titan said:
agracer said:
CanyonAg77 said:
I don't know what idiot thought I was joking about how easy it is to fly the plane, and got my post deleted.
I'm 100% serious. All you people acting like this is some amazing feat of airmanship are talking out of your butt.
Trained pilots (they did have training) flying a modern aircraft into a building that covers 34 acres, isn't exactly Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier
One of the things the conspiracy nuts like to point out is the crazy, erratic flight path that Flight 77 took before it hit the pentagon. The flight path that not even the best pilot could follow but this low IQ terrorist who failed flight school was able to fly that 757 like Maverick. What they ignore is the flight path was so erratic and crazy because the terrorist was barely in control of the plane and just reacting to what was going on. It was not skill, it was dumb luck he even hit the pentagon to begin with (let alone find it).
If you've ever flown and instrument approach and suddenly start chasing the needles your path will look the same. My uncle got me into a Navy t-34 simulator in Corpus a long time ago and had me do an instrument approach. I got about 1/2 mile from the runway and was off a little bit and suddenly I was chasing the needles all over the place and the flight path was a zig zag mess and I crashed the plane...
Can you enlarge on that a little? Just guessing, but what kind of movement does "chasing the needles" produce --- a rocking of wings, or more an erratic right and left course shifting like a ship without a rudder steering by propellers? What does it look like from the cockpit--- would the pilot be able to easily keep the Pentagon facade ahead of him? (Presumably yes) Especially since not having to deal with any distractions like anti-aircraft fire or fighters?
YesI used the chasing the needles example to illustrate a point that when you get close to and focus on a target, you can lose sight of everything else and start reacting to inputs instead of being proactive to what's about to happen.
You're not paying attention to the big picture and suddenly realize you're left, or right or up or down and start turning or pulling up push down as a reaction instead of looking ahead.
Have you ever almost missed a turn or exit when driving and had to react? Instead of a smooth transition it's a jerk of the wheel and brake/gas.
The terrorist was trying to find the Pentagons and likely lost sight of altitude, speed, direction, etc and everything is a reaction to being to high or low or to fast or slow. He's not an experienced pilot and does not plan ahead.