US NAVY EP-3 DOWNS CHINESE FIGHTER 
  
 In a heroic dogfight over international waters off the mainland 
 China coast, A 60's era American built Lockheed Electra propeller 
 Airliner with 24 US Navy  passenger/observers aboard chewed 
 up one of China's best state-of-the-art supersonic fighter aircraft. 
 The Chinese pilot was identified as Lt. Wong Wei. 
  
 The Americans utilizing the infrequently seen combat tactic of 
 straight and level flight, often accomplished by relying solely on 
 autopilot, engaged the unfortunate single seat combat jet and 
 knocked it out of the air using only one of it's four formidable 
 rotating propellers. 
  
 After the action the crew and passenger/observers dropped in on 
 China's Hainan Island Resort, for some much deserved R&R as guests 
 of the Chinese government. 
  
 Chinese officials in Beijing would not comment on rumors of the 
 disappearance of chief Hainan air traffic controller Wer Yu Goh. 
  
 Reprinted from the Taiwan daily Aviation Gazette by staff writer 
 Wun Wing Lo