[jlogajan]

The whole thing is a "theory"....."my boy".

Well, until your boy, Captain Lahr, adds the tail aerodynamic forces to his little "theory" he is completely discredited and so are you if you rely on it.

This guy is apparently angling to write a book or lecture on the black helicopter circuit. I'm sure you and your fellow tinfoil acolytes will help supplement his income. You deserve each other.

[TailspinJim]

Per your #16...."Normally, for level flight, the center of lift is positioned over the center of gravity"......NOT SO!

In standard configured aircraft (not carards), the center of gravity is positioned AHEAD of the center of lift, and the difference is balanced-out by a DOWN-LOAD on the horizontal stab. This makes for a stable aircraft. If the CG and the COL were in the same location, the aircraft would be entering the realm of instibility (unstable fugoid).

Just thought you ought to know......Jim

[JohnFiorentino]

Ah.....the "tin-foil acolytes"......ALWAYS a good point to bring up, when you are unable to debate in a civil fashion.

[Burr5]

Then again, there are 144 eyewitnesses who SAW A MISSILE streak up and blow the plane out of the air. Including two Coast Guard Captains who were in a nearby helicopter, and one Air Force Lt. Colonel I saw on Nightline that very night (before the info shut-down began). You can all believe the official story if you want. But this was the Clintoon Administration- weeks before an election.

[FormerLurker]

Well, until your boy, Captain Lahr, adds the tail aerodynamic forces to his little "theory" he is completely discredited and so are you if you rely on it.

Are YOU claiming to be an aerodynamics expert too? Why don't you give us a couple of equations that'll show how a plane can fly by it's tail without a nose and without wings....