Jimmer,
Well did you read the note I placed at the beginning of my presentation? The presentation was only a discussion of whether or not a large jet plane can fly close to the ground at high speed without losing control. I was not inferring that it did happen this way, I was only showing that it COULD be done.
Uncle Zook, Glad to meet ya!
Alright, you caught me there (Guess I was a little over-enthusiastic)! I should have said yes, but only with an experienced pilot. And even then it would be a difficult task at that location because of the terrain lay-out, surrounding structures, etc. An inexperienced person trying for it in a passenger jet? I wanna tell you something . . . That's completely laughable. He'd be lucky to even make his first turn without falling out of the sky! (Unless he had help?)Back to the question, could a Boeing 757 be used to strike the Pentagon? You stated "ABSOLUTELY!". I have less optimism.
I didn't say they were the same, I said they are comparable. And they are. The KC-135 is basically a 707. It has a narrower fuselage and is shorter than the Boeing 707 jetliner. Boeing's commercial designation for the KC-135 is the Model 717. The reason I used a KC-135 to compare with is because it's really hard to find videos of commercial airliners doing these stunts. It seems that that the pilot's bosses don't like that too much! On the other hand, you see it all the time in the military.IMO, the KC-135 bears little resemblance to the flight speeds, flight heights, and general flight dynamics of the alleged Boeing 757 that was said to have crashed into the Pentagon.
KC-135
Length: 136 ft 3 in (41.53 m)
Wingspan: 130 ft 10 in (39.88 m)
Height: 41 ft 8 in (12.70 m)
Max takeoff weight: 322,500 lb (146,000 kg)
Maximum Fuel Load: 31,275 US gal (118 kL)
Maximum speed: 580 mph (933 km/h)
Cruise speed: 530 mph
Powerplant: 4× (R/T) CFM International CFM56 (F108-CF-100) turbofan, 21,634 lbf () each
707
Length: 145 ft 1 in (44.07 m)
Wingspan: 130 ft 10 in (39.90 m)
Height: 42 ft 5 in (12.93 m)
Max takeoff weight: 257,000 lb (116,570 kg)
Maximum Fuel Load: 17,330 US gal (65,590 l)
Maximum speed: - -
Cruise speed: 540 kn (1000 km/h)
Powerplant: 4× Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1: 17,000 lbf (75.6 kN)
757
Length: 155 ft 3 in (47.32 m)
Wingspan: 124 ft 10 in (38.05 m)
Height: 44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
Max takeoff weight: 255,000 lb (115,680 kg)
Maximum Fuel Load: 31,275 US gal (118 kL)
Maximum speed: 580 mph (933 km/h)
Cruise speed: 530 mph
Powerplant: 2× Rolls-Royce RB211, Pratt & Whitney PW2037, PW2040, or PW2043 turbofan engines rated at 36,600 lbf (163 kN) to 43,500 lbf (193 kN) thrust each
By the way, this is a France AF KC-135. Pause it at about 0:04 and you can see better how low it is.