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Title: Terrorists Were Well Trained, But Not Necessarily in Flying
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Published: Sep 13, 2001
Author: James Glanz
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Terrorists Were Well Trained, But Not Necessarily in Flying By James Glanz Excerpt Whether the terrorists deliberately chose large jets and counted on the fire damage cannot be determined. But John Nance, an airline pilot, author and aviation analyst, said the direct hits on the two towers and on the Pentagon suggested to him that the pilots were experienced fliers. The smooth banking of the second plane to strike the towers supports this point of view, Mr. Nance said. He added that precisely controlling a large jet near the ground, necessary for the Pentagon attack, also required advanced skill. “There’s no way an amateur could have, with any degree of reliability, done what was done yesterday,” Mr. Nance said.
September 13,2001
New York Times
Section A page 21
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http://www.annonline.com/interviews/971114/biography.html JOHN J. NANCE, a native Texan who grew up in Dallas, holds a Bachelor's Degree from SMU and a Juris Doctor from SMU Law School, and is a licensed attorney. A decorated Air Force pilot veteran of Vietnam and Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm, he is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the USAF Reserve well known for his involvement in Air Force human factors flight safety education. John, who has piloted many jet aircraft including Boeing 727's, 737's, 747's, and Air Force C-141's, has logged over 11,000 hours of flight time in his commercial airline and Air Force careers, and continues to serve as a Boeing 737 Captain for a major airline. John Nance is an internationally recognized air safety analyst and advocate best known to North American television audiences as aviation analyst for the ABC-TV and as the Aviation Editor for "Good Morning America. As a broadcast journalist, John Nance has delivered more than 3,000 newscasts on radio and television, including three years with ABC Network affiliate WFAA in Dallas. His business experience includes 6 years as president of an international tour company with operations in four countries and a luxury charter coach operation in the U.S. and Canada. John is the nationally-known author of nine major books, five Fiction, four Non-fiction: Splash of Colors (Wm. Morrow, 1984), the gripping story of Braniff International Corporation's decline and bankruptcy in 1982; Blind Trust (Wm. Morrow, 1986), the critically-acclaimed and widely-quoted expose of airline deregulation's effects on airline safety and human factors in aviation; On Shaky Ground (Wm. Morrow, 1988), a pivotal report to the nation of what we have discovered about the threat of damaging earthquakes to the eastern and western U.S.; Final Approach, the best-selling airline-related novel released in 1990; What Goes Up, an important work designed to strip away the mystery of both the Ozone and Greenhouse/Global Warming controversies; Scorpion Strike, a military technothriller set just after the Gulf War; Phoenix Rising, a gripping novel set against the backdrop of today's deteriorating airline industry. Pandora's Clock, was released in Summer, 1995 by Doubleday, and became an instant national bestseller. It was made into a TV Mini-Series, that first aired in November of 1996 on NBC. Medusa's Child, his ninth novel, was released in early 1997. An NBC-TV miniseries aired in November of that year. During the past decade through extensive research and professional involvement stemming from his books, John Nance has emerged as a national advocate of crew resource management and expanded human performance training. He is also a dynamic professional speaker/consultant, presenting pivotal programs on Teamwork and Risk Management. Before accepting ABC's offer to become their exclusive consultant/analyst for aviation, John Nance had appeared on more than 1,300 radio and television shows during the past seven years including multiple appearances on ABC's "Good Morning America", the PBS "MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour", "Oprah", NPR, "NOVA", and many others. John's editorials have been published in newspapers nationwide, including the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. Ann On-Line features two previous interviews with John Nance, originally-posted on October 23, 1996 and February 12, 1997. John Nance lives with his wife and three children in Tacoma
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