They flew to the mouth of the Chien Tang Chiang (river) amid low cloud and bad weather where they lost sight of the Japanese aircraft and returned to base.
Cheng had taken off too late to intercept Nitta's flights and flew on to Chien Tang Chiang on a hunch.
Another pilot from the same flight, Lieutenant Chin An-Yi, was slightly injured when his Hawk No. 2106 also ran out of fuel and ended up force landing next to an AA gun position.
However, their their attempt for a fourth crown was thwarted by Taiwan's ChienYu Chin-Cheng Wen Hsing in the women's doubles when they beat Vita and Lilyana Natsir 21-15, 17-21, 21-18.
It was Yu Chin-Wen Hsing's second title of the year after winning the Philippines Open two months ago.
Chin secured a job for Kwong as a martial arts instructor at his youth athletic club.
Chin is also the top disciple and successor of the Fu Hok Tai He Morn system.
The training method is designed to facilitate the development and refinement of high-level techniques through a series of exercises, drills and sequences rendered from precise body alignment and synchronized with upper and lower coordination.
Among those whom Ng taught was Kwong Tit-Fu (1926-1999), a Hung Gar teacher and practitioner of Chinese medicine.
Kwong immigrated to the US and it was in Boston, that he was introduced to Calvin Chin (1950-), a student and part-time martial arts instructor.
Ongoing studies continue to reveal additional health benefits, as this ancient Chinese practice provides new discovery and intrigue to those all over the world.
Through her work, Lust and her students have developed a database of samples from 800 to 1,000 young children at different developmental periods across the languages they study, each translated and cross-referenced by developmental stage and linguistic structure.
On the Chinese study, Lust worked with Chinese graduate student Fang Fang Guo and former graduate student YuChinChien and Chi-Pang Chiang, a professor in Taiwan.
The research presented at the AAAS meeting was supported by in part by the National Science Foundation.
Boonsak Ponsana's spell at the SCG World Grand Prix Thailand Open was over following his nail-biting quarter-final defeat to Chinese rising star Chen Yu at the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium yesterday.
The 2,000 strong spectators were served up a treat by the local hero, the conqueror of world No-1 Lee Chong-wei.
Boonsak was staring at defeat at 20-22 and 6-12 in the second game but that did not stop the enthusiasm of his supporters, whose decibel level increased as the match progressed.
Murgunde, a last minute entrant into the main draw, could not match the speed of her wily opponent, who had upset 15th seed Kelly Morgan of Wales in the first round, and surrendered in just 18 minutes.
In women’s doubles, the Indian pair of Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurian went out to 16th seeds Wen-Hsing Cheng and Yu-Chin Chien of Chinese Taipei 8-15, 6-15 in a second-round match.
Meanwhile, top seed Chen Hong advanced to the third round with an easy win over Germany’s Jens Roch.