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Old 22nd Sep 2011, 15:44
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gravity32
 
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Of course, if you slow the plane down and ignore the direction the plane was flying prior to the alleged deviation round the Citgo service station, you can get it to perform a viable curve. However even then the 300 knot curve has a bank of 45 degrees. No witness mentioned a bank anywhere near that large. And those witnesses that did mention a bank indicated the bank did not commence until the last second or two, greatly reducing its effect.

Here is an image showing the prior flight path as established by four independent radar facilities.



The track they show is heading straight for the Pentagon impact point. The last radar position is not far from the Sheraton Hotel. If you start your deviation there you need a left turn then a right turn. None of the diagrams in the above video show the left turn. Many witnesses spoke of the engines "spooling up" and "full throttle" so it is hard to see how the plane could have slowed down. The FDR file shows the plane accelerated and flew straight in this section. The radar positions confirm the speed shown in the FDR file.

Certainly you can draw a curve around the service station but do you not agree that you have to ignore a lot of evidence to do so?
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