One other point, that bomber was a B-17. They're well less then half the
size of a 757, WAY less then half the mass, and being prop driven, would
have been going much slower at impact,, notwithstanding that the B-17 pilot
might have killed alot of direct velocity with an unsuccessful last second
evasive.
Darin Sunley
dasunley@home.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael M. Butler <butler@comp-lib.org>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: World Trade Center taken out
> Two counter points:
> The bomber wasn't *trying* to hit the building. And I'd bet it wasn't
"heavy" (full of fuel).
>
> Ralph Lewis wrote:
> >
> > Interesting that the Empire State Building took a direct hit of an
american
> > air force bomber with a much more explosive fuel (aviation gas) than jet
> > fuel and damage was minimal. Makes you wonder about building standards
and
> > building permit enforcement today.
>
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