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Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by ATH911
I do find it interesting that no plane debris remains in either of the two WTC gashes.
Nothing.
That assessment is based on what, exactly?
Originally posted by thedman
reply to post by ATH911
Oh yea !
Here is picture of an exterior panel from WTC 1 with piece of airplane
landing gear embedded in it
Of course you will find some reason to ignore it.....
Now you say a DcDonnell Douglas F4 is constructed in the same way that a Boeing 757/767.
That is so far from the truth. One is designed to withstand 50 millimeter rounds and avoid radar detection.
Among fixed-wing aircraft, more F-4 Phantoms were lost than any other type in service with any nation.
F-4 Phantom II-- --445 total, 382 in combat
-First loss was operational (non-combat), F-4C 64-0674 (45TH TFS, 15th TFW) which ran out of fuel after strike in SVN on June 9, 1965; first combat loss F-4C 64-0685 (45th TFS, 15th TFW) shot down Ta Chan, NW NVN on June 20, 1965. 9 of the losses were parked aircraft struck by rockets.
-Final loss 1973
Alarmed by the losses, the Air Force conducted a study in 1966 and found that the assumption of airframe failure from hits was erroneous. What the investigating team found was the majority (40%) of fixed wing aircraft losses were caused by cascading failure from fuel system damage. Next was cascading failure from hydraulic system damage which, in most designs, meant a loss of aircraft control along with fire.
The investigators found that reducing the Suceptability(SR) of combat aircraft with changes in tactics, better countermeasures, and threat suppression, was of vital importance in reducing losses, but this would be sucessful only up to a point. Aircraft would still take hits regardless. What was also required was redesigning critical systems to better withstand damage(with armor for instance), and if unable to achieve that, better tolerate any damage(by separating critical components for instance). In the engineering discipline of Aircraft Survivability this is called Vulnerability Reduction (VR) .
VR efforts on the F-4 not only saved lives, but a bunch of money as well. A redesign of the aileron hydraulic subsystem. When applied to in theater aircraft, this design change cost $9M in 1967 dollars. howeverit saved tehe potential loss of 24 aircrews(or 48 pilots)and saved $51M in aircraft not lost to this particular "kill mode"
The other one respectively has trouble if a flock of birds get in the way.
On 22 September 1995, a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft (Callsign Yukla 27, serial number 77-0354), crashed shortly after take off from Elmendorf AFB, AK. The plane lost power to both port side engines after these engines ingested several Canada Geese during takeoff. The aircraft went down in a heavily wooded area about two miles northeast of the runway, killing all 24 crew members on board.[25]
The Space Shuttle Discovery also hit a bird (a vulture) during the take-off of STS-114 on July 26, 2005, although the collision occurred early during take off and at low speeds, with no obvious damage to the shuttle.[26]
NASA also lost an astronaut, Theodore Freeman, to a bird strike. He was killed when a goose shattered the plexiglass cockpit of his T-38 Talon, resulting in shards being ingested by the engines, leading to a fatal crash.[citation needed]
Aircraft continue to be lost on a routine basis to birdstrikes. In the fall of 2006 the USAF lost a twin engine T-38 trainer to a bird strike (ducks) and in the October 2007 the US Navy lost a T-45 jet trainer in a collision with a bird.
Commercial air buses are also painted with radar reflective paint to make them easier to keep track of by ground control as opposed to the F4.
Final point: Military jets and commercial air buses are constructed nothing alike beyond the concept of "lift".
Semi-monocoque
Sectioned fuselage showing frames, stringers and skin all made out of aluminium. (Picture doesn't copy/paste) This is the preferred method of constructing an all-aluminum fuselage. First, a series of frames in the shape of the fuselage cross sections are held in position on a rigid fixture, or jig. These frames are then joined with lightweight longitudinal elements called stringers. These are in turn covered with a skin of sheet aluminum, attached by riveting or by bonding with special adhesives. The fixture is then disassembled and removed from the completed fuselage shell, which is then fitted out with wiring, controls, and interior equipment such as seats and luggage bins. Most modern large aircraft are built using this technique, but use several large sections constructed in this fashion which are then joined with fasteners to form the complete fuselage. As the accuracy of the final product is determined largely by the costly fixture, this form is suitable for series production, where a large number of identical aircraft are to be produced. Early examples of this type include the Douglas Aircraft DC-2 and DC-3 civil aircraft and the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Most metal light aircraft are constructed using this process.
