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In reply to the discussion: Skygate 911 [View all]delphi72
(74 posts)Regarding the Boeing spokesperson, Ms. Leslie Hazzard, a "Communications Manager" at that company (what job she had when Jeff Hill made that call is unknown) with a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and a minor in Political Science (Linkedin profile) - you are ascribing to her aerospace engineer status now? She is the absolute final word on the top speed of a 767? At 700' is 250 knots?
For anyone who may be reading this thread, let it be known that Rob Balsamo is taking the word of a Boeing "communications manager" with a BA in public relations as the definitive expert on the top speed of a 767 aircraft, and in doing so, agrees with her that such an aircraft cannot fly faster than 250 mph at 700 feet altitude.
Also, Ms Hazzard first said "We don't have much on that". Not exactly a response that would instill confidence in most people, but when you have a group of pilots who say they couldn't hit the World Trade Centers in a 767, what do you expect?
As far as the VG "diagram", if you are going to take the word of a phone answerer with a BA in Journalism as the definitive word on the various speed limitations of a Boeing 767, I suppose you think everyone should take your word for it on a ginned-up document that is supposed to be a highly-researched proprietary engineering document. No wonder you haven't gotten anywhere in the past 8 years.
Leslie Hazzard, with her qualifications, would fit right in as a Top Aerospace Engineer at PfT, don't you think?