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Group of pilots disputes question official version of 9/11
The Portugal News ^ | 8/3/02 | The Portugal News

Posted on 08/29/2002 1:41:13 PM PDT by DrLiberty

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To: DrLiberty
It's not worth the time to take this article apart brick by brick. Let's just hit the high spots.

The panel reached its conclusion after "deliberating for 72 straight hours." Any panel on anything that deliberated for 72 straight hours would agree to anything to get out of the room and get some sleep. -- that Bill Clinton is an honest man, that O.J. Simpson didn't do it, that Britanny Spears is a good actress, whatever.

Regarding the comment that the hijackers "could not have become familiar with IFR operations in 45 minutes," they didn't use the instruments. They flew down the coast by looking at the waterline. In New York, they found their targets by sight. In D.C. they missed their target (apparently the White House), because it is short and hidden by trees when seen from the air, and so diverted to the Pentagon.

Only two capacities were necessary to fly these planes: 1) turn the plane, and 2) use the throttle to slow down and drop to target altitude. All of the hundreds of other guages and controls on these planes were irrelevant to the hijackers.

Or, the short version of my comments on this article: God, I love the smell of tin foil in the morning.

Congressman Billybob

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21 posted on 08/29/2002 2:00:47 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob
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To: DrLiberty
Crackpots come in all colors, races and religions, with a few flat earthites thrown in.
22 posted on 08/29/2002 2:00:57 PM PDT by cynicom
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To: DrLiberty
Yeah genius, here's one example. supposedly trained on Cessna light aircraft

Each team of hijackers included at least one man who had classroom training, individual computer based training, and training in a high fidelity flight simulator.

Any person who has received this level of simulator training could certainly fly a plane well enough to crash it into a large building.

Your buddy Colonel Donn de Grand apparently believes this less likely a scenario than his idea (based on NO evidence) that AWACs took over the planes (after the hijackers killed the pilots!) and flew them, on purpose, into these buildings.

It's apparently an NWO, Rothschild, Buildeburger conspiracy that you and your kind are spouting. Something about the Jews and global currency or something.

Twits all.

23 posted on 08/29/2002 2:02:22 PM PDT by dead
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To: DrLiberty
I don't suppose hours of training in a simulator count, even if they only trained in "turns", not in landing? Nor is there any mention of possible training outside the U.S. How long did they have between the failed attempt in 1993 and 9/11/01?

As for resistence, how about flight 93. And what about the numerous cell phone conversations between passenges and relatives on the ground? They don't count?

24 posted on 08/29/2002 2:02:27 PM PDT by js1138
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To: Congressman Billybob
Don't forget that the 72 hours was probably paid for with Arab money.
25 posted on 08/29/2002 2:02:34 PM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: DrLiberty

And you win today's

Congratulations Doc!


26 posted on 08/29/2002 2:02:47 PM PDT by BullDog108
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To: DrLiberty
Those Boeing aircraft have mechanical flight controls.

Using electro magnetic interference (radio contols like some model airplanes) would be analagous to using your tv remote control to flush your toilet.

A conversion is possible (like using old jet fighters for target drones) but that would require lots and lots of money and lots and lots of time, and would be immediately obvious to the airline crews and the maintenance crews that prep'd 'em.
27 posted on 08/29/2002 2:03:58 PM PDT by AzJP
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To: DrLiberty
I stopped reading after paragraph 4 and here's why:

after deliberating non-stop for 72 hours,

I've tested code written during a 48 hour code marathon, it was junk. The human mind doesn't hold up well to that kind of stuff. In most people hallucinations start at around 60 hours.

flight crews of the four passenger airliners, involved in the September 11th tragedy, had no control over their aircraft.

It took them 72 hours to figure out that the crews didn't fly the planes into buildings?! Briliant deduction.

to be used as guided missiles and in the coordinated delivery of those missiles to their pre-selected targets.

a farm field in Pennsylvania was their intended target struck with "military precision"?

supposedly trained on Cessna light aircraft,

My understanding was that they had been doing simulator work on multi-engine. Simulator work is step one to doing the real thing. And if you're not going to bother to take off and land, if you're not going to take control of the plane until AFTER somebody else has trimmed it, multi-engine vs single engine just ain't that tough.

It further throws into doubt their ability to master the intricacies of the instrument flight rules (IFR)

This has two major problems. #1 they weren't flying in IFR weather and therefore didn't need to know how to do it. #2 you can get instrument rated in small aircraft.

At this juncture it becomes clear that this report is totally bogus and should only be read as a work of fiction.

28 posted on 08/29/2002 2:06:00 PM PDT by discostu
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To: Poohbah
It's a shame you missed the earlier post, loaded as it was with "corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative."
29 posted on 08/29/2002 2:06:35 PM PDT by dighton
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To: Spruce
Since when is it Anti-American to question our leaders? Especially when its possible that they themselves are Anti-American.

Remember, they all took an oath to defend the Constitution for ALL enemies foreign OR Domestic.

You and (our leaders who violate the Constitution more everyday) may not believe in that, but I do.

