9/11: The Impossibility of Flying Heavy Aircraft Without Training

by Nila Sagadevan for VT Nila Sagadevan is an aeronautical engineer and a pilot. There are some who maintain that the mythical 9/11 hijackers, although proven to be too incompetent to fly a little Cessna 172, had acquired the impressive skills that enabled them to fly airliners by training in flight simulators. What follows is … Continue reading 9/11: The Impossibility of Flying Heavy Aircraft Without Training