rone at ennui.org (rone) writes: > Dave Godwin writes: > Steven King and Tom Clancy both did this well before 9/11. It's not as if > the ideas weren't out there. > > Let's not forget that guy who wanted to kill Nixon via this method. And when Auburn Calloway tried to take out FedEx headquarters in Memphis by crashing flight FDX705 into it (7-Apr-1994). One of the gaudiest fights I've ever heard about. Gory, nasty, very *very* VERY close-run thing (the good guys won, managed to land the plane safely back in Memphis). <http://www.tailstrike.com/070494.htm> has a good description of the situation followed by a transcript of the cockpit voice recorder. JT: Do you, uh, live over in Arkansas, Dave, or...? DS: Naw, I live in Fisherville. JT: Aw, Fisherville, great spot. (Sounds of hammer blows striking pilots.) AP: Ow! JT: God! JT: Oh, ah, shit. DS: God almighty! AP: Ow! JT: What the fuck are you doing? DS: God, (groan), (groan), God almighty! God, God, God.... JT: Get him, get him, get him DS: He's going to kill us. JT: Get him! DS: Get up, get him! AP: I can't, God! -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b at dd-b.net>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>