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Originally posted by CB_Brooklyn
The wingtips did not even make contact with the wall. Besides, it does not matter. An aluminum airplane with a plastic nosecone is not going to glide through steel girders and concrete slabs. It violates Newton's Third Law of Motion, which states "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
A real airplane would have crashed (crushed) against the building, and have fallen down to the ground. It would not glide in, plastic nosecone-to-aluminum tail.
Originally posted by Wizard_In_The_Woods
I still don’t think it’s a coincidence that the south tower was hit from the south, the opposite side of where the north tower was impacted from and the opposite side of the city where the second plane originated from, Boston, MA.
Originally posted by apex
oh also ignoring the fact that that B-25 hit and caused a significant hole in the side of the Empire state building once, but obviously a 767 going about 3 times faster can't possibly do that much damage to a building.
Steel columns and beams form a stable 3-D grid throughout the entire structure. But since such closely spaced column grids obstruct open spaces in buildings, there are virtually no open spans, or column-free spaces, on each floor of the Empire State Building.
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Tube buildings are strengthened by closely spaced columns and beams in the outer walls. The closely spaced columns and beams in each tower form a steel tube that, together with an internal core, withstand the tremendous wind loads that affect buildings this tall.
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Originally posted by Larry B.
Now you wonder about the news reporter?.... One of the local anchors commented after a story about the french Concorde SST. "That's the supersonic transport that flies nearly three times the speed of LIGHT."
I don’t really have a super-straight answer for that. I still don’t think it’s a coincidence that the south tower was hit from the south, the opposite side of where the north tower was impacted from and the opposite side of the city where the second plane originated from, Boston, MA. Perhaps this way there were less cameras focused on that side of the building.
it's at 100 feet, 350 knots, 45 degree pullout climbing to 7500 feet - nothing special
Originally posted by CB_Brooklyn
The wingtips did not even make contact with the wall. Besides, it does not matter. An aluminum airplane with a plastic nosecone is not going to glide through steel girders and concrete slabs. It violates Newton's Third Law of Motion, which states "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
A real airplane would have crashed (crushed) against the building, and have fallen down to the ground. It would not glide in, plastic nosecone-to-aluminum tail.
As Joseph Keith says "Airliners don't meld into steel and concrete buildings, they crash against them".
Originally posted by fiftyfifty
I reckon a heavy suitcase alone travelling at 500mph could put a pretty big dent in the WTC.
Originally posted by hikix
reply to post by CB_Brooklyn
I'd love to know who came up with this hologram theory, probably some idiot living on a farm with too much time on his hands.
Actually it was John Lear right here on ATS