History Channel debunks 9/11 conspiracies

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"B A R R Y" wrote in message

That was a repeat, as I've seen it in the past. Interesting program,
but I'll agree it'll only generate more "yabuts" from the tin foil hat
crowd.


Absolutely. To them, the more that is said to counter their "argument"
the more it proves how deep the conspiracy runs.

One of the theories they suggested but didn't fully nuke was the assertion
that a licensed pilot with 250 hours couldn't have flown a jet into the
Pentagon.

Granted, I haven't tried this, the conspiracy theorists don't seem to have
asked many pilots.
-c

"Gattman" wrote:

One of the theories they suggested but didn't fully nuke was the assertion
that a licensed pilot with 250 hours couldn't have flown a jet into the
Pentagon.

Granted, I haven't tried this, the conspiracy theorists don't seem to have
asked many pilots.

There was one here asking us to confirm just that.

He didn't get the answer he wanted. When every single pilot told him he was
FOS, he accused us all of being in denial!

Even for usenet, the irony of that was priceless.

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:


He didn't get the answer he wanted. When every single pilot told him he was
FOS, he accused us all of being in denial!

Even for usenet, the irony of that was priceless.


"Truth"? G

"Gattman" == Gattman writes:

Gattman One of the theories they suggested but didn't fully nuke
Gattman was the assertion that a licensed pilot with 250 hours
Gattman couldn't have flown a jet into the Pentagon.

I have around 800 hours as a PP-ASEL. No IFR ticket. Most of my time
in Cessnas, Cubs, and an Aircoupe. Most advanced airplane I've logged
time in is 30 hours in a C-182.

I posted here before about this, but will post the relevant part
again: a few months ago I had an opportunity to "fly" a full-motion
DC-10 simulator for about 6 hours (including short breaks), shared
with 2 other guys, so maybe 3 hours in either front seat and an hour
or more in the 3rd seat (flight engineer). We were all VFR guys. The
instructor ran us through take-off, manuvering, and landing, both
hand-flying and by the book which involves mostly setting the
autopilot and associated buttons, knobs, dials, and bugs.

The bottom line: we all could take-off and fly the thing after an hour
or two. Landing wasn't a big deal either. The reality is that with
no emergencies to bother with it was not hugely more difficult to
manuever than, say, my little Aircoupe. Being a computer nerd type
helps. So could a pilot with 250 flight hours and 10-20 hours in a
full-motion sim, and a death wish, fly a commercial jet into the
Pentagon? You bet.
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"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time
reading it." - Moses Hadas