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Mark Elsis 8:13:31: American Airlines Flight 11 (AA11) last transmission with Boston Air Traffic Control (ATC). 8:13:32 to 8:20: AA11 goes off course and is hijacked. 8:20: AA 11 transponder signal stops. 8:36: NORAD spokesman, Major Mike Snyder, confirmed that the FAA notified NORAD of AA 11 hijacking. 8:38: Boston ATC notifies NORAD that AA11 has been hijacked. 8:39: AA11 flies directly over our # 1 terrorist target, Indian Point nuclear stations. 8:40: FAA notifies NORAD that AA11 has been hijacked. 8:43: FAA notifies NORAD that United Airlines Flight 175 (UA175) has been hijacked. 8:46:26: AA11 impacts the North Tower of the WTC between the 94th and 98th floors. 8:46: NORAD finally orders Otis to scramble two F-15's. NORAD has held on to this vital information for at least 6, 8 or 10 minutes, and probably up to 26 or 32 minutes. 8:52: Two F-15's from Otis are airborne. 9:02:54: UA175 impacts
the South Tower of the WTC between the 78th and 84th floors. NORAD says
the F-15's from Otis are still 71 miles away. This means their average
flight speed was only 23.9% of their top speed in trying to intercept
UA 175. Otis is 153 miles from WTC - F-15's have a top speed of 1875
MPH. Minus 71 miles from 153 miles = 82 miles covered in 11 minutes
from 8:52 to 9:03 - 9:30: Three F-16's from Langley are airborne. 9:37: American Airlines Flight 77 hits the Pentagon. NORAD says the F-16's from Langley were still 105 miles and 12 minutes away. 9:49: It takes the F-16's from Langley 19 minutes to reach Washington. This means their average flight speed was only 27.4% of their top speed in trying to protect our nations capital. Langley is 130 miles from the Pentagon - F-16's have a top speed of 1500 MPH - 60 minutes divided by 19 minutes = 3.16 x 130 miles = 410.5 MPH divided by 1500 MPH = 27.4%. Andrews Air Force
Base has two fighter wings that are 10 miles from the Pentagon, yet
they inconceivably waited till after all of the attacks were over to
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