Kerry Tells of Flying a Jet Over Israel

AP ^ | 5-3-04 | NEDRA PICKLER

[bellevuesbest]

WASHINGTON (AP) - John Kerry wasn't kidding when he told the Anti-Defamation League that he had a different perspective on Israel. Probably no one else in the room has seen the country upside down from an Israeli Air Force jet.

Kerry said Monday that Tel Aviv kept denying his request to fly one of their planes, but that the colonel who was showing him around Israel during a 1991 visit not only got him into a trainer, but let him take the controls.

"I take it off, we go up into the sky, climb up, head down toward Aqaba," the senator said. "And I wanted to look at Aqaba, so I'm coming down over Aqaba, and I suddenly hear this voice on the intercom, and he says, 'Senator, you'd better turn faster, you're going over Egypt.'"

Kerry said the colonel then gave him permission to do "a little aerobatics" and that he made a loop at about 12,000 feet.

"To be able to come out upside down and look down and catch the horizon in back of me and see all the way down into the Sinai to the old base that had been given up, all the way across into Jordan, all the way out into the Gulf of Aqaba, and to see Israel beneath me, and the lines contained, and to see it all upside down was the perfect way to see the Middle East and Israel," he said.

[scott7278]

He must have been in one of those realistic $5.00 per-ride flight simulators that you find at airshows.

If so, that means I've flown a combat mission and protected an American aircraft carrier from certain destruction.

Where's my medal?

[BykrBayb]

If he wants to impress me, he should paddle half way across.

[BykrBayb]

By any chance, it wasn't named Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, was it?

[O Neill]

...he made a loop at about 12,000 feet.

What was he doing...knitting?

[O Neill]

As you can see, this NEARLY produced Wound #4: Puncture & Contusion

[Finalapproach29er]

The need to include this constant subtle bragging is a sign of massive insecurity.

He is not leadership timber.

[RightOnline]

"He flew over Israel so he's what? More qualified to lead the nation? More Jewish than Bush?"

Our first black, Jewish president perhaps??

[oyez]

I was wondering if he had dropped acid while in Israel.

[Texasforever]

Color me skeptical.

[SkyPilot]

ping

[SkyPilot]

he imitated the Israeli's accent very badly.

He actually mimicked the Israeli???

[Dan from Michigan]

It's Top Gun Johnny now!

"Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash"

[Arizona Pard]

Subtle bragging? If that was subtle then the Grand Canyon is a subtle sign of erosion...oh, wait, I get it. It's sarcasm. D'OH!

And I didn't know Ka-Ree, the French-looking wannabee, could fly. You'd think he'd have bragged about that before now.

[texasflower]

Yes, he did. You know how Ariel Sharon speaks?

That's the accent his was trying to mimmick.

I'm replaying the speech on c-span right now to find out exactly where it is.

I'll ping you to it when I find it.

[PokeyJoe]

Quick, somebody with Lexus/Nexus do a search and verify, and also look for a link with Senator Al Gore regarding the "creation" of the internet. =)

[Salman]

Yes, he did. You know how Ariel Sharon speaks?

Kerry sounded like bad imitation Jackie Mason.

[texasflower]

Yes! That's it exactly!

[texasflower]

Here you go..

http://www.c-span.org/

It is the speech entitled "Senator Kerry address to the Anti-Defamation League".

That story is 22 minutes into the video.

As Salman said in post 96 it was like a bad Jackie Mason, if you know who that is.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" I can tell you as a ex-military pilot "

Kerry is supposed to be 6'6", IIRC. Would he even fit in the cockpit of a fighter jet ?
The story defies all credibility.
Kerry claims to fly a twin engine Cessna ,owned by Teresa.
13 years ago, he would have had even less experience.
It won't be long before Kerry will claim to be a Blue Angel.

I wonder if Teresa lets Kerry fly her G 5, since he's such an ace ??

[calcowgirl]

From Landings.com

Airmen Database Search Result
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Name                : KERRY, JOHN FORBES
Airman's Address    : 19 LOUISBURG SQ
                      BOSTON, MA, 02108-1202
FAA Region          : New England
Date of Medical     : Dec, 2003
Class of Medical    : 2
Expiration          : Dec, 2004
Airman Certificates : Commercial Pilot
                        Airplane Single Engine Land
                        Airplane Single Engine Sea
                        Airplane Multiengine Land
                        Instrument Airplane
                        Glider Aero Tow (Private Pilot)