Pilot Skill Needed For Pentagon Mission Options

[harleypilot]

I'm new here so forgive me if this topic has been previously discussed. I assume someone has brought up the difficulty of the task of flying a 75 into a target the size and altitude at which the pentagon sits. I am a pilot (corporate) and would think it difficult for even a seasoned Captain to takeover a 75 while airborne, not knowing his exact location, under a great amount of stress, having no "real" time in a 75, find and hit a target that low at that speed on the first try. I'm no conspiracy theorist, but knowledge of aviation leaves some doubt as to a very low-time pilot accomplishing this. I can only assume that if the plane did in fact impact the building, that a very experienced pilot was at the controls. That being said, what I have read, the "pilots", for the most part, had only very limited sim time and zero hours in the real Mccoy. Has this been discussed and what are some thoughts on this?

[AlphaEcho]

After you type in a destination on the CDU and push execute, a path shows up on the EFIS (Eletronic Flight Information Screen). For you other pilots out there, it's the equivalent of your DG. The Attitude is on the screen above, airspeed indicator to your left, upper, VS lower right. Normal 'classic T' arangement. If you're instrument rated, you know what I mean.

767captain, your posts are from some time ago- so I hope I hope you´re still around occassionally.

I assume your login name implies your real life profession, so we happen to sit in front of the (almost) identical MCP-Panel, Flight Management CDUs and EFIS screens every working day (I´m on the 744) . Although on different sides of the center pedestal, that is.

Therefore, I´d like to invite you for a mature discussion of the operational/procedural steps required for taking Flight 77 all the way from cruising level into the pentagon. Just click here. Somehow, I have a feeling that this ought to be interesting to analyse...