Seeking Air Phone Info Options

[valis]

It has been suggested that phone calls made from 9/11 flights were made through the Verizon AirFone system. I was wondering if anyone here could elaborate on the temporal and physical restraints for this system - and this hypothesis.

I am wondering about the registration process for both new AirFone users - how long does it take to sign up? and current users - How long would it take to swipe a credit card, log in, - and dial? - And does the AirFone system have a directory of sorts - or did all the passengers know all the numbers they were dialing off of the tops of their heads?

Thanks in advance.

cheers

[Beached]

Some cell phone calls are said to have taken place at 25000 feet.

I never really look at my phone inflight... but, i have left mine on.. shhhh.... (IMG:http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

When i do.. i usually get the voicemail alert going off on short final once it picks up a signal... almost made me go around once.. (IMG:http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)


I can see a cell phone getting service at 10000 if you're flying over high terrain with a cell tower on a peak. I think i may have seen service near 10,000 while flying a King Air.

Not sure about these FL250 calls though... I think Mark Bigham ("Hi mom.. its Mark Bigham. .you believe me, dont you mom?") was reported to have made a cell call from above 25000.

I believe Mark Bingham's call was made via an Airphone. It would be helpful if we could examine the phone records. I'm very surprised none have been released or their existance even confirmed by the phone companies. The best an FOIA request has turned up is a summary of the calls used as evidence in the recent Mossaoui trial. However, the details appear to be sourced by the 9/11 Commission, which given their track record of falsifying and fabricating evidence, the credibility of their summary accounts for very little. They didn't provide their sources so there seems to be no way of verifying these. I would have expected phone records to have been presented as an exhibit in this trial, as these calls amounted to the very flimsy evidence of "Arab looking men" and "boxcutters" etc. To find out if the calls actually took place we need to see the records... if no records existed then no calls could have taken place.

I also remember one call made from either AA11 or UA175 was a 911 call apparently picked up in Illinois. If anyone has more info on this please let me know. I understand when 911 is dialed from a cellphone it will be routed to the nearest call center based on the location of the cell station used. If this is true then it's very strange that it would be picked up in Illinois as neither of these flights were anywhere near that part of the country.