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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Will - here's one for you:
Do you think that it's possible that the fuselage of the plane is actually in the picture in question? In comparing the first frame versus the second (the one with the tail visible), I noticed the treeline in the background is basically a black lump with little detail. If the plane isn't completely hidden by the ticket machine, could it be far enough out that the silouette of the fuselage does not completely eclipse the treeline and that at least the nose of the plane would be visible if the camera had enough resolution?
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Good eye. When I was making that post I noticed the same thing. I wish the Pentagon had cameras with better resolution...but anyway. Yes, it's entirely possible that is a fuselage. The problem is that even if that'a fuselage, the math with the tail remains the same. There is no way that the tail of a 757-200 could be that low, judging by the point of impact.
Still, what little you can make out of the shape could help to determine what kind of aircraft that really is. I've started looking for similar sized/shaped planes, and will keep everyone aprised.
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
As far as your question about the tail and its distance from the ground, I think that is pretty easily answered with the idea that the plane was in a shallow dive. Maybe I've misunderstood your point, but I think that the pilot necessarily had to be decreasing his altitude to avoid the earlier obstacles on the turnpike, etc. He was either lucky or good to put the plane where he did, but I would guess the former.
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If the plane was a Boeing 757-200, it would actually had to pull up 25' from the first frame to create the hole in all of the pictures. I think we can agree that the plane was on a decreasing altitude. I'm pretty sure it wasn't pulling up.