[Ispy4u]

Of all the times I've read about this I just realized something.

How far was TWA 800 from LI when it's trouble began according to the CIA video. The reason I ask is because they tell that the craft climbed less than 4000 ft after the nose fell off.

If the plane was 10 miles from shore then to that closest person would a 4000 foot climb even come close to looking like a missile? I mean could that be mistaken. Seems to me that the climb would appear only 1/10th of that size due to the distance, and then only if it climbed directly vertical.

I have never believed the center tank and zoom climb, but this is the first time I have ever considered perspective of distance and height.

Please feel free to be hard on my theory here, I don't have a dog in the hunt so tear this appart, if it doesn't hold water, so be it.

[4CJ]

If the plane was 10 miles from shore then to that closest person would a 4000 foot climb even come close to looking like a missile?

It's not a even 7° climb, and would hardly be noticable.