Comments on: The story of “Lucky” Penney https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/10/the-story-of-lucky-penney/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/10/the-story-of-lucky-penney/#comment-5618 Eri Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:27:40 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3572#comment-5618 Yes, the bullets could have, probably would have, brought it down, but where might it have landed? The idea was to prevent additional loss of life. Yes, the bullets could have, probably would have, brought it down, but where might it have landed? The idea was to prevent additional loss of life.

]]> By: Lee https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/10/the-story-of-lucky-penney/#comment-5602 Lee Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:39:01 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3572#comment-5602 Not according to the article I read. <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/f-16-pilot-ready-ram-hijacked-plane-9-194138786.html" rel="nofollow">Here.</a> <blockquote>"The threat of an attack on US soil was seen as such a remote possibility at the time that the 121st fighter squadron at Andrews Air Force base outside Washington had no fully-armed fighter jets on standby. With only 105 lead-nosed bullets on board, Penney and Colonel Marc Sasseville took to the skies, while two other F-16s waited to be armed with heat-seeking AIM-9 missiles, Penney told C-SPAN television this week."</blockquote> Not according to the article I read.

Here.

“The threat of an attack on US soil was seen as such a remote possibility at the time that the 121st fighter squadron at Andrews Air Force base outside Washington had no fully-armed fighter jets on standby.

With only 105 lead-nosed bullets on board, Penney and Colonel Marc Sasseville took to the skies, while two other F-16s waited to be armed with heat-seeking AIM-9 missiles, Penney told C-SPAN television this week.”

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/10/the-story-of-lucky-penney/#comment-5595 TB Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:02:45 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3572#comment-5595 If you read the article, you see that they had to take off without live ammunition. If you read the article, you see that they had to take off without live ammunition.

]]> By: Lee https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/10/the-story-of-lucky-penney/#comment-5594 Lee Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:14:07 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3572#comment-5594 I call BS. 105 rounds from a 20mm cannon would be more than enough to bring down an airliner. This is nothing more than heroic embellishment. Seems to have worked though, she's all over the news. I call BS.

105 rounds from a 20mm cannon would be more than enough to bring down an airliner. This is nothing more than heroic embellishment. Seems to have worked though, she’s all over the news.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/10/the-story-of-lucky-penney/#comment-5591 ER Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:33:34 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3572#comment-5591 Be careful what you hope for. The creeps who hijacked those planes came from countries that had no trouble generating such people. Be careful what you hope for. The creeps who hijacked those planes came from countries that had no trouble generating such people.

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