Remote Control, Were the 911 planes remote controlled? Options

[tcrofton]

I'm a non-pilot but have studied a great deal of aviation and military history and technology. I have read a great deal about the events of 911 and have read that technology exists to take over the autopilots on American passenger jets by ground control in the event of hijacking. It was stated that Lufthansa refused this equipment in a series of planes purchased from Boeing, but that US flag carriers normally have the equipment installed. This literature also states that at least half of the hijackers are still alive. ie. they were not on the planes. As an outsider I can certainly believe the technology is possible, but wonder if it actually does exist. This possibility makes the untrained pilots and the near impossible flight paths make sense.

[kawika]

I'm a non-pilot but have studied a great deal of aviation and military history and technology. I have read a great deal about the events of 911 and have read that technology exists to take over the autopilots on American passenger jets by ground control in the event of hijacking. It was stated that Lufthansa refused this equipment in a series of planes purchased from Boeing, but that US flag carriers normally have the equipment installed. This literature also states that at least half of the hijackers are still alive. ie. they were not on the planes. As an outsider I can certainly believe the technology is possible, but wonder if it actually does exist. This possibility makes the untrained pilots and the near impossible flight paths make sense.

It exists. But remote control would have been useless without cooperation from other sectors in the aviation spectrum. Why wouldn't remote controllers go directly to their targets straight away and avoid nasty collisions? There's got to be a good reason why, especially in the case of Flight 77 that was only minutes from the Pentagon when it took off. Why wouldn't Flight 93 just hop across the river and slam the World Trade Center? Because we had to be fed all that crazy stuff about cell phones and heros. Had to traumatize everyone into thinking that they could be the next hijack victim. That they needed to submit to body scanners and other intrusions from now on.

The remote control is being used on the population.

[tcrofton]

I agree with your conclusions. The Matrix is an outstanding metaphor. The Russians would have had a field day with their bombers if we are as incompetent as this day showed. I'm still trying to understand the process of the diversions, and if substitutions of different aircraft happened, where the originals went.

[amazed!]

In order to see remote control aircraft in action, one need look to AfPak and Iraq with its Predator drones.

The USAF has been flying remote controlled aircraft since about 1950. The designation was "Q" back in the old days, and they were target drones meant to be shot down.

[kawika]

There is ample information out there to confirm that it exists.

To use it on 9/11 in the most densely packed airspace on the planet would require extraordinary coordination to get the remote aircraft to their targets. The people that could pull this off are on a very short list.

Using remote control in a war zone where you already control all the elements must be a piece of cake compared to what was done on 9/11.

They planned this. They did it. We know it. We are not unlike the poor folks in Iraq. They know who's doing it, but they can't do anything about it either.

[Ricochet]

Dov Zackheim, Mr. Homeland Security.

2 COMMAND TRANSMITTER SYSTEM (CTS)

The CTS at the Sea Range provides safe, controlled testing of unmanned targets, platforms and missiles, including ballistic missiles and other long-range vehicles.

The CTS is a tunable UHF FM transmitter designed for ground use in controlling guided missiles, pilotless aircraft and pilotless boats. It delivers a nominal 750 watts of RF power to the antenna (rated at 1 kW with a minimum of 500 watts). The RF signal is frequency modulated by selected tones (IRIG 20 tone format) that correspond to particular control functions of the missile, aircraft or boat. Four of these systems are located at Laguna Peak and three are located on SNI. The fourth system at SNI is expected to be operational in fiscal year 1997.

http://100777.com/node/1836

[ULTIMA1]

http://www.straightaero.com/Blog/aerospace.aspx

One month before 9/11, German newspaper Der Spiegel reported that U.S. military-industrial complex giant Raytheon landed a 727 jet six times by remote control using GPS technology at a Hollomon AFB in New Mexico.