Tin Man

Good call! It was hard to judge scale and call it as a core component, although I had a hunch it was, which part it was remained a mystery.

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Dreadnought

Welcome back HighSea.

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TopHatter

Good to have you back my friend

HistoricalDavid

Very suitable re-introduction on highsea's part - kicking technical ass.

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highsea

Lol. Guys, I never really went away, just been lurking. I don't have a lot of time for the Internet, my days are pretty much spent on the shop floor.

But I've been checking in on you guys when I can.

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avon1944

Yes that was fortunate for several reasons. That there were far fewer people in the involved area of the Pentagon and less penetration by the aircraft into the building.
One thing that helped was the year before the fire fighting capability inside the building was upgraded, and among the improvements was the doubling of the capability of the overhead sprinklers and water that the fire fighters would hook their hoses to.
A significant factor in the limited damage was the fact the B-757's left engine hit the ground before the nose of the aircraft struck the building. It would have caused more death and damage had the airliner impacted on the roof!
Inauguration of the Pentagon was 09/11/41! It was designed to be temporary warehouse or storage for the military as the war was approaching. It was to disassembled at the end of the war. In light of this, the walls were made of one foot thick concrete with re-bar, for it was anticipated that the enemy would try and bomb the building.
That is why the it is a far stronger structure than what the WTC provided.
If indeed the suicide pilot's first choice of targets to crash the B-757 was into the White House or the Capitol Building, it is easy to see why he could not find it. Once you have seen the White House or Capitol Building close up from the perspective of being in one of the buildings that are around it, you can understand the situation. The buildings around the White House are far taller and sometimes by a factor of two to three times!! (See the attached photo, taken from a restaurant of a hotel not far away. The White House is the building in the middle of the picture with the flag on it.)

Adrian

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HistoricalDavid

Wow, that would be pretty difficult to identify under heat, let alone hit.

Feanor

How about anwsering the movie Sicko..... I think it deserves far more of an anwser, even though in his usual (dumbass) way tries to blame the U.S. government for it (instead of realizing that a system based on greed will always look for profit as the sole incentive).

TopHatter

How about starting a new thread?

Southie

http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/pentagon..._20020316.html

The attached are pictures of the pentagon after the crash. As well as the surrounding area and how it was affected by falling debris.

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Feanor

Well the thread title was answering Michael Moore (I finally found the right way to spell answer ) so I assumed anything Michael Moore was fair game.