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To: Fred Nerks

Adding to what you posted.

“if there is not an issue why toss up details about time spent in Kenya? Barack tells us his mother spent 72 hours immediately prior to his birth, in Kenya, and then returned to have him.

Now I have done reasearch and am a bit of an aviation buff. I went back to see just what aircraft were available and when, in order to fly someone to Kenya, in 1961, and then back again within 3 days. Not even going over the fact that today and even MORE SO in the past - a 9 months pregnant woman would almost certainly be denied the ability to fly, especially a long flight, probably originating in Seattle (as the hints and records seem to imply), over the Pacific Ocean.

The DC8 or Boeing 707 was operational for its first flights in late 1958. Few companies flew the 4 engine jet through 1959 - and only the most profitable, highly travelled routes would be using this ULTRA expensive aircraft. No routes to any African country were considered high-traffic routes, with only a London - Johannesburg route being a moderate traffic route.

The flight WITH the jet would have taken, from Seattle, approximately 24 hours to complete, with refueling and passenger changes. But what is more likely is that Obama’s mother would have taken a 4 engine propeller plane - like the Pan Am Super Constellation - overseas - requiring as much as 32 hours to complete with stopovers, refueling, and passenger changes.

There is NO WAY A.) that she was allowed to fly at her stage of pregnancy, and B.) that she flew to Kenya, stayed about 6 hours, and then hopped on the plane back to Seattle, and then gave birth.

There is a reason for all of this - and for the MSM not even to look into it is a serious, and to me deliberate, oversight.”

From the texasdarling blog.


4,456 posted on 08/07/2008 5:51:52 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Obama: The presumptuous democratic nominee)
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To: Jet Jaguar
Adding to what you posted. “if there is not an issue why toss up details about time spent in Kenya? Barack tells us his mother spent 72 hours immediately prior to his birth, in Kenya, and then returned to have him.

Somebody needs to ask this guy where he got that. That is a dynamite fact if it can be pinned down. Not likely that mother chartered a Conny to get him there--we have posted BOAC schedules for July and August of 1961 available on this thread--just look them up.

If she was in fact in Kenya on August 1 or 2, the way back was BOAC to Vancouver connecting to Seattle and Honolulu with a way stop on Mercer Island to learn to change diapers.

4,467 posted on 08/07/2008 6:28:24 PM PDT by David (...)
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To: Jet Jaguar

that 72 hour comment sounds very far fetched, I’ve searched but can’t find anything on it.


4,483 posted on 08/07/2008 8:21:30 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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