Originally Posted by MWF
Something interesting happened on a forum I run a few weeks back. A few of the members on there claiming they are/where professional commercial airline pilots and they all agreed that non of them could have made the flight path approach claimed for the Pentagon. They said that the ground effects under the plane at that speed and distance from the ground would have made it near impossible to get the nose down. For those that don't know 'Ground Effects' on planes is where the plane causes a pressurised cusion of air under the wings which push back on the underside of the aircraft. You can sometimes see this in action when planes land at the airport, they sort of bounce in mid air just before they touch down. At first I thought they may be bullshitting about being pilots but they are always regailing each other with flying tales I'm confident they think they are right. That still doesn't support a conspiracy but it does make me wonder if the Bush Administration rushed through the attack investigation because of interests in gaining power in the Middle East.
"Ground effects" would have little effect on a 120t plane doing 450mph though, its not like it was coming into landing