From: "John Beamish" 

LAX would be good, too (all those trans-Pacific hops).

Our flight from LAX to New Zealand used up _every_ foot of the runway and
"rotate" was barely perceptible.


"Phil Payne"  wrote in message
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>
> Unlikely.  The whole point about the 9/11 attacks was that the aircraft
> were pretty nearly fully fueled.
>
> An aircraft that's just crossed the Atlantic is nothing like so effective
a
> weapon.  They pretty well have to be recently taken off long-hauls to be
> effective weapons.  The North East USA is the start point fot _any_
> effective attacks on the North East USA.
>
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