Reply #12: Military pilots do this all the time with military approaches. [View All]

[FloridaPat]

They drop straight down from around 10,000 to the runway in a tight circle. That would be the class of pilot of board. As for the airframe, those planes are very well built. A B727 did several rolls at around 35,000 feet several years ago. No one could figure why. Injuured quite a few people. They the airlines started laying people off and the co-pilot tried to make a deal - he keeps his job and he tells them what really happened. The cause of the accident was the captain disconnected the fuse to the controls that keep the aircraft below mach 1. The captain then pushed it near mach one to try to make up some time. The navigator came back into the cabin, saw the fuse and pushed it in. The aircraft immediately tried to slow down and in the process did some very nice rolls.

And as for the details - if you look at the film of the planes running into the WTC, you will notice the landing gear is down.