TRUTH wrote:

Pooh Bear wrote in
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TRUTH wrote:

Pooh Bear wrote in
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TRUTH wrote:

"Matt Wright" wrote in
oups.com:

Another poster provided FAA records showing that Mohammed Atta
was both commercial and instrument rated - hardly a "clueless
non-pilot". Flight instructors maybe had poor overall opinions
of the pilots, but you don't know how long they trained away
from the flight school. You don't know how much "book time"
they had studying avionics. The attack had years of planning
behind it. I guess they could have spent that time playing
pinball... but maybe instead they were studying. That something
is hard does not make it impossible.

Matt.

I missed that. Please post it. Still, showing one of them was
instrument trained does not explain the others

How many times do you need to have it explained to you that there
was no need for any of them to be instrument trained ? Flying in
clear skies does not require an instrument rating.

Graham



At 30,000 feet it does

INCORRECT !

FAA regulations require the licensed crew to use instrument flying
techniques ( for obvious reasons ).

That doesn't mean that it's impossible to fly VFR ( visual flight
rules ) - it just means you're breaking the law. Do you think the
hijackers even cared about that ?

If you can see the horizon / ground ( at any height ) you don't need
to fly instruments ( other than to obey regulations ).

Graham

Okay, I'll admit you "might" know about this stuff,

Thank you ! Trust me I do !

although I would give
an Aeronautical Engineer's opinion a little more weight. I am not an
expert in every aspect of 9/11. And I admit it. Stange how others do not
do the same

The issue of whether or not the hijackers were instrument rated is of zero
consequence in the context of 9/11 since the weather was VFR ( visual flight
rules ).

Commercial pilots often have to fly in rather poorer weather where you may
not be able to see the ground, horizon, or even much in front of your nose.
That's why they have instrument ratings. The idea behind flying 'on
instruments' is about when you can't see where you're going. The reaon for
the FAA rules about mandatory use of 'IFR' ( instrument flight rules )
flight is essentially precautionary.

Graham