Originally posted by HowardRoark
Have you flown on a plane in the last decade? they have cell phones built into the back of the seat in front of you. It's called "Airfone."
Im gonna one up ya, Roarky ol boy.
In case people havent paid attention to technology over the years....
We have a thing called SATELITES.
Now, if anyone knows about phone plans for cellular communications, ones knows there are varying degrees of plans, quality, prices, ect.
Now, how can people across the ocean call people from cell phone to cell phone, since there are no towers in the middle of the ocean?
SATELITES.
There are many phone models and cellular plans that connect phones not simply through cellular towers, but through satelites. Hell, how do you think
the CIA track bin laden and his calls, for christ sake? The filter through the millions of cell phone calls that are routed through satelites.
It is not only possible to use a cellphone on a flight (provided you have the right one and the right plan) I have seen it done, this summer, when
flying back from the UK. I also have recieved phonecalls from family members on thier cell phones who were still in flight, informing me they were
about to land in an hour. Example, my uncle was flying into Chicago to visit my great uncle. He had just bought a very fancy cell phone and a sweet
super duper cell package. He was about an hour out, and he called us, inflight, on his phone (since he didnt want to waste money on the airphone) and
informed us he was about to land, that they had been delayed at SFO, and to call my great uncle and let him know not to worry, the plane would be an
hour late.
Seeing how the families of those killed on flight 93 were actively in communication with thier loved ones, who were talking on the phones, family
members who had called the police in panic when recieving the phone calls.
Now, lower level cell phones, ones with less deluxe packages, who are confined to limited areas of reception, and cell phone tower transmissions,
would not be able to sucessfully call. But what kind of phones/packages could people on flight 93 afford?
The best. Many of them were from the Bay Area, which is the most high tech place in the world. Silicon Valley. Stanford university. Plus, one of the
most expensive places to live. I grew up there.
Everyone has some latest gadget there, and businessmen are no exception. The folks on 93, Todd Beamer, Tom Burnett, ect, all were high level
managment, executive type travelers who went everywhere on business, so its safe to assume thier cellular plans and systems were also very cutting
edge, to allow constant communication no matter what.
As for the whole missile thing, Ill share with you my surprise on 9/11.
I sat with my friend on the couch, watching in horror. I was talking to my friend, I knew we were going to get hit (years earlier). I told him,
however, this was beyond anything I had ever predicted. I had thought they would release poison gas or use a truck bomb, Id never dreamed they would
use fully loaded planes of people as MISSILES aginast us.
Its a metaphor, not a reality. Those werent missiles. Those were planes used in the same way a missile would be used. They were fully loaded missiles
with humans on board. But they were still designed and used previously as airplanes.
I am telling you you can find out lots of stuff through channeling with a Miller Lite bottle, or lots of
them 
