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Old 19th July 2010, 05:39 PM   #321
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Originally Posted by bio View Post
It still does not add up!

According to Cherie Gott, the "best time" of the birds flying from Otis to New York would have been 13,7 minutes. page 7. I assume in a direct way without detours. According to her, the fighters had to fly with 863 mph. page 7 source

We know from the Otis-pilots, who flew to New York, they flew as fast as they could, but at 09:03 they were still 60 miles away from New York. For these remaining sixty miles, they had to fly 4,1 minutes more. This time is confirmed by one controller of Newark, who said, the fighters were just "a couple" of minutes away from an interception. Furthermore this time is indirectly confirmed with the "best time" account of Miss Gott (we account together 10 minutes (08:53 - 09:03) + 4,1 minutes= 14,1 minutes)

BUT:
According to the radar-data, the fighters were still 117 miles away not 60! Furthermore the pilots flew a detour not directly, but were just 0,4 minutes (14,1 - 13,7) away from the "best time" (13,7 minutes). Either the account of Miss Gott and the radar-data are wrong, or the witness accounts of the controller and the pilots.

I hope, you can understand my thoughts.
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Old 19th July 2010, 05:42 PM   #322
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Old 19th July 2010, 05:53 PM   #323
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Originally Posted by bio View Post
i do not mean "looping" but loop (=Umweg)

see the loop in folowing page:
http://www.capecodtoday.com/images/C...102nd-map4.jpg
You do realize, don't you, that this map puts the Otis jets outside of US airspace? And, your more direct route would have caused some very tense moments in not only the ATC sectors, but various cockpits as well.
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Old 19th July 2010, 05:53 PM   #324
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how can you explain me the witness accounts?

Could the pilots see the burning towers even in a distance 117 miles away? Could the faa controller see the fighters in Newark as the fighters were still 117 miles away from new york?
Keep asking questions, bio, and don't accept the official lie.
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Old 19th July 2010, 05:55 PM   #325
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Originally Posted by MaGZ View Post
Keep asking questions, bio, and don't accept the official lie.

That's it, isn't it. Just keep JAQing off, and don't bother actually listening to answers. Don't try to actually learn, just stick your head in the sand and ignore anything that doesn't conform to your biases.
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Old 19th July 2010, 05:55 PM   #326
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Source or it didn't happen (and not that same damned YouTube video of a piece of paper)
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Old 19th July 2010, 06:03 PM   #327
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They were supersonic at around 18,000 ft in a descent headed from W-105 toward Manhattan. The were at 20,000 ft only when climbing or descending. They cruised at FL 290 on the portion after take-off and never went supersonic during this period. Only a stupid conspiracy theorists would continue to argue about when they went supersonic based on a passage in a book as opposed to recorded radar data which shows exactly when they were supersonic.

Oystein, you are doing a laudable job trying to convince a "dyed-in-the-wool" delusional conspiracy theorists to accept facts. However, as evidenced by previous threads as well as this one that is not going to happen.

There is no danger that anyone of consequence listening to his tripe, which has been smeared in his face in several threads already. As with most threads here at JREF, this one is well into the wasted bandwidth category and has been since about page 2.
Are you really suggesting they did this (flying supersonic) after the second plane crash?

Why would they do this?
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Old 19th July 2010, 06:06 PM   #328
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Source or it didn't happen (and not that same damned YouTube video of a piece of paper)
I always thought it looked more like a seagull.
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Old 19th July 2010, 06:21 PM   #329
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Originally Posted by MaGZ View Post
Are you really suggesting they did this (flying supersonic) after the second plane crash?

Why would they do this?
Because at that time it was realised that planes were being used as weapons and they were getting to their patrol area ASAP to guard against any further threat.
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Old 19th July 2010, 06:33 PM   #330
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At 117 Miles away the fighters only had to be at about 3,000 feet to see the smoke from the towers.

