.

Ace Combat 6 should have been on PS3, I would have definitely bought it.





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