I also believe in the First Amendment and Congress's right to declare war, two other things you have a problem with, Mr. "Pro"-American
30 posted on 08/29/2002 2:07:26 PM PDT by DrLiberty
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To: DrLiberty
What a bunch of malarky. You should have put a tin foil body suit on this article.

You could get ten different psychiatrists to believe someone is sane; you could also get ten psychiatrist to believe the same person is insane.

Sounds as if your experts are in one of those camps.

Ridiculous.

31 posted on 08/29/2002 2:07:41 PM PDT by Slip18
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To: DrLiberty
During the press conference Captain Hill maintained that the four airliners must have been choreographed by an Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS)

You can't just pick up an AWACS at your local Walmart. This report is clearly implying that the U.S. government, not terrorists, performed the attack. They will need much better evidence than that.

32 posted on 08/29/2002 2:08:26 PM PDT by alpowolf
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To: DrLiberty
A Portugal-based investigative journalist has presented THE NEWS with version of the September 11th attacks that has to date failed to attract the attention of the international press.

Uh, maybe because they're all full of used food?

Of course, they all ignored the GPS SYSTEMS THAT THEY HAD WITH THEM! And they went out of their way to learn to fly the damn plane!

And let's not forget that everyone figured that if the planes were hijacked, they'd be landed at an airport say en route to Cuba or somewhere! Certainly not embedded in buildings!!!

Just damn. And this moron says there is a Harvard prof who disbelieves it too? How about we run his sorry butt out of the country on a rail?

33 posted on 08/29/2002 2:09:41 PM PDT by mhking
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To: Xenalyte
Ten bucks says this thread - much like the one about Dubya being the master of disguise - doesn't make it to 5:00 Central time either.

Let's hope not. Embarrassing.

34 posted on 08/29/2002 2:10:19 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: DrLiberty
Colonel Donn de Grand is a nutcase...from another article by him...

The so-called terrorist attack was in fact a superbly executed military operation against the United States, requiring the utmost professional military skill in command, communications and control. It was flawless in timing, in the choice of selected aircraft to be used as guided missiles, and in the coordinated delivery of those missiles to their pre-selected targets.

As a tactical military exercise against two significant targets (world financial center and the citadel of world strategic military planning), the attack, from a psychologi- cal impact on the American public, equaled the Japanese "surprise" attack on Pearl Harbor 7 Dec 1941. The over-riding question...If we are at war, who is the enemy? The group determined that the enemy is within the gates, that he has infiltrated into the highest policy- making positions at the Federal level, and has absolute control, not only of the purse strings, but of the troop build-up and deployment of our military forces, including active, reserve and National Guard units.

The 9-11 activity and horrific destruction of US property and lives was intentionally meant to trigger a psychological and patriotic reaction on the part of the US citizens, which is paving the way for "combined UN activity" (using the fig leaf of NATO) for striking key targets in both the Middle East/ South Asia and the Balkans. The goal continues to be ultimate destruction of all national sover- eignty and establishment of a global government.

The trigger for the 9-11 activity was the imminent and unstoppable world-wide financial collapse, which can only be prevented (temporarily) by a major war, perhaps to become known as WW 111. To bring it off (one more time), martial law will probably be imposed in the United States.

More here

35 posted on 08/29/2002 2:10:28 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: DrLiberty
Since when is it Anti-American to question our leaders?

It isn’t.

And it ain’t even “un-American” to make up facts, ignore real evidence and jump to insane conclusions based on faulty assumptions and tattered logic.

It’s just pointless and reflects an uncommon level of stupidity.

But, in this great land of opportunity, even the stupid can own a computer and spout off their illogical and comical idiocy to their heart’s desire.

God bless America!

36 posted on 08/29/2002 2:11:24 PM PDT by dead
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To: dead
I'm thinking that somebody remotely controlled the reporter's typewriter just to make him look like an idiot.

Yessiree, It's tham CIA mind control widgets. Thar making liberals everwhere act like idiots. It's that right wang conspurcy agan. Thar gonna tak' over the whole world, their gonna. Already got Texas. Darn.

[P.S: before getting flamed by good Southern ladies and gentlemen, you should know that I actually talk like that]

37 posted on 08/29/2002 2:16:10 PM PDT by dinasour
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To: DrLiberty
This is irrational crap. There is no credible evidence here that requires the invention of a "remote control" theory for the control of these aircraft over that of hijackers taking control of the cockpit. In fact, there are ATC recordings of transmissions from at least one of the aircraft that are obviously not from the flight crew.

Bring yer aluminum foil deflector beanie for this article.
38 posted on 08/29/2002 2:17:23 PM PDT by spqrzilla9
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To: Prodigal Son
You'll love this thread.
39 posted on 08/29/2002 2:18:19 PM PDT by DugwayDuke
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To: DrLiberty
In evidence given to the enquiry, Captain Kent Hill (retd.) of the US Air Force,

No pilot retires from the USAF as a Capt (O-3) except for...uh... "medical reasons"...

40 posted on 08/29/2002 2:21:11 PM PDT by pabianice
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