"Steve Richter" wrote in message
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thinking a little bit about this ...

540 mph is the cruising speed of the F-15. Its top speed looks to be
well over 1000mph. But no one knew where the 2nd plane was going to
hit. It could have been NYC or any other city anywhere else in the
country. My guess would be that the F-15 pilots at Otis rarely fly
above cruising speed, so there would probably be some risk in doing
that.

-Steve

Besides shattering every piece of glass (and eardrums) between Otis an NYC?
The glass in the streets would have been knee-deep from an F-15 crossing
Manhattan at 1500 feet at 1000mph. (Still might not have kept them from
doing it anyway, given a confirmed target to go after.)

Fuel consumption would be the major concern, I would think.
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Zamboni