Asunto: Re: World Trade crash...

Don wrote: [snip] Lean and effective, yes. Cheap? The hourly rate for 767 CPT time can run into the thousands, and before you could set foot in one you'd have to be a modestly accomplished turbine pilot -- otherwise the guys running the thing would bounce you out -- or have access to your own (you could probably train someone to fly the mission in maybe three hours if you had unrestricted access to the machine and didn't mind the risk of minor technical problems bringing the plane out of the sky somewhere other than on the target). Even with GPS leading you by the nose you'd still have to have enough training to get the thing from the land of 29.92 to sea level without overspeeding the pig, and both of the WTC strikes looked like competent hand-flying, both on tape and to buddies on the ground. Not millions, but not the ANFO leagues, either -- and given the strong sense of self-preservation shown by our home-grown terrorists, probably _not_ domestic in origin. -- Chris Kennedy chris(a)mainecoon.com http://www.mainecoon.com PGP fingerprint: 4E99 10B6 7253 B048 6685 6CBC 55E1 20A3 108D AB97