Asunto: Re: World Trade crash...

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Wed Sep 12 11:18:36 2001

At 12:46 AM 9/13/01 +1000, Terry wrote:
>Skipping take off skills (it is already in the air when you take over)
>and landing skills (it isn't going down in the normal way) how much
>training would someone with light aircraft skills need?

Ok, for the morbidly fascinated folks of the world, MS FlightSimulator
comes with 737 aircraft models, (there are 757 and 767 models on the web)
it also comes with a manhattan database replete with trade towers. So try
it yourself. Flying a large jet at high speed, the thing takes a mile and a
half to make a "tight" turn. The WTC is only just wider than the aircraft.

So my thoughts are
         to hit "any" building - pretty straightforward for someone
                 who knows the basics of how an airplane flys
         to hit a "specific" building from a specific angle
                 That is darn difficult

--Chuck
Received on Wed Sep 12 2001 - 11:18:36 BST

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