You're kidding? You're a freaking engineer? Do you have a job? Did you ever have a job? I know. You were an inspector for the government.
Yes, your tax dollars (you are a US citizen) sent me to school, Twice (actually to more than 7 schools from survival, pilot training, to management training and more), let me learn to fly high performance jet trainers, supersonic T-38, it was a trip, I flew heavy jets, KC-135, was an evaluator, instructor, aircraft commander, co-pilot, was an engineer for advance cockpit designs, ran a computer lab, did death notification, ran airlift for Bosnia and Herzegovina, flew the first night of Desert Storm, etc, etc, etc. And I am only a tanker toad...
Forgot to mention, I am a scuba diver, and photographer. The plane in the lead is the type I flew, and I am flying one as the picture is taken, not sure if the Copilot took this or I did, since I would be cross cockpit; I forgot, this is from 1980, or so. I have about 4,000 hours flying these jets, would have more but I was also an engineer, and more during my career.
I was trained as an aircraft accident investigator, at a management level. I own, as the manage, aircraft accident scenes after the fire chief handed over the site.
I flew and worked as an engineer for the USAF for 28 years. No big deal, I enjoyed every second. Norway, Perth, Amberly, Guam, Okinawa, Diego Garcia, Italy, England, Belgium, Hawaii, Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Australia, and more where I worked for the USAF.
I am here because JREF is a skeptics forum, for critical thinking, and heard the claims of fantastic maneuver by jets flown by terrorists. Then I looked into it, and found the terrorists did not fly good enough to pass a check-ride. I found every single claim by 911 truth is false, based on hearsay and lies; no evidence. I have an ATP, what you need to fly Captain for the major airlines, but I only flew for myself and the USAF, since 1973, I have been a pilot. You remember the
Right Stuff? "Who was the best pilot I ever saw? Well, uh, you're lookin' at 'im",,,
C'est moi
Plus mom and dad made me take typing class... and go to engineering school, thanks mom, thanks dad