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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (2349)	9/13/2006 6:53:08 PM
From: J.B.C.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50729

>> The planes were still on radar. U think an AF jet can't find the plane from radar location?? I think so! U think a Chinese or Russian jet leaves the transponder on so an AF plane can tag it? Hardly. Yet USAF jets shot down plenty of MIGs in Viet Nam. 35 years ago. Hmmmm...has interceptor technology improved at all in that time?<< There were about 4200 jets in the air. A jet in warfare is different from a commercial jet, there is a military transponder that sends out a signal (secret code) that ID's friendly jets, lest they would be shot down by a friendly sidewinder! You've ever been in a FAA control center? I have. Jets and civil airplanes DO NOT SHOW UP ON FAA SCREENS (They're not radar screens, they're transponder screens in reality) unless the transponder is on. There is a little tic that might show, but so might 1000 other private aircraft flights. OK we're still waiting for how you resolve which plane is hijacked, from an open mic, and where it is? And resolve it from what was thought to be up to 6 aircraft hijacked after WTC was hit. You're correct about the WTC crashes, the transponder was on for both. Flight 77 and 93 had the transponders off. But the 2 WTC planes happened pretty quickly, and since no one new what was happening UNTIL FLT 11 crashed into the north tower, there were only 18 minutes until the 2nd one hit. Like I said, not enough time. We await your response to explain away reality. Jim