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Originally Posted by MaGZ View Post
Your argument is total nonsense. When Flight 11 turned South along the Hudson everyone watching the flight knew it was heading toward NYC.
Or, Newark, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, DC, Miami...

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When fighters are scrambled to intercept an unknown is their first priority to avoid civilian aircraft...
Not running into any aircraft would certainly be high on my priority list!

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...and go into a holding pattern?
If necessary.
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Old 19th July 2010, 08:05 PM   #332
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They could and did. They arrived at 9:03 and attempted to shoot down the second hijacked plane as it was crashing into WTC2.
Still no proof?
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thanks.

perhaps the radar-data is okay, just the timeline, where the fighters were at 09:03, and the speed not? The fighters were flying "around" New York in W-105 and then turning and flying directly to New York City - can anybody show me the exercise "area", where w-105 is located?
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Originally Posted by bio View Post
thanks.

perhaps the radar-data is okay, just the timeline, where the fighters were at 09:03, and the speed not? The fighters were flying "around" New York in W-105 and then turning and flying directly to New York City - can anybody show me the exercise "area", where w-105 is located?
Yes I can, if you can read an aeronautical chart.
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Old 20th July 2010, 01:52 AM   #335
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Perhaps it was a doctored radar track.
Perhaps your mother.... uhh let's not go there
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Old 20th July 2010, 01:54 AM   #336
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Originally Posted by MaGZ View Post
Your argument is total nonsense. When Flight 11 turned South along the Hudson everyone watching the flight knew it was heading toward NYC.
When fighters are scrambled to intercept an unknown is their first priority to avoid civilian aircraft and go into a holding pattern?
Do you really believe the nonsense you are presenting here?
It is nonsense when it does not conform with your lied-up personal fantasy?
You did not really understand what I said, by the way. For example, I wasn't talking about the holding pattern at all. It's just your imagination reading these things.
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Old 20th July 2010, 02:00 AM   #337
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Originally Posted by MaGZ View Post
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14754701/
Bob Varcapade: I rememember the two F-15’s. They were moments after the impact. And I was just said to myself, “If they only could’ve gotten there a couple minutes earlier. They just missed it.”
I talked with a friend on the phone the other day. I could have sworn it was only 45 minutes of good, intense talk, but phone company records show it was 4 hours.

You see, people's perception and recollection of time is easily off the mark by considerable factors, especially in very emotional situations.
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Old 20th July 2010, 02:03 AM   #338
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Just Keep asking questions, bio, and don't accept the official truther lies.
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Originally Posted by MaGZ View Post
Are you really suggesting they did this (flying supersonic) after the second plane crash?

Why would they do this?
He is not suggesting, he is stating as fact, derived from hard sources. Something truthers rarely do.

Because only then was it clear that a concerted terrorist attack involving more than 1 plane was underway, which kinda immediately changed some priorities.
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thanks.

perhaps the radar-data is okay, just the timeline, where the fighters were at 09:03, and the speed not? ...
Perhaps you are clinging to straws?
Perhaps your sister... uhh no, I'll not go there.

If the timeline ans speed are not ok, then the radar data is not okay. If you accept the radar data is ok, you must at the same time accept time and speed (to within reasonable limits).

It is not unheard of that systems don't have the absolute correct time, but I remember reading somewhere (in the 9/11-commission report even?) how radar tracks of different sources were synchronized. We are talking here about clocks being off by less than half a minute. Nothing that would save your lied-up fantasies.
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Originally Posted by Oystein View Post
It is not unheard of that systems don't have the absolute correct time, but I remember reading somewhere (in the 9/11-commission report even?) how radar tracks of different sources were synchronized. We are talking here about clocks being off by less than half a minute.
Just for completion:
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Initial comparisons of the radar data from the USAF and the FAA showed that an offset in time was present. The 84th RADES found that the clock for the North East Air Defense Sector (NEADS) lagged the clocks of the other sectors by 25.3 seconds. The other sectors were all in agreement with the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) time. Therefore, 25.3 seconds must be added to the radar data from the 84th RADES.
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