History Channel debunks 9/11 conspiracies

Hooray for The History Channel, who aired a program last night that
presented one 9/11 conspiracy theory after another and blew them all out of
the sky like clay pigeons. It also demonstrated why Americans view these
theories with such hostility and anger.

Of course it won't change the minds of the believers, but it'll help prevent
them from planting misinformation in other people's heads.

-c

Gattman wrote:
Hooray for The History Channel, who aired a program last night that
presented one 9/11 conspiracy theory after another and blew them all out of
the sky like clay pigeons.

That was a repeat, as I've seen it in the past. Interesting program,
but I'll agree it'll only generate more "yabuts" from the tin foil hat
crowd.

"B A R R Y" wrote in message
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That was a repeat, as I've seen it in the past. Interesting program, but
I'll agree it'll only generate more "yabuts" from the tin foil hat crowd.


Absolutely. To them, the more that is said to counter their "argument" the
more it proves how deep the conspiracy runs.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
...

"B A R R Y" wrote in message

That was a repeat, as I've seen it in the past. Interesting program,
but I'll agree it'll only generate more "yabuts" from the tin foil hat
crowd.


Absolutely. To them, the more that is said to counter their "argument"
the more it proves how deep the conspiracy runs.

One of the theories they suggested but didn't fully nuke was the assertion
that a licensed pilot with 250 hours couldn't have flown a jet into the
Pentagon.

Granted, I haven't tried this, the conspiracy theorists don't seem to have
asked many pilots.
-c

"Gattman" wrote:

One of the theories they suggested but didn't fully nuke was the assertion
that a licensed pilot with 250 hours couldn't have flown a jet into the
Pentagon.

Granted, I haven't tried this, the conspiracy theorists don't seem to have
asked many pilots.

There was one here asking us to confirm just that.

He didn't get the answer he wanted. When every single pilot told him he was
FOS, he accused us all of being in denial!

Even for usenet, the irony of that was priceless.

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:


He didn't get the answer he wanted. When every single pilot told him he was
FOS, he accused us all of being in denial!

Even for usenet, the irony of that was priceless.


"Truth"? G

"Gattman" == Gattman writes:

Gattman One of the theories they suggested but didn't fully nuke
Gattman was the assertion that a licensed pilot with 250 hours
Gattman couldn't have flown a jet into the Pentagon.

I have around 800 hours as a PP-ASEL. No IFR ticket. Most of my time
in Cessnas, Cubs, and an Aircoupe. Most advanced airplane I've logged
time in is 30 hours in a C-182.

I posted here before about this, but will post the relevant part
again: a few months ago I had an opportunity to "fly" a full-motion
DC-10 simulator for about 6 hours (including short breaks), shared
with 2 other guys, so maybe 3 hours in either front seat and an hour
or more in the 3rd seat (flight engineer). We were all VFR guys. The
instructor ran us through take-off, manuvering, and landing, both
hand-flying and by the book which involves mostly setting the
autopilot and associated buttons, knobs, dials, and bugs.

The bottom line: we all could take-off and fly the thing after an hour
or two. Landing wasn't a big deal either. The reality is that with
no emergencies to bother with it was not hugely more difficult to
manuever than, say, my little Aircoupe. Being a computer nerd type
helps. So could a pilot with 250 flight hours and 10-20 hours in a
full-motion sim, and a death wish, fly a commercial jet into the
Pentagon? You bet.
--
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time
reading it." - Moses Hadas

On Aug 21, 9:38 am, "Gattman" wrote:
Hooray for The History Channel, who aired a program last night that
presented one 9/11 conspiracy theory after another and blew them all out of
the sky like clay pigeons. It also demonstrated why Americans view these
theories with such hostility and anger.

Of course it won't change the minds of the believers, but it'll help prevent
them from planting misinformation in other people's heads.

-c

I think its funny when people say 'what happened to the plane that hit
the Pentagon, why wasn't there reckage?'. I show them the youtube
video of the F-4 flying into a wall and it turning into dust.

-Robert

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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I think its funny when people say 'what happened to the plane that hit
the Pentagon, why wasn't there reckage?'. I show them the youtube
video of the F-4 flying into a wall and it turning into dust.

....at which point they move on to someplace else and ask "What happened to
the plane that hit the Pentagon..."

At this risk of giving more attention to the stupid conspiracy film, here's
the link to "Loose Change 911": http://www.loosechange911.com/
Looks like it was put together by a bunch of 25-year-olds who were, of
course, all there and know everything about everything.

The History Channel didn't even try to be objective about it. They just
kept blasting away at the theories. On the Loose Change forums, though, of
course you can learn how the History Channel experts are involved in the
conspiracy.

-c

"Gattman" wrote

The History Channel didn't even try to be objective about it. They just
kept blasting away at the theories. On the Loose Change forums, though, of
course you can learn how the History Channel experts are involved in the
conspiracy.

Do you remember the name of the show? I'll have to try and catch it.
--
Jim in NC