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Oops, NO GPS, Where do we land?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:38 pm
by Beiruty
HOUSTON (AP) — A Mexican military helicopter has landed in Texas by mistake.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the helicopter landed Saturday afternoon at Laredo International Airport after the pilot mistook the airport for a landing strip in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.
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Re: Oops, NO GPS, Where do we land?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:44 pm
by RPB
Actually I bet they were supposed to pick up a load of grenade launchers Hillary at the State Dept sold them ... they should have gone to AFW airport
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Whether the needs are
air cargo, corporate aviation or
military, Fort Worth Alliance Airport can accommodate.
Ft. Worth Alliance Airport hosts both sides of Drug War
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Re: Oops, NO GPS, Where do we land?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:49 pm
by speedsix
...not too far from believeable!!!
Re: Oops, NO GPS, Where do we land?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 4:19 pm
by Count
RPB wrote:Actually I bet they were supposed to pick up a load of grenade launchers Hillary at the State Dept sold them ...
They probably paid in cocaine.
Re: Oops, NO GPS, Where do we land?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 5:17 pm
by i8godzilla
Or maybe they are gauging our reaction:
The Houston Chronicle reports this is the second time Mexico's military has crossed into Texas in recent weeks. A convoy rolled across the international bridge at Donna in July.
Re: Oops, NO GPS, Where do we land?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:10 pm
by speedsix
...bring it on!!! they won't make it to San Antonio this time!!!
Re: Oops, NO GPS, Where do we land?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:37 pm
by RPB
Maybe they were distracted and forgot the flight path
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El Paso American High School Students Duck To Avoid Bullets From Juarez
One Man Killed Just Feet From The US/Mexico Border
A Saturday morning football practice and a volleyball scrimmage were interrupted when gunshots were heard nearby.
His truck was shot 420 times.
Re: Oops, NO GPS, Where do we land?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:05 pm
by Dragonfighter
So they can fly a 10 million dollar Blackhawk but can't read a sectional, run a timer or use an E-6B. Shoot, if we were Russia we'd have blown them out of the air; just ask the survivors of KAL 007...oh wait, there weren't any. We are literally at war with these yahoos and we let them just come in and then leave again.
I agree, I think this was a test.
Re: Oops, NO GPS, Where do we land?
Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:55 pm
by speedsix
...when we gave 'em the copter...we couldn't find the owner's manual...they're learnin' as they go...duct tape in one hand and bailin' wire in the other...