Reply #66: I'm seeing this as a private pilot who has flown for 20 years.

[Kingshakabobo]

I try to see this from a pilot's perspective. I try to see this as someone who was once an inexperienced pilot. I know, and I'm quite certain anyone with basic aviation knowledge would know, NOT to try and nose-dive in.

I don't usually speak up on these threads unless I have some insight or input. It just so happens that I do on this matter. The commentary on the YouTube video is bullshit. Some of the posts on this thread are uninformed bullshit - like a lot of the CT opinions.

1. It wasn't any kind of difficult maneuver. It was a simple 30-40 degree bank turn and go-around......basic shit.
2. The easiest way to hit the broad-side of a building would be to do it at a shallow angle of attack-not a nose dive.
3. I wish I had a dollar for every time I executed similar maneuvers upon sighting my target- an airport in my case. That goes for when I was brand new to now.

Is it possible the pilot could have dived on the target? Sure, but it's not at all likely since these guys planned and trained to hit a target not miss. They were schooled in the basics. By the way, these guys WERE licensed pilots. No matter how marginal their skills were, they still had enough knowledge to run a plane in to the side of a building.

Sheesh.