Both monocoque and semi-monocoque are referred to as "stressed skin" structures as all or a portion of the external load (i.e. from wings and empennage, and from discrete masses such as the engine) is taken by the surface covering. In addition, all the load from internal pressurization is carried (as skin tension) by the external skin.
Originally posted by titorite
Just look at those wings _bonez_
Look at them.. Look at how the behave differently at each incident.
You know what else is amazing? You see that car in the backround on fire...for some reason or another.. But that tire in the column survived the initial fireball explosion and did not melt or burn in fact I would say its in good condition considering the event it went through...
I mean It is intact while inside a column that got so hot it melted or bowed out of the building... yet their that tire is in all its glory... not melted.... not on fire...just there..
An anomaly of contradiction not unlike the fireball proof passports.
Originally posted by Orion7911
Simon Shack, Killtown
Originally posted by Orion7911
EXCEPT advanced military THERMATE cutter charges wouldn't necessarily BLOW ANYTHING IN OR OUT in the way you're eluding.thermate/mite doesn't have the same properties or react as regular demolition c4 etc cutter charges do.they MELT STEEL.
Originally posted by Orion7911
As for your argument about BENDING INWARD... its already been answered, addressed and debunked.
Originally posted by Orion7911
PEOPLE *DID* NOTICE AND MENTION SEEING A CRUISE MISSLE.
Originally posted by ATH911
I do find it interesting that no plane debris remains in either of the two WTC gashes.
...photos of the plane gashes in the North and South Towers and I don't see any plane debris.
Originally posted by thedman
reply to post by ATH911
Another shot of scene
St Nicholas church in background was destroyed in collapse of South
Tower which means was taken before 10AM
I suppose the NYPD is in on it too.....
Like I said - since doesn't play into your conspiracy fantasies will find some reason to ignore it.
Originally posted by _BoneZ_
Originally posted by ATH911
I do find it interesting that no plane debris remains in either of the two WTC gashes.
I find it interesting that people think a 300,000 pound object travelling at circa 500mph is going to stop on a dime and leave parts sticking out the impact hole.
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by ATH911
I read your original post too quickly, and mentally put the word "debris" at the end of your sentence, instead of "gashes", as you wrote it.
SO, now that that's clear, of course one would not expect to see airplane debris in the 'gashes'!!! Not big pieces, anyway...
Show me a small piece then.
Nice suspicious looking white van park next to the embedded tire that stayed embedded after a 90 story fall!
Originally posted by weedwhacker
reply to post by Orion7911
your attempt to change PEOPLE into ONE person contradicts the actual evidence from media reports and isn't true, so please retract your assertion.
Well, here's the real truth:
newsmine.org.../flight77-aa-pentagon
An American Airlines flight from Washington to Los Angeles crashed into the Pentagon with 64 passengers and crew aboard. The fuel-laden jet, which had just taken off from Washington's Dulles Airport...
The Pentagon suffered widespread damage on the building's fourth, fifth and sixth corridors, and the impact tore a gaping hole in one side of the building. Firefighters continued to battle the blaze on the building's west side Tuesday night, describing it as "contained" but not yet under control.
Note the part I bolded.
Continuing:
...The jet struck a section of the Pentagon that housed U.S. Army offices about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday. Among those aboard the jet was Barbara Olson, a conservative commentator who appeared frequently on CNN and the wife of U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson.
WHY would it be an intentional Government act, if it were to kill the wife of the U.S. Solicitor General???
But, here's what 'no-planers' eat up:
"It was like a cruise missile with wings, went right there and slammed into the Pentagon," Mike Walter, an eyewitness, told CNN. "Huge explosion, great ball of fire, smoke started billowing out...*snip*
You see, a little research blows the CT people out of the water.
did you not assert that reports about people seeing a missle, was really from ONE person?
Its a FACT there are msm reports that contradict what you claim.