[sam_paine]

Well if these are opposing theories, "my boys," then let's do some scientific method and try some experiments in the dog-gone old wind tunnel,eh?

How hard can this be? We have almost the entire recovered airframe. Let's make a model of the aft section and see how it flies?

If there's a solid conclusion, seems like the rock solid bureaucrats at the NTSB should hop at the chance to prove themselves correct.

Boeing might do their own analysis, but then they've got a lot of gubbmint contracts....

How bout independent universities? An Aerospace Engineering grad student? Naw, too much gubbmint grant money involved.

That just leaves conspiracy theorists....ah never mind.

[JohnFiorentino]

I have a real cheap "test" for you. Get yourself a wooden glider, you know the kind, with that little metal piece on the nose. Fly it, lotsa fun right?.....Now take off the metal piece and try to fly it.......Not so much fun, huh?