Venus?
Venus?
Venus?
Posted on 02/20/2008 4:24:28 PM PST by uca99
VENUS – An unidentified military airplane contracted to the U.S. military made an emergency landing on C.R. 731 near the Glades County line Wednesday afternoon, according to a Highlands County Sheriff's Office official.
Lt. Ken Johnson said that he could not identify the plane or what it was doing, saying it was "of a military nature" and the details were classified, but the plane reported engine problems at approximately 2:30 p.m. while flying between undisclosed locations in the Tampa area toward Miami. No injuries or damages to the plane or any ground structures were reported.
A caller, who declined to be identified, said that the plane had print on it identifying it as belonging to the Iraqi Air Force. Johnson confirmed that the plane had that label, but said the F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security told him it was actually owned by the U.S. military and not by Iraq.
Wha......?
Odd that I see this on the same day that two Florida based F-15s collided. Things that make me go hmmmmm.
BUILD THE FENCE NOW! /S
Oh and it is lunar eclipse day and we are shooting down our own satellite. Do not forget the shuttle came back today.
Red Hat.
Fidel flying in for emergency medical treatment?
LOL!!!!!!!
Somebody get out there and take a picture!
Hmm...wonder if we picked up one (or more) Russian jets from the pre-2003 Iraqi air force.
i didn't know ray leonard played tennis...
First the two F-15’s lost off Florida and now this? What’s going on?
My sources say it landed on the beach... 
and is being dug out now!
It’s probably one of the light planes we have given the Iraqis for surveillance.
LOL!
Good one!
Earthquake in Indonesia.
OH forgot that one nice save!!!
Awwwww! I bet you say that... 
to all us bots!
That CR 731 is a dinky little road.
Nothing high performance landed there.
Near Avon Park Bombing Range.
Did the Venusians give the plane clearance to land?
Hope the pilot brings back pictures. I’m better on asbestos skin and one eye.
The King Air 350 ISR birds that the Iraqis are getting are being fitted for Hellfire.
If it was near a bomb range, they were probably testing prior to acceptance and delivery.
They do not really belong to Iraqi Air Force until they sign for them in Iraq, delivery is part of the contract...
....and you can turn off the prop sync and un-synchronize the props just a bit and people on the ground have no idea where in sky the A/C is.
I want one!
Perfect for Iraq,,, and South Bronx.
(that said by an old gravel agitating trail watcher....)
Got to adjust indirect fire from the USS New Jersey once. The impact of nine 16 projectiles does tend to loosen the dental work a bit.
At first I though it might be Venus Texas, which I often drive through, and which also has the CR designation for some rural roads. But the county name was wrong.
Yup.
And since it is an intel bird, they are being very closed mouth about it.
Iraq received first 1 of 24 ISR versions and first 5 of 24 light transport/training versions last month.
All are to be delivered this year.
Wish they had not decom’d the battlewagons. They always made Iran nervious when they were in the neighborhood...
We were about 1k away, and didn’t know who would fire for effect. We got some incredibly long time-of-flight for the rounds. When we confessed to the FDC that we didn’t know who was firing for us, they asked how far away from the impact point we were.
When we told them, they said, “Get down. Get flat. Get way down.”
We exited the area after the impact. The next day we flew over the area. The stream junction had become two streams feeding into a new small lake, and one exiting it.
Isn’t that where all women are from?
That is a volkswagon thrower alright.
Lowered the ridgeline east of Beruit by four feet.
Iraqis on Kuwait’s coast tried to surrender to their RPV when it showed up because they knew what came next...
Pity that all four were part of the 250 ship reduction of the USN as the “piece dividend” in the 90s...
I wonder if the dateline shouldn’t be Venice, not Venus.”
no.
Board of County Commissioners - Glades County Phone 863-946-0101 P.O. Box 10
..... Phone 863-699-2727 Fax 954-583-4188 210 Quail Run Venus, FL 33960 ...
Many thanks!
Avon Park AFB is near there. It’s been a bombing and gunnery range for as long as I can remember, and that’s at least 60 years.
Teddy Roosevelt had it right.
That is a Cessna 172.
They are getting 18 for basic flight trainers.
Five already delivered and option for 10 more (total 28).
Flight Training School at Kirkuk...
Why did the article act like it was sensitive?:
“Lt. Ken Johnson said that he could not identify the plane or what it was doing, saying it was “of a military nature” and the details were classified,...”
The Lt. decided no information was better than assuring everybody it was just swamp gas...
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