An update showing the starboard (right) wing impact mark on the Pentagon. I am going to expand this "damage to the building in comparision to a
Boeing 757 - to scale" so please bear with me while this particular post grows.
This is a very clear photo of the impact scar across the Pentagon on the right side of the primary hole.
Above photo - without above notations
I keep finding something new and supportive every time I visit a website looking at 9-11 stuff (working on reviewing the WTC collapses). It is beyond
me how all these other websites can offer the same "no 757" opinions but never manage to FIND this stuff... Perhaps they just choose not to.
Location of bodies recovered in Pentagon (includes passengers / flightcrew / terrorists / Pentagon staff)
You're also welcome to go review the ACSE/SEI (American Society of Civil Engineers / Structural Engineering Institute)
Pentagon Building Performance Report which has been freely available online since
January 2003. This document outlines the damage done to all areas of the Pentagon, includes the identiity of the locations of each body found,
includes information on objects hit outside the building prior to the plane impacting the wall (as I said in my outline - the right engine and wing
hit the generator, and now it's revealed that the left engine hit the steam vent.
According to the NTSB: Data from the flight recorder showed that; the plane was travelling at 400 knots (780 ft/s) (512.9 mph) at a magnetic
bearing of 70 degrees when it struck the Pentagon. It had approximately 36,200lb of fuel (5,300 gal) and weighed approximately 181,520lb
According to Boeing Engineers:
The weight in each wing was composed of the following:
Exposed Wing Structure: 13,500 lb
Engine and Struts: 11,900 lb
Landing Gear: 3,800 lb
Fuel: 14,600 lb
Total: 43,800 lb
The balance of the weight was in the fuselage. In the normal course of use, the center fuel tank is the last filled, and the first used. Thus the
weight of the fuselage was 181,520-(2x43,800)= 93,920 lb. Of this, 36,200-(2x14,600)= 7,000lb was fuel in the center tank.
While I believe one of their opinions on the paper is incorrect (they have the wrong object noted in the surveillance photo as the plane), this is an
extremely accurate document based entirely on fact and not conjecture, half baked ideas, or fear of the truth.
The facts don't lie.
Oh yes, and here's an updated (better quality) zoom in of the gate camera...
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At least do us both a favor and READ the ENTIRE thread before your next comment. It will save you some embarassment, and me some typing.
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