# George W Bush flew one of the 9/11 planes but survived. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266 "2004-10-26T17:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/1 "2004-10-26T17:36:54Z")
Sure there may be a few holes in my theory but you have to do what you can, some mud may stick. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/2 "2004-10-26T17:39:20Z")
Ask yourself, why the pilot training? Coincidence…I think not. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/3 "2004-10-26T17:59:53Z")
I always wondered about that too. Just before one of the plane hits the world trade center, you can see a little dot pop up out of the roof like an ejection seat . Then after the plane hits, if you look really close at the footage you can see a little parachute unfold and it looks sort of like the insignia on the floor of the Oval office. Everyone always focuses on the building but not the parachute. That is a classic magician’s trick. A few of the kids at that Florida school where he supposedly was at the time said that Bush looked a little rubbery and could only speak when sitting in the lap of one of the Secret Service agents. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/4 "2004-10-26T18:00:45Z")
Oh, c’mon guys. Politics in the last few weeks has gotten so petty and tired, don’t we have better things to discuss? Additionally, isn’t it obvious that he flew \*two \* of them? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/5 "2004-10-26T18:09:32Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Oh, c’mon guys. Politics in the last few weeks has gotten so petty and tired, don’t we have better things to discuss? Additionally, isn’t it obvious that he flew \*two \* of them? Yes, you can see that little dot that **Shagnasty** mentioned glide into the cockpit of the other plane, only to be ejected right after it hits. Obviously one people guided both planes. Who bought the “reading a goat” story? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/6 "2004-10-26T18:12:44Z")
Coincidentally, Kerry was reading to a goat that day… ---
**Author:** ![sixor9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@sixor9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sixor9)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/7 "2004-10-26T18:32:57Z")
You know, no matter where I go on the net these days these stupid, asinine theories about GWB did this or didn’t do that are everywhere. It is completely ridiculous what you will see. You have to be a complete dolt to believe George flew one of those planes, let alone two. Eyewitnesses (the ones that haven’t gone “missing”, anyway) clearly saw him sitting atop the missile that struck the Pentagon. You people really need to get a clue. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/8 "2004-10-26T18:34:05Z")
> [@sixor9](#): > > You people really need to get a clue. And you need to get a sense of humour. Badly. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/9 "2004-10-26T18:35:01Z")
When GWB flew the plane on 9/11, it went “WHOOSH!!!” Great parody, **don’t ask**. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/10 "2004-10-26T18:48:36Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > And you need to get a sense of humour. Badly. Ladies and gentlemen, our first whoooooooooosh of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/11 "2004-10-26T18:51:40Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Additionally, isn’t it obvious that he flew \*two \* of them? This is the reason why people never take conspiracy theories seriously. _Cheney_ flew the second plane. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/12 "2004-10-26T18:57:24Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > This is the reason why people never take conspiracy theories seriously. > > _Cheney_ flew the second plane. Well, it was a Cheny but not Dick Cheney himself. It was his lesbian daughter Mary Cheny that he recruited. Dick was sick of other republicans pointing out how horrible she was for being gay and wanted to give her the chance to prove that being a little butch can be useful for certain missions. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/13 "2004-10-26T19:02:44Z")
so, did George and Dick and Mary wave their cowboys hats & yell “Yeehaw!” as the planes/missiles barrelled in? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/14 "2004-10-26T19:03:48Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > so, did George and Dick and Mary wave their cowboys hats & yell “Yeehaw!” as the planes/missiles barrelled in? FriarTed, you know better than that. Robots don’t express emotion. ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/15 "2004-10-26T19:18:12Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > FriarTed, you know better than that. Robots don’t express emotion. No no no no… The pope is a robot, Bush is a hologram. Geez, at least keep your theories straight ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/16 "2004-10-26T19:27:08Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > Coincidentally, Kerry was reading to a goat that day… And the less said about what Nader was doing with his goat, the better! ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/17 "2004-10-26T19:31:09Z")
> [@sixor9](#): > > You know, no matter where I go on the net these days these stupid, asinine theories about GWB did this or didn’t do that are everywhere. It is completely ridiculous what you will see. > > You have to be a complete dolt to believe George flew one of those planes, let alone two. Eyewitnesses (the ones that haven’t gone “missing”, anyway) clearly saw him sitting atop the missile that struck the Pentagon. > > You people really need to get a clue. The OP made me smile, but this made me laugh out loud. It’s a joke, **sixor9** , just a joke. Still, bonus points for healthy skepticism and a willingness to call bullshit when you think you see it. Welcome to the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/18 "2004-10-26T19:42:27Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > The OP made me smile, but this made me laugh out loud. It’s a joke, **sixor9** , just a joke. Still, bonus points for healthy skepticism and a willingness to call bullshit when you think you see it. > > Welcome to the SDMB. A double-whoosh, the second coming after two posts pointing out the first? I think that’s a new record, folks. ---
**Author:** ![sixor9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@sixor9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sixor9)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/19 "2004-10-26T19:48:04Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > The OP made me smile, but this made me laugh out loud. It’s a joke, sixor9, just a joke. Still, bonus points for healthy skepticism and a willingness to call bullshit when you think you see it. > > Welcome to the SDMB. First, thanks. I’m sure I’ll enjoy my stay here. But… to quote someone somewhere (I can’t remember who…) “Its a joke, just a joke.” Hint 1: > [@sixor9](#): > > clearly saw him sitting atop the missile Hint 2: > [@sixor9](#): > > the missile that struck the Pentagon Hint 3: > [@Munch](#): > > Quote: > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Priceguy > > And you need to get a sense of humour. Badly. > > Ladies and gentlemen, our first whoooooooooosh of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![SnakeSpirit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snakespirit/32/7271_2.png) [@SnakeSpirit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakeSpirit)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266/20 "2004-10-26T20:01:16Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > The OP made