See what happens when an F4 is launched against a concrete wall, as part of a test to see what would happen if an aircraft was used against a nuclear facility. Gives a bit of a new spin to the questions about the jet liner that crashed into the Pentagon …
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Won’t help; conspiracy theorists are immune. But the disintegration of the jet is typical of full-speed collisions which they’d know if their interest in structural matters preceded 9/11. In the Valu-Jet crash in Fla., ‘twern’t nuthin’ left – no wrecked fusilage, not much in the way of bodies.
One of my favorite quotes from Edward Tufte- “Velocity squared is like shipping and handling; it will get you every time.”
Thanks Dave, reading your blog points me to some of the coolest things.
Here’s my puny attempt to return the favor:
http://www.eepybird.com/
It reminds me of the tests at the Flats to ensure that 371 could stand up to a 747 flying into it (do not give me any bull that no one had never thought of flying a plane into a building, because these tests were done in the late ’70s) as well as rocket propelled cars to defeat potential car bombs and such in the late 80’s.