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Thanks T.A.M.
Sorry about the outburst but even after all these years I feel pain when thinking about that day...the business man from the first tower on the bus muttering, "She was just lying these...her head...there was all this gray stuff..." Seeing what you thought was rubble, what you wanted to believe was rubble...falling...
Why do you feel the need to make it some kind of conspiricy? Wasn't it awful enough?
I think, the reason they make these conspiracies is because it was
tooi awful. That such carnage can be produced by a few strange foreigners full of hatred is a scary thought. That their government cannot stop them is terrifying. Much better if their government did it. That means they're still in control.
Show me a jap kamikaze that got through a carrier deck (they were all made of wood) and I'll agree that half the hijackers are not still alive.
I know it has already been addressed, but how about
this possibly the most famous Kamikaze photo of all time. The caption reads:
Photo taken on May 14, 1945, from the USS Washington (BB-56), shows the Enterprise exploding from a bomb laden kamikaze. The ships forward elevator was blown approximately 700 feet into the air from the force of the explosion six decks below.
The
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was the most decorated ship of World War Two, and took part in more engagements than any other ship during the entire war. It had a wooden flight deck. On May 14th 1945 the
Enterprise was hit by a single enemy kamikaze aircraft. The aircraft penetrated through six decks before exploding with enough force to throw the enormous aft elevator 700ft skyward.
I'm sitting in my living room and I could swear I heard a thousand people screaming in unison something about a "village idiot."
Well they talk about a "global village". Presumably somewhere out there is the global village idiot. The mind shudders.
My pleasure. A few bits for starters. Govt policy is, because there's a war on, that all hardwear is obsolete after two years. Irrespective of usage. So you can pick a (military) 757 up for peanuts.
The military 757,
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/e-767-awfwdc.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/e-767.htm
Others have already pointed out that those are 767s, not 757s. They are, in fact, different airframes. The 2-year thing is kind of interesting. I guarantee you cannot identify a single piece of military hardware currently in use today that was developed within the last two years.
That's not an E-8. That's an E-10. It even says so in the image label. Who are you trying to fool?
Here's an
E-10 MC2A
The Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A is a muilti-role military aircraft currently under development as replacement for the Boeing 707 based E-3 Sentry, E-8 Joint STARS, and RC-135 Rivet Joint aircraft in US service. It is based on a 767-400ER airframe.
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In 2003, the Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and Raytheon MC2A Team was awarded a $215 million pre-SDD (System Design and Development) contract for the development of the aircraft. A contract for a Testbed Development Program (TDP) to demonstrate key technologies is currently under negotiation with expected award at the end of 2006.
Oops. Looks like you have a few problems there. Putting aside problems with chronology for a moment, the aircraft that hit the towers were 767-200 and 767-200ER series, not 767-400ER series.
This is an E-8C Joint STARS.
The E-8C is a modified Boeing 707-300 series commercial airframe extensively re-manufactured and modified with the radar, communications, operations and control subsystems required to perform its operational mission. The most prominent external feature is the 12 m (40 ft) long, canoe-shaped radome under the forward fuselage that houses the 7.3 m (24 ft) long, side-looking APY-7 phased array antenna.
Oops. Another error. Can you count the engines?
-Gumboot
