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Originally posted by ULTIMA1
1. The point is the pilots flew the planes into the center of the buildings, at the speed they were going that would have taken some skill. If you watch the videos you can see them turning and trying to hit the buidlings straight on. Also at the speed and height there flying they are fighting the planes to keep them under control which takes skill.
2. So you would agree then that the pilot of Flight 77 had to fly over some terrain like the highway overpasses at under 100 feet as he approached the Pentagon? Also the pilot would have been fighting the plane to keep it that low at that speed becasue of several different turbulance.
3. Yes it was a perfect 360 degree turn without a single correction and ended up lined up on a side of the Pentagon. Please check the FDR data.
The Pentagon is a big building. BUT 1 SIDE IS 77 FEET HIGH AND 1,000 FEET WIDE, THAT MEANS IT WOULD BE A SMALL TARGET FLYING AT 500MPH. THE PILOT OF FLIGHT 77 COULD ONLY SEE 1 SIDE OF THE BUIDLING, HE LINED UP ON 1 SIDE OF THE BUIDLING NOT THE WHOLE BUIDLING.
Originally posted by ThatsJustWeird
They just did a 360, meaning they were lined up in the first place. I think the theory is that they were originally supposed to hit the capital or something but he turned and hit the pentagon instead.
Originally posted by ULTIMA1
Why did they need to do a 360 turn of they were already lined up with the building in the first place?
Originally posted by ThatsJustWeird
As I said, the thinking is that the pentagon wasn't the original target. When they saw it I guess they changed their mind and went for that instead.
And seeing as they had to rapidly descend, they were obviously too high to hit the pentagon before the turn.
Originally posted by bsbray11
Wow. Pretty water-tight theory you have there, TJW. They just changed their minds.
They were too high to hit it even with the turn
without some intense g's and all the rest (compressing air and other technical considerations) that would make it impossible to handle for someone with absolutely no experience with such a thing.
I'm not arguing about this with you, though. I've heard multiple pilots actually make this statement, and pilots actually have to know how to fly planes on top of being able to have opinions and run their mouths. So I value their opinions a little more. I'm just throwing this out there.
Originally posted by ThatsJustWeird
What exactly is your point here?
Originally posted by ThatsJustWeird
What are you talking about? Have you seen the FDR data?
There was nothing difficult about the turn and they didn't start to accelerate to any level that would cause problems until they were crashing.