Well, here we go again...
Balsamo is nothing if not 1) consistent, 2) petty, 3) vindictive & 4) wrong.
Mostly 4).
But whenever he's exposed being blatantly 4), you can be sure that he will quickly turn 2) & 3).
That's part of his 1).
As a result of embarrassing him by pointing out his trivial errors, I've won another suspension. And Bobby's guaranteed himself another week of being able to push his nonsense on credulous children who don't know any better.
That boy just can't stand it when people show him his mistakes.
So I guess I'll just have to show a TINY subset of his glaring mistakes over here...
... and wait until he starts his song&dance to obfuscate the obvious. LoL.
The questions at hand are four-fold. Answers are at the end of this post.
1. "Why can't Robby, an alleged ATP & Instructor Pilot, correctly perform simple, trivial speed-distance-time calculations?
2. "Why, in 2010, are there STILL erroneous calculations on the first page of his website on "AA77 & the Pentagon", when all the information necessary to correct his glaring errors has been available since the FDR data has been released?"
3. "Why does Robby blame the 9-11 Commission for HIS OWN mistakes?" Especially since the info that the 9-11 Commission put out (in 2006), that Robby uses as the basis for his conclusions, was completely correct.
Robby has made two attempts to do the trivial number-crunching needed to get the correct numbers. He has failed twice. Which brings up the final question:
4. "How many more tries would it have taken this klutz to get the right answers if I, or someone else, hadn't spelled them out for him?"
Here's a link to the latest spanking. The one that got him to ban me. LoL.
http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=19325&view=findpost&p=10781460
I do have to correct my post above, tho, which lists Robby's errors.
First a comment about airspeeds:
A word about airspeeds ...
There are several:
Indicated Airspeed (IAS): What the pitot/static indicator says. Uncorrected for density, installation or instrument errors.
Calibrated Airspeed (CAS): IAS corrected for installation & instrument errors
True Airspeed (TAS): CAS corrected for altitude & nonstandard temperature. This is the actual speed of the plane with respect to the air.
Ground Speed (GS): Actual speed with respect to the ground.
"Computed Airspeed": This is a non-standard term, used in the FDR data decode.
The use of "computed airspeed" in my tabulation of Robby's % errors above was my error. I assumed that "computed" meant "corrected for all errors". This does not appear to be true. This term may, or may not, be equivalent, in Boeings FDR terminology, to "calibrated air speed". If any of you guys can shine a light on this term for me, I'd appreciate it. (No, Robby, don't bother. I'd prefer an answer from a competent pilot.)
Which speed on uses depends on for what purpose one is trying to use the information. For example, if one is comparing locations over the ground, then ground speed is pertinent. If one is commenting on aircraft performance, then the true airspeed or indicated airspeed may be pertinent.
With that in mind, here are the numbers that AA77's FDR show for the 5 minutes before the 330° Turn, thru the turn, and during the straight run-in to the Pentagon after the turn. I have used Warren Stutt's latest FDR decode (early Jan 10) for the calculations.
From these numbers, one can see the errors in Rob's claims on the front page of his AA77 & the Pentagon front page. The fact is that the numbers that he used from the 9-11 Commission Report, that came from the NTSB, were correct. But Rob completely botched his attempt to take that data and derive from it speeds & distances traveled.
The fact that he botched his math in 2006, and botched it again when he tried to fix his original mistakes, is no reason to leave erroneous conclusions in 2010.
One would hope that, now that I've held his hand & provided accurate calculations, he'll take the proper actions and fix his erroneous claims.
Based on history however, I see no reason for optimism...
So, now we have a solid basis to answer the 4 questions with which I began this post.
1. "Why can't Robby, an alleged ATP & Instructor Pilot, correctly perform simple, trivial speed-distance-time calculations?"
Answer: Sloppiness & zero desire to be accurate.
2. "Why, in 2010, are there STILL erroneous calculations on the first page of his website on "AA77 & the Pentagon", when all the information necessary to correct his glaring errors has been available since the FDR data has been released?"
Answer: The right answers don't sell DVDs.
3. "Why does Robby blame the 9-11 Commission for HIS OWN mistakes?" Especially since the info that the 9-11 Commission put out (in 2006), that Robby uses as the basis for his conclusions, was completely correct.
Answer: Some people are always looking for other people to blame for their own shortcomings.
4. "How many more tries would it have taken this klutz to get the right answers if I, or someone else, hadn't spelled them out for him?"
Answer: God only knows...
Tom
PS.
For completeness & honesty, here are the corrections for the tabulation of Robby's math errors, which STILL sit front & center on his primary "AA77 & the Pentagon" web page...
