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DomAviator -> RE: Marines Ignore Opium Crops in Afghanistan (5/11/2008 4:49:07 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Rule
Interesting is the disinformation that he included: four planes took off. It is a lie: only two took off and those two landed without a scratch.
Bullshit! Four planes took off. Two went into the WTC, one into the Pentagon, one into a field in PA. Those planes were destroyed. PERIOD. You know, its not like you can hide an airliner. You dont just repaint the tail number and call it good. Those planes have log books for the airframe, the avionics, each engine, maintenence histories going back to the very day that component rolled off the line. They are full of life limited components each of which have their own log books and records, complete with the sign off of the mechanic, flight engineer, or pilot who approved them for return to service. Something as simple as the VOR indicator in my Cessna, is accompanied by a log book entry every 30 days signed off with my name, license #, date, place of check, and bearing error. Then there is the annual sign off fron the A&P with IA who did my annual inspection, and the biennial sign off from the avionics shop, going right back to the red tag when it was originally sold. With any gap in those records - its garbage. Part 121 (airline) or Part 135 (commuter/charter) regulations are even tougher. On any airliner, they can account for the origin, source of supply, date of installation, service history, and disposition of every part of the aircraft right down to nuts and bolts.
In fact, even on my Cessna, if I replace a bolt or nut - with an AN approved one provided by an aircraft supplier NOT one from NAPA or home depot- i fuck up the threads on the old one with a grinder so it cant be accidentally reused . I then enter it as destroyed in the appropriate logbook, and log the replacement including the fact that it was purchased from XXXXX and I staple the invoice to the log page.
(For example lets say I cross thread a bolt. The following entry will be made in the airframe logbook: "AN5-26 Bolt on upper left oil cooler attachment point damaged by cross threading. Drilled hole was visually inspected and restored to service limits using tap. Defective bolt rendered unusable via grinding and discarded, bolt replaced with AN5-26 purchased from Chief Aircraft Supply. Torqued to factory specs, and safety wire replaced. Aircraft returned to service. Signed / Printed Name/ Dated / License # )
Airliners do not "vanish" and come back reborn, and you can bet you ass that even if they were parted out somewhere, somehow, a part would turn up blowing the whole "conspiracy". Frankly, four $150 million dollar apeice objects each with 200,000+ pieces of value do not simply "vanish" without anything turning up on the market.
Sorry to blow the Bush bashing conspiracy but they were crashed....
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