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Guns and pressurized aircraft do not mix whether in a sky-marshal's hand or a crew members hand. It brings to mind an incident in a B-29, not in a war zone. The gunsight was bolted into the plexiglass shelf with 5/16th bolts, the gunner's seat to the floor with 3/8th bolts. A crack came into the plexiglass sight port and the pressurization blew it out. The gun-sight, the gunner and seat was pulled from the airplane and anything loose in the central gunner compartment was sucked out the hole. The smallest hole in a pressurized compartment will open the airplane up like a can opener. The martial arts thing would be the best bet, but then the terrorist has to be close enough for that to work. Bob Parker Mena, AR. ----- Original Message ----- From: "N161LH 3B9" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:11 AM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Regulatioms | ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- | | I agree with you, Wayne. I'm happy to hear that the armed sky marshalls | will likely be back, but I'd like to know why there isn't a steel reinforced | door to the cockpit. I also think the pilot and first officer should carry | side arms. If there's unauthorized personnel in the cockpit, shoot | (carefully, of course) first and ask questions later. The responsibility is | too great. | | Leslie Holbrook | Alon A2 N161LH (Flying Colors #1) | Chester, CT 3B9 | | | | >From: Wayne Woollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >Subject: [COUPERS] Regulatioms | >Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 17:23:59 -0700 | > | >----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any | >advice in this forum.]---- | > | >Looking over the list of new security regulations for Airports, | >and Transport Category aircraft illuminates a couple of facts. If | >all these new regulations had been implemented prior to the | >tragedy, the outcome would have been the same! The most dastardly | >part of the deed prior to taking over the cockpits of these | >commercial aircraft through flimsy aluminum doors, was buying a | >ticket! | >I abhor the results of what was done, but lets be realistic, lets | >treat the solution not the symptom. | > | >D. Wayne Woollard | > | >-- | >Mr. D. Wayne Woollard, CPBE | >AIM: DWWoollard | >ICQ: 124132836 | > | >"Why fly a Spam can when you can have fun and fly an Ercoupe?" | > | > | | | _________________________________________________________________ | Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp | | | | ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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