[Gay State Conservative]

It might have been "relatively simple" to hijack the planes ,and, since some of the hijackers had taken lessons,they could operate aircraft controls to some degree ; but how about the navigation?

I'm no pilot,but I suspect that with the WTC planes,they could have followed the Hudson south,found Manhattan (you can't miss it,I'm told) and from there the towers would be a piece of cake.

[aviator]

It's easy if you know how to program the navigation system. There are books online that show you how to do that.

[xrp]

I seem to remember something stating that from above a certain altitude, the WTC were visible from a hundred miles away or more.

[Logical me]

I'm no pilot,but I suspect that with the WTC planes,they could have followed the Hudson south,found Manhattan (you can't miss it,I'm told) and from there the towers would be a piece of cake.

I am a pilot and real easy. Years ago, one of the most fun flying was to use a road map, maintain about 1500+ AGL, and just follow roads, rivers, lakes, and various landmarks and so on in a light aircraft. Of course most of the times used proper charts and instruments that use navigational system such as loran, etc.