Owner of A/C That Crashed Into Tampa Building Was Publically Pro-Arab!!!.

St. Pete Times ^

[MindBender26]

Part of article from St. Pete Times after Sept 11.

"Robert C. Cooper, president of National Aviation Flight School and Aviation Rentals, stressed that the extra security cannot be done at the expense of those of Middle Eastern descent.

"I don't want to get involved in profiling," he said. "I have faith in my government. I have to work on the belief that my government has basis to allow them into the country and show them proper respect." end of article.

Cooper is head of National Aviation Holdings that owned A/C. Many Florida flight schools train Arab students. Wonder if comment was made so as not to p. off students. Wonder if Arab pilot flew A/C into building. THIS IS FR EXCLUSIVE!!!

[dennisw]

Flying into buildings is only done on purpose. Only a Muslim Jihadist or a homegrown nutcase would do this.

[MindBender26]

Just a supposition at this point, by both of us.... but time will tell.

Who ever he was, thank goodness he didn't decide to fly 90 miles up I-4 and hit Main Street Disney World, or Epcot.

Wonder if taking off from local airport, hitting building before CAP can intercept is new technique?

[Sloth]

Chooses to fly into Bank of America.

Probably dumb enough to think that it's the Fed gov't bank rather than a private enterprise.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Stop and think. Young man steals A/C. Chooses to fly toward largest city in area. Was able to take off, retract gear, fly 25 miles, but made no to attempt to avoid building. Chooses to fly into Bank of America.

No retractable gear on this model. If there was it would be a RG 172.

[MindBender26]

St. Pete to Disney, about 90 miles, @ 140 mph TAS = about 40 minutes!

[George W. Bush]

We'd have to lock up half the citizenry if it was a crime to say "_____'s not my job, that's the government's job".

It's not exactly Breaking News.

[MindBender26]

It was a retractable gear A/C

A/C was N2371N, a 172 RG registered to flight school an PIE.

[MindBender26]

make that at PIE, (St. Pete-Clearwater International)

[Frances_Marion]

"I have faith in my government. I have to work on the belief that my government has basis to allow them into the country and show them proper respect." end of article.""

How much you wanna bet this guy voted for Clinton and Gore?

[sheik yerbouty]

Take away their oil and they can't enroll in these flight schools. Of course the Saudis are are allies, and Islam is a religion of peace. BTW< I have these three bridges for sale in Brooklyn....

[SpringheelJack]

The pilot of the plane was also only 15 years old. Think that might have had something to do with the crash?

[MindBender26]

If the facts do not bear out the hypothisys, fine, you will have my apology....... but until then, what is your explanation vested in logic?

[Cold Heat]

Wonder if taking off from local airport, hitting building before CAP can intercept is new technique?

Perhaps it's more of an act of desperation. After all, we have put a bit of a cramp in their organizations. I expect these things to occur for some time to come. Before long they will resort to suicide bombers in shopping centers as they do in Israel. Not a comfortable thought.

[Tory-Oxonian]

Just curious-- what is the landing fee for small aircraft in the United Kingdom?

[OWK]

Mideast/muslim folk must go! Mideast/muslim folk must go!

What a dope.

[MindBender26]

If you assume he crashed where he intended to crash, I'd say he did a very good job!

If not, well he got it off the ground and kept it aloft for some time.....

[Merovingian]

FLASH! Maybe it was a secret service agent of Arab descent who had to be permitted to fly the plane after the debacle decision that it was the pilot's error for refusing the one headed for TX.

[tpaine]

Stop and think. Young man steals A/C. Chooses to fly toward largest city in area. Was able to take off, retract gear, fly 25 miles, but made no to attempt to avoid building. Chooses to fly into Bank of America. Motive?

17 posted by MindBender26

Flying into buildings is only done on purpose. Only a Muslim Jihadist or a homegrown nutcase would do this.

You both have good cases! -- How bout a home grown jihadic cultist? -- And the fact that he was trained to retract the gear also sounds highly suspect, right? Right?

Whatta motive!