There is a very thorough rebuttal of this old theory here.
A close friend of mine who is somewhat of an expert in these matters swears that the damage at the Pentagon was not caused by an incoming Boeing -- his theory, based on physical examination of the damage, is a Stinger or similar small missile. Despite the trust I have of this person's opinion, and despite my general mistrust of the government, this is just one disbelief I find myself unwilling to suspend -- for all of the little sticky points, there is no denying that there were enough plane parts, body parts and Pentagon parts strewn all over the place that are not featured in Meyssan's very selective photo layout to eliminate any doubt of the existence of the plane.
A cute rumour, but a plane is pretty flimsy.
In a head on with a reinforced wall like the pentagon (before or after the upgrade) the plane would pretty much disintegrate on impact, apart from the engines which would embed themselves pretty deep inside the structure.
Its the 4th aircraft that crashed in Penn. that I wonder about.
Was it was shot down while it was over an uninhabited area?
with debris scattered along a 25 mile path. The passengers who supposedly took over would have had to have been carrying bombs with them to make the plane blow up. Most of the factual data has been hushed up, business as usual.
The photo in the web site I refer to that show the red form of the plane (Photo #5) shows that the wingspan would be much wider than the hole that was created. Yet there are no marks of any sort that would have been created by the wings. With the exception of smoke damage, the outside of the building on either side of the hole is pristine.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>The photo in the web site I refer to that show the red form of the plane (Photo #5) shows that the wingspan would be much wider than the hole that was created. Yet there are no marks of any sort that would have been created by the wings. With the exception of smoke damage, the outside of the building on either side of the hole is pristine.
I go for the Stinger missile theory.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Because we all know the planes fly at a nice horizontal level when suicide-ramming into buildings. That hole works fine if the plane is in a steep turn.
It was reported that the "plane" hit the helipad before ramming the building. If the plane were at a bank when it hit the helipad it would have cartwheeled into the building.
My mistake. I more likely than not simply juxtaposed "Stinger" over whatever my friend said, as I must confess I know next to nothing about such things and he is quite an expert.