Musing About that Missing Malaysia Airliner

[BigTex]

Right. Nobody was in the control tower. Nobody was on the ground to taxi the plane.

Where did they put it?

[BigTex]

This reminds me of the old joke about the *insert name of favorite agricultural and mechanical college here* plan to send astronauts to the sun.

"Don't you know that if you get close to the sun you will burn up?"
"We're going to go at night."

Nighttime is meaningless to the equation.

[BigTex]

Here is a picture of the airstrip at Diego Garcia. If you landed a Boeing 777 there, where would you put it?

[BigTex]

And you have to hide it before daylight.

[BigTex]

And I take it you don't believe that the Russians monitor Diego Garcia ALL THE TIME.

[planosteve]

The investigation into MH370’s disappearance has been filled with incompetence, cover-ups, and disinformation. The scope of this paper is not to rebut the loads of questionable and conflicting evidence, but to show that the evidence suggests that the plane was probably flown to a strategic US naval and satellite communication facility in the central Indian Ocean. On a small island named Diego Garcia, 450 miles from the Maldives, there is a US naval base with a runway that can accommodate jumbo jets. There is nothing else on Diego Garcia except for the US Navy base and its satellite communications facility.

Around sunrise at 6:15 AM on March 8, 2014 (9:15 AM Malaysia time), several residents on the Maldives island of Huvadhoo reported seeing a very low-flying jumbo jet. The residents provided good detail and described the aircraft as white with red stripes, which is very similar to the colors of MH370. According to some residents, the plane was flying so low they could see the doors on the plane. The residents stated that they sometimes see small seaplanes around the island, but this was the first time they ever saw a jumbo jet. People were coming out of their houses to see what was causing the tremendous noise. The eyewitnesses say that the airplane was traveling in a southeast direction toward Addu, the last and most southern island in the Maldives.[24]

[BigTex]

[quote="planosteve"]

On a small island named Diego Garcia, 450 miles from the Maldives, there is a US naval base with a runway that can accommodate jumbo jets. There is nothing else on Diego Garcia except for the US Navy base and its satellite communications facility.

So where did they put the plane?

[Bob Of Burleson]

So where did they put the plane?

You're drinking out of it. They disassembled the plane and used the metal to make Coke cans.

[BigTex]

What did they do with the passengers?

[Bob Of Burleson]

Fritos?

[BigTex]

Makes as much sense as what Steve finds over on conspiracy.com.

[Bob Of Burleson]

Man converts Boeing 727 airplane into home in the woods

Kimberley Mok
Treehugger.com

Old airplane parts turned into sleek new furniture is nothing new, but what about turning an entire airplane into a home in the woods? Based outside of Portland, Oregon, Bruce Campbell is an engineer who converted this retired Boeing 727 commercial airliner into a fully functioning home with electricity and running water, on a wooded suburban lot he bought during his younger days.

Calling it a "used multimillion dollar aerospace quality home," Campbell gives his reasons as to why recycled airliners can be superior candidates for conversion into domestic places:

When properly executed, the remarkable appeal of a retired jetliner as a home springs from the magnificent technology and beauty of the sculptured structure itself. Jetliners are masterful works of aerospace science, and their superlative engineering grace is unmatched by any other structures people can live within. They're incredibly strong, durable, and long lived. And they easily withstand any earthquake or storm. Their interior is easy to keep immaculately clean because they are sealed pressure canisters, so dust and insects can't intrude from the outside. And they're quite secure - when all the doors are closed and locked, they're highly resistant to intruders. So the human hearts inside feel wonderfully safe and comfortable.

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