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Originally posted by Undertoad
It turns out that a big jet would probably not be taken down by a shot. Who knew?
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All depend on who built the jet. For example, I believe it was a MacDonald Douglas jet (which means problems) that lost one engine in Chicago. Normally no problem. But McD company, run by management that could not fly planes and did not learn about building planes, instead concentrated all hydralic lines in the same location above the engine. Jet crashed when all threee hydralic control systems were lost.
I believe the picture was once posted in the Cellar as the jet turned over, then nose dived.
Point is that a shoulder fired missile might take out an engine. No problem if the plane was properly designed. However some plane manufacturers were run by MBA educated management.
Another crappy designed plane (that took 20 years and Bill Clinton to finally become functional) was the B-1. What took one out? A bird. A bird crashed into the body - where all hydralic lines were again bunched together - and crashed the plane. Bird did not even have to target an engine.
For some planes so poorly designed, it only takes a bird. Who therefore needs missiles?
Do you raise carrier pigeons? Then you too could be classified a terrorist - according to this administration armed with the Patriot Act.