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Owner of A/C That Crashed Into Tampa Building Was Publically Pro-Arab!!!.
St. Pete Times ^

Posted on 01/05/2002 2:13:06 PM PST by MindBender26

Part of article from St. Pete Times after Sept 11.

"Robert C. Cooper, president of National Aviation Flight School and Aviation Rentals, stressed that the extra security cannot be done at the expense of those of Middle Eastern descent.

"I don't want to get involved in profiling," he said. "I have faith in my government. I have to work on the belief that my government has basis to allow them into the country and show them proper respect." end of article.

Cooper is head of National Aviation Holdings that owned A/C. Many Florida flight schools train Arab students. Wonder if comment was made so as not to p. off students. Wonder if Arab pilot flew A/C into building. THIS IS FR EXCLUSIVE!!!


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KEYWORDS: accutane; airplane; airplanecrash; alqaeda; bankofamerica; binladen; bishop; boa; boabuilding; charlesbishop; crash; florida; kamikaze; naa; nationalaviation; obl; suicidepilot; tampa; terrorism; terrorists
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To: tpaine
Ah, Miss Payne. I see you are back to attack everything Conservative and American again.

If it turns out to be a nutty kid, I will have been wrong, and will so publically state.

If on the other hand it was an Islamic Fundamentalist.... well then....

41 posted on 01/05/2002 2:46:52 PM PST by MindBender26
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To: MindBender26
second rule of coincidences: the first rule of coincidences is wrong.

dep

42 posted on 01/05/2002 2:47:23 PM PST by dep
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To: SpringheelJack
only 15 years old. Think that might have had something to do with the crash?

It's easier to brainwash a kid into doing something really stupid?

43 posted on 01/05/2002 2:48:33 PM PST by patriciaruth
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To: US_MilitaryRules
it was a 172RG.

dep

44 posted on 01/05/2002 2:48:47 PM PST by dep
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To: tpaine
Homeland Security now says it "was not terrorist related"......hmmm

MSNBC says it is a small cessna. Plane did not have clearance to take off, coast guard followed, pilot ignored hand signals, crashed into bldg...

46 posted on 01/05/2002 2:49:20 PM PST by Merovingian
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To: Merovingian
perhaps the crash was caused by air turbulance??? /sarcasim
47 posted on 01/05/2002 2:50:16 PM PST by True Capitalist
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To: OWK
So you approve of terrorism .......muslim = terrorist, the prez is wrong on this one
48 posted on 01/05/2002 2:50:22 PM PST by cinciphil
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To: MindBender26
I doubt he intended to crash at all. But when you're young and inexperienced, you can make a lot of dumb mistakes anyway.
49 posted on 01/05/2002 2:50:54 PM PST by SpringheelJack
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To: MindBender26
Motive? What does that have to do with the owner of the Flight School? Does Henry Ford have to answer for every drunk driver?
50 posted on 01/05/2002 2:51:11 PM PST by VA Advogado
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To: tpaine
You both have good cases! -- How bout a home grown jihadic cultist?

Wouldn't be surprised in the least. Islam seems to be the default religion for 3rd world wack jobs so if a few Americans get pulled in by this psycho cult this is possible.

51 posted on 01/05/2002 2:51:52 PM PST by dennisw
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To: cinciphil
So you approve of terrorism .......muslim = terrorist, the prez is wrong on this one

Yet another floppy-shoed clown bounds onto the stage.

53 posted on 01/05/2002 2:53:15 PM PST by OWK
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To: MindBender26
If you assume he crashed where he intended to crash, I'd say he did a very good job!

If not, well he got it off the ground and kept it aloft for some time.....

nothing there that i could not teach you or anyone else how to do in under an hour. rotate at V2, apply enough rudder to counter adverse yaw, and don't do anything really sudden. it involves skill, but less skill than, say, lacing and tying shoes.

dep

54 posted on 01/05/2002 2:53:37 PM PST by dep
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To: ;;dep,mindbender26
According to the aircraft database on qrz.com, it was a 172R NOT retractable. Not that it matters much.
55 posted on 01/05/2002 2:54:10 PM PST by Taildraggin
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To: wirestripper; KLT; goldilucky
"I expect these things to occur for some time to come. Before long they will resort to suicide bombers in shopping centers as they do in Israel"

Very unfortunately, I have to agree!

56 posted on 01/05/2002 2:54:41 PM PST by ChaseR
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To: MindBender26
"I don't want to get involved in profiling."

Translation: I want the money!!

57 posted on 01/05/2002 2:54:49 PM PST by Ima Lurker
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To: OWK
So you approve of a religion that mutilates their kids......get a grip
58 posted on 01/05/2002 2:55:16 PM PST by cinciphil
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To: 1 FELLOW FREEPER
cLOSE ALL FLIGHT SCHOOLS, NOW !!!!

That makes as much sense as closing gun shows because terrorists might buy guns there.

What we need to do is send home NOW, TODAY all the Arabs in flight schools in this country. And screw the ban on racial (ethnic, national, religious...) profiling.

59 posted on 01/05/2002 2:55:56 PM PST by cayuga
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To: cayuga
Pilot was 15 years old.PLANE was stolen....
60 posted on 01/05/2002 2:57:27 PM PST by Merovingian
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