Re: ndc: Pentagon Flight 77 on 9/11/01 Where did all the people/plane/wreckage go?


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Joe wrote:
volkfolk <volkfolk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

When a plane dives essentially straight into the ground at over 300
mph there isn't anything left except for a hole in the ground.

2 or 3 days ago, a C-5 (the largest airplane) crashed and there was a
photo of it on the front page of my local newspaper. Aside from the
nose section that broke off, it was intact.

That is because that plane was not traveling at full speed. It had just
taken off.

Actually, he was on final approach for landing. News said he/she lost an
engine on take off and was heading back to base. Normally, I believe a
C-5 lands at about 150 knots. But chances are this plane had a *** load
of fuel onboard, so they might have been going a bit faster to
compensate. Whatever happened, they stalled it short of the runway. Its
really a miracle everyone lived.

An interesting thing was no fire after the crash. The reason? The C-5 has
an "fuel inerting system"(its called something like that). Essentially,
when the fuel is loaded into the plane, the oxygen is sucked out and
replaced with nitrogen or some inert gas. So, when the fuel is initially
exposed to possible ignition sources it is less likely to burn. When the
fuel is fed into the engine, it is compressed and the oxygen is
re-introduced.

Speaking of military aircraft, I decided to push my trip to Oz back one
day and am taking a ride this morning on a restored B-17. Take off is
0900 CST. Current conditions are 65 degrees, winds calm, visibility
unlimited. The only thing reducing visibility is the enourmous cloud of
smoke that will be coming from my girlfriends car when I pull up to the
airport.

www.collingsfoundation.org

If you can spare $400, it's worth it.


Your flying in the Nine-O-Nine? Lucky ***. Can you ride in the
Bombadiers Nose station? For my money that would be the place to ride.

How about a review when you get back


Arrived at Love Field around 8 AM. 65 Degrees, light northwest breeze, zero
clouds, visibility unlimited. 5 minute briefing and we loaded up. They can
hold up to 8 passengers, but we only had 5 on our flight. A guy had his dad
on the plane with us. His dad flew numerous missions as a bombadier over
Germany, logging almost 800 hours. He got first choice of seats, natch.

We taxied and waited as a few private jets blasted out, then we rolled. The
noise when all 4 engines are cranked up during takeoff is awesome. I sat in
the radio station floor facing sideways. There is a hatch over the radio
station area that is open to the sky just behind the upper gun turret. You
could look out without obstruction and the view was amazing! You can walk
around once the gear is up and we wasted no time going right up front. First
I went below to the Bombardiers station up front(sorry, hehe). Then back up
inside to the cockpit just above. The jealousy factor of the pilots was
100%. Once the plane reached about 1000ft, it wasn't too noisy and the ride
was smooth!

You can't help but think what a nightmare it would be flying in that think
with bullets, flak, and god knows what flying at you. No sane man would do
it. Guess thats why they used kids.

I got some good photos. email me if you want a few.



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