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mommiedawn; I taught physics. The laws of physics are immutable throughout the universe.The residue of specific explosives used to demolish buildings was all over Manhattan, and is STILL there. It is NOT POSSIBLE for an aircraft or fire to bring down a modern building. Cheney needed another Pear...

There are many other examples of impossible conditions created in the cockpit by the computers; I WORKED on Airbuses, and many times the pilots would tell me the entire flight deck blacked out on approach!

As for the 747 fuel tank exploding, that's total propaganda to cover up a missile fired by...

I've wanted a Westwind II ever since I took my A&P in a Jet Commander, its predecessor; this is the smallest jet that has true intercontinental range.The longest overwater distance to get around the world is Vancouver-Hawaii at 2700 sm, the range of the Westwind...

Birds will not come out of a jet engine intact - there'll be nothing bigger than a feather exit the engine. And NO, smaller birds will not appreciably damage an engine - even larger ones will usually only require an inspection of the blades...

You'll often see bird guts on fan blades, but the onl...

Interesting that the Airbus passengers die, and the Boeing pax don't; Unlike Airbus, who have killed hundreds of people because of flawed design decisions, Boeing aircraft are designed very failsafe.

(There is a reason why many aircraft maintenance engineers, like me, have tags on their luggage ...

Spent many hours in the Canadian Argus sub-hunter aircraft behind 4 Wright 3350 radials... like they say; flyint behind those round engines was really flying! -groaning and clanking and farting and smoking on start-up... not like the lady-like poof and whine of a turbine, and the 30+ hour endur...

floatpool, I didn't say women 'are so much better than men', I said they have some physiological advantages when it comes to flying. And generally speaking, they seem to be a little less inclined to risk-taking. Maybe not so good if you're hunting sabre-toothed tigers, but a valuable asset for a ...