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January 23rd 04, 11:03 PM
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"Steve Richter" wrote in message om... 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. -- Zamboni 
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