Balsamo is nothing if not 1) consistent, 2) petty, 3) vindictive & 4) wrong.
Mostly 4).
But whenever he's exposed being blatantly 4), you can be sure that he will quickly turn 2) & 3).
That's part of his 1).
As a result of embarrassing him by pointing out his trivial errors, I've won another suspension. And Bobby's guaranteed himself another week of being able to push his nonsense on credulous children who don't know any better.
That boy just can't stand it when people show him his mistakes.
So I guess I'll just have to show a TINY subset of his glaring mistakes over here...
... and wait until he starts his song&dance to obfuscate the obvious. LoL.
The questions at hand are four-fold. Answers are at the end of this post.
1. "Why can't Robby, an alleged ATP & Instructor Pilot, correctly perform simple, trivial speed-distance-time calculations?
2. "Why, in 2010, are there STILL erroneous calculations on the first page of his website on "AA77 & the Pentagon", when all the information necessary to correct his glaring errors has been available since the FDR data has been released?"
3. "Why does Robby blame the 9-11 Commission for HIS OWN mistakes?" Especially since the info that the 9-11 Commission put out (in 2006), that Robby uses as the basis for his conclusions, was completely correct.
Robby has made two attempts to do the trivial number-crunching needed to get the correct numbers. He has failed twice. Which brings up the final question:
4. "How many more tries would it have taken this klutz to get the right answers if I, or someone else, hadn't spelled them out for him?"
Here's a link to the latest spanking. The one that got him to ban me. LoL.
http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=19325&view=findpost&p=10781460
I do have to correct my post above, tho, which lists Robby's errors.
First a comment about airspeeds:
A word about airspeeds ...
There are several:
Indicated Airspeed (IAS): What the pitot/static indicator says. Uncorrected for density, installation or instrument errors.
Calibrated Airspeed (CAS): IAS corrected for installation & instrument errors
True Airspeed (TAS): CAS corrected for altitude & nonstandard temperature. This is the actual speed of the plane with respect to the air.
Ground Speed (GS): Actual speed with respect to the ground.
"Computed Airspeed": This is a non-standard term, used in the FDR data decode.
The use of "computed airspeed" in my tabulation of Robby's % errors above was my error. I assumed that "computed" meant "corrected for all errors". This does not appear to be true. This term may, or may not, be equivalent, in Boeings FDR terminology, to "calibrated air speed". If any of you guys can shine a light on this term for me, I'd appreciate it. (No, Robby, don't bother. I'd prefer an answer from a competent pilot.)
Which speed on uses depends on for what purpose one is trying to use the information. For example, if one is comparing locations over the ground, then ground speed is pertinent. If one is commenting on aircraft performance, then the true airspeed or indicated airspeed may be pertinent.
With that in mind, here are the numbers that AA77's FDR show for the 5 minutes before the 330° Turn, thru the turn, and during the straight run-in to the Pentagon after the turn. I have used Warren Stutt's latest FDR decode (early Jan 10) for the calculations.
From these numbers, one can see the errors in Rob's claims on the front page of his AA77 & the Pentagon front page. The fact is that the numbers that he used from the 9-11 Commission Report, that came from the NTSB, were correct. But Rob completely botched his attempt to take that data and derive from it speeds & distances traveled.
The fact that he botched his math in 2006, and botched it again when he tried to fix his original mistakes, is no reason to leave erroneous conclusions in 2010.
One would hope that, now that I've held his hand & provided accurate calculations, he'll take the proper actions and fix his erroneous claims.
Based on history however, I see no reason for optimism...
So, now we have a solid basis to answer the 4 questions with which I began this post.
1. "Why can't Robby, an alleged ATP & Instructor Pilot, correctly perform simple, trivial speed-distance-time calculations?"
Answer: Sloppiness & zero desire to be accurate.
2. "Why, in 2010, are there STILL erroneous calculations on the first page of his website on "AA77 & the Pentagon", when all the information necessary to correct his glaring errors has been available since the FDR data has been released?"
Answer: The right answers don't sell DVDs.
3. "Why does Robby blame the 9-11 Commission for HIS OWN mistakes?" Especially since the info that the 9-11 Commission put out (in 2006), that Robby uses as the basis for his conclusions, was completely correct.
Answer: Some people are always looking for other people to blame for their own shortcomings.
4. "How many more tries would it have taken this klutz to get the right answers if I, or someone else, hadn't spelled them out for him?"
Answer: God only knows...
Tom
PS.
For completeness & honesty, here are the corrections for the tabulation of Robby's math errors, which STILL sit front & center on his primary "AA77 & the Pentagon" web page...
