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To: LeGrande
>>> I could do a lot more damage with a 3000 lb car than a 1200 lb plane. <<<

Of course you ignore the fact that airplanes have access to places a car can't go - the tanks in an oil farm, the dome of a capitol building, an office tower, the catalytic towers in a refinery, the stadium of a county fair. Loaded with appropriate explosive material, the damage it could do could make a car bomb pale in comparison. Escorting F-16's are at a serious disadvantage. The Cessna can stay in the air at speeds that the F-16's lose control. A Cessna flying at 1500' can drop and crash a target before the F-16's can circle to make a pass - much less radio for final clearance to engage!

Your pre-Wright-Brothers mentality is curious.

31 posted on 04/09/2009 11:12:14 AM PDT by HardStarboard ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
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To: HardStarboard
Of course you ignore the fact that airplanes have access to places a car can't go - the tanks in an oil farm, the dome of a capitol building, an office tower, the catalytic towers in a refinery, the stadium of a county fair.

Yeah ... and you could build mortars from materials available at your local hardware store and get the same effect with better mobility and fewer chances of being spotted.

As this example shows, a small airplane is a wretchedly poor means of delivering a telling blow. It was spotted and tracked. Even if you flew one into a spot like that ... in a big-picture sense, so what? It's local damage only. Hardly a country-shaking event.

37 posted on 04/09/2009 11:22:35 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: HardStarboard
A Cessna flying at 1500' can drop and crash a target before the F-16's can circle to make a pass - much less radio for final clearance to engage!

Drop and crash a target? Have you ever flown a 172? LOL

Your pre-Wright-Brothers mentality is curious.

Would you care to match your CV with mine when it comes to aviation? Two days ago I rode a wave to 34,000'.

39 posted on 04/09/2009 11:30:00 AM PDT by LeGrande (I once heard a smart man say that you canÂ’t reason someone out of something that they didnÂ’t reaso)
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To: HardStarboard

Of course, if someone were intent on using a Cessna for nefarious purposes, I doubt they would steal one and fly off w/out a flight plan. It would appear all legal and on the up and up, right up until the time they deviate, and then it would be too late.


48 posted on 04/09/2009 12:39:37 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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