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Comparing apples with apples; The planes
Topic Started: May 11 2008, 01:00 PM (920 Views)
JFK
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http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19930227&slug=1687698
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Twin Towers Engineered To Withstand Jet Collision

By Eric Nalder

Engineers had to consider every peril they could imagine when they designed the World Trade Center three decades ago because, at the time, the twin towers were of unprecedented size for structures made of steel and glass.

"We looked at every possible thing we could think of that could happen to the buildings, even to the extent of an airplane hitting the side," said John Skilling, head structural engineer. "However, back in those days people didn't think about terrorists very much."

Skilling, based in Seattle, is among the world's top structural engineers. He is responsible for much of Seattle's downtown skyline and for several of the world's tallest structures, including the Trade Center.

Concerned because of a case where an airplane hit the Empire State Building, Skilling's people did an analysis that showed the towers would withstand the impact of a Boeing 707.

"Our analysis indicated the biggest problem would be the fact that all the fuel (from the airplane) would dump into the building. There would be a horrendous fire. A lot of people would be killed," he said. "The building structure would still be there."

Skilling - a recognized expert in tall buildings - doesn't think a single 200-pound car bomb would topple or do major structural damage to a Trade Center tower. The supporting columns are closely spaced and even if several were disabled, the others would carry the load.

"However," he added, "I'm not saying that properly applied explosives - shaped explosives - of that magnitude could not do a tremendous amount of damage."

He took note of the fact that smoke and fire spread throughout the building yesterday. He said that is possibly because the pressurizing system that stops the spread of smoke didn't work when the electric power went off. Skilling, 72, was not involved in the design of the building mechanics.

Although Skilling is not an explosives expert, he says there are people who do know enough about building demolition to bring a structure like the Trade Center down.

"I would imagine that if you took the top expert in that type of work and gave him the assignment of bringing these buildings down with explosives, I would bet that he could do it."


Comparing Apples with apples...

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when the debunking fails though, they will just change the definition of the "apple"...
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Tell me, was this bridge designed to withstand cars driving over it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge

Yet it collapsed. Anyone want to start a CD investigation? There were reports of loud noises.
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Illuminate
May 13 2008, 02:45 AM
Tell me, was this bridge designed to withstand cars driving over it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge

Yet it collapsed. Anyone want to start a CD investigation? There were reports of loud noises.
The topic is "comparing apples with apples" not apples with onions. ;)
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JFK
May 13 2008, 06:06 AM
Illuminate
May 13 2008, 02:45 AM
Tell me, was this bridge designed to withstand cars driving over it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge

Yet it collapsed. Anyone want to start a CD investigation? There were reports of loud noises.
The topic is "comparing apples with apples" not apples with onions. ;)
If it were government loyalists hearing those loud bridge noises, then it would likely be:

The topic is "comparing apples with apples" not apples with JREF dogs.

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I remember reading somewhere that the 707 crash design was based on physical damage caused by an airliner near landing speed, not cruising or top speed. If we compare a 707 at 200 knots to one at 500 knots, the faster plane has over six times the kinetic energy of the slower one.
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The DeMartini quote(and i paraphrase)that "A plane hitting a tower would be like sticking a pencil in mosquito netting" is one that really stands out to me.

This guy, it should be remembered, was the WTC construction manager, and furthermore, was hired back in 1993 by Robertson to troubleshoot bomb damage from that event.

For him to be quoted that a plane would basically be insignificant in the context of damaging the towers, is to me a very damning quote to the official lie theory.
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Shopnut
Aug 2 2008, 12:22 AM
I remember reading somewhere that the 707 crash design was based on physical damage caused by an airliner near landing speed, not cruising or top speed. If we compare a 707 at 200 knots to one at 500 knots, the faster plane has over six times the kinetic energy of the slower one.
You're wrong.

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The buildings have been investigated and found to be safe in an assumed collision with a large jet airliner (Boeing 707—DC 8) traveling at 600 miles per hour.

-John Skilling, "City In The Sky"
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