Dr.Curtiss runs out of his medicine

(Toly) wrote in message om...
Hi folx,

Here we go again... now it's ostensibly one of "us" selling his soul
to the boulevard press devil for a few greenbacks...

"How Hard Is It to Fly a 757 or 767?"
http://airsafe.com/journal/v1num16.htm

It's an exciting reading... the guy is in "unique position to answer
that question", after 100hrs in C172 and 5-6 hrs in a 757 sim...

100-hr pilots, rejoice, flying big iron has never been easier... to
quote:
"In short, I believe that any person who has earned a private pilot's
license and who has access to the same kind of ground school and
simulator training that I received could fly a 757 or 767 well enough
to hit a large building."
Dr.Curtiss is surely doing fine... we'll keep you posted of his
progress...

And, the dramatic conclusion: "Given the wide availability of this
kind of training, it would appear that the kind of terrorist actions
that took place in New York and Washington could easily be repeated in
the future."

I guess as soon Dr.Curtiss picks up his 757 at Wal-Mart...

I don't know whether to laugh or cry...


Remember too that the 9/11 pilots did a crappy job. They overspeed the
planes on several occasions (according to tracking data). The hardest
part is energey management, they didn't have that down. The point is
that if all you want to do is fly into a building, you don't have to
be very good.

-Robert

Robert M. Gary wrote:

Remember too that the 9/11 pilots did a crappy job. They overspeed the
planes on several occasions (according to tracking data). The hardest
part is energey management, they didn't have that down. The point is
that if all you want to do is fly into a building, you don't have to
be very good.

A very crappy job. Both were boresighting the towers; not accounting for
the wind effects. An especially bad job by the second terrorist who had the
smoke from the first hit to guide him. Both his at a substantial bank angle


IIRC one of them had to try twice.

Gregg