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Originally posted by defcon5
Originally posted by bsbray11
So if you are going to state something as fact (defcon), you should be prepared to back it up.
The fact that I cannot back up conversations I have had with other airline personnel
Originally posted by nycfrog27
reply to post by SquirrelNutz
i dont care what u think of me. I don't care what your opinion is. If you people hate America so much, then LEAVE. Period. Stop defiling this good country.
Originally posted by nycfrog27
reply to post by SquirrelNutz
i dont care what u think of me. I don't care what your opinion is. If you people hate America so much, then LEAVE. Period. Stop defiling this good country.
Originally posted by bsbray11
Nope, sorry. I was talking about your assertion that only a handful of airline professionals out of a million believe 9/11 was an inside job.
Originally posted by defcon5
I also enjoy the bit about “going after the weakest strawman, pointing out the tiniest flaw”, when that is the basis of the truth movement, picking apart the tiniest flaws in what happened on 911, and basing your theories on it.
Originally posted by bsbray11
I hardly care what you and your like-minded friends think, because that is not a significant sample to begin with.
Originally posted by bsbray11
You're apparently incapable of even admitting the difference between a statistical fact and your personal opinion. :shk:
Originally posted by defcon5
reply to post by wavemaker
They shut off their transponder which made them blend in with the rest of the clutter on the radar screens. Radars pick up clutter, including even cars passing over bridges, and other crap'oll'a. A transponder is interrogated by an out-going signal from the radar (from the bar on the top), and it returns other information to the controller like the AC#, Altitude, and Speed. When that is shut off it becomes a blip among thousands of others. Do a wiki on primary, and secondary radar.
Start here:
Air Traffic Services Surveillance Systems, Including An Explanation of Primary and Secondary Radar
Originally posted by wavemaker
Some guys just attacked the Twin Towers and these guys at the Pentagon decided to shut down their transponder and in effect they became a sitting duck for attack?!
Originally posted by wavemaker
Are there no other military establishments (or radars) near that area that can detect that slow moving plane that is going to the Pentagon?
Originally posted by wavemaker
Is the Pentagon that stupid not be on red alert even if there are "terrorist attacks" in NY and in White House?
Originally posted by wavemaker
Here is the Pentagon's motto: "When under attack, turn off the transponder."
Originally posted by wavemaker
Don't they have any radars in the Pentagon?
Again, how come a slow moving passenger plane can possibly hit the Pentagon without any fight from the Pentagon?
Originally posted by wavemaker
Originally posted by defcon5
reply to post by wavemaker
They shut off their transponder which made them blend in with the rest of the clutter on the radar screens. Radars pick up clutter, including even cars passing over bridges, and other crap'oll'a. A transponder is interrogated by an out-going signal from the radar (from the bar on the top), and it returns other information to the controller like the AC#, Altitude, and Speed. When that is shut off it becomes a blip among thousands of others. Do a wiki on primary, and secondary radar.
Start here:
Air Traffic Services Surveillance Systems, Including An Explanation of Primary and Secondary Radar
Some guys just attacked the Twin Towers and these guys at the Pentagon decided to shut down their transponder and in effect they became a sitting duck for attack?! Do you really believe that explanation? Are there no other military establishments (or radars) near that area that can detect that slow moving plane that is going to the Pentagon? Is the Pentagon that stupid not be on red alert even if there are "terrorist attacks" in NY and in White House? (I assume that the Pentagon is "not aware" that there is another plane going to the White House because their transponder was turned off.)
Here is the Pentagon's motto: "When under attack, turn off the transponder."
Originally posted by dereks
Originally posted by wavemaker
Don't they have any radars in the Pentagon?
No, it is a office building - how many do you know have radars? Anyway, Ronald Regan Airport was only a few miles away
Again, how come a slow moving passenger plane can possibly hit the Pentagon without any fight from the Pentagon?
What do you expect a large office building to do? Move? Throw bricks?