My post 35 links printed transcripts of at least 6 different missile sightings by pilots in the NYC area, not even including TWA800. BTW, did you know that TWA800 once was actually hit by lightning ...that lightning went through 4 fuel tanks (including the center tank) and no explosion .... after 9-11 .... congressional panels don't mean much. Close the issue .... I agree ..... let the pilots talk on the record to Michelle Malkin.
My post 35 links printed transcripts of at least 6 different missile sightings by pilots in the NYC area, not even including TWA800. BTW, did you know that TWA800 once was actually hit by lightning ...that lightning went through 4 fuel tanks (including the center tank) and no explosion .... after 9-11 .... congressional panels don't mean much. Close the issue .... I agree ..... let the pilots talk on the record to Michelle Malkin. FWIW, lightning IMO isn't an issue that is forefront in flight safety, however I have billed out repairs to aircraft owners for $100,000 in one shot because of electronic damage and required inspection of engines because of lightning strikes, however lightning strikes to be an immediate safety of flight issue is rare.
I place my opinions on my 30 years of Aviation experience and my toting of a distrust in media ability to report accurately on the spur of the moment in general.
Flight 800, IMO is a questionable synopsis only, post debacle and although wiring in the fuel tank is a viable cause, it is a cause I place low on the list of causes.
This however should not show me as a "knee jerk" reactionary to the likes of bird strikes who totes a paranoid mindset to government.
I'm just too seasoned to fall for such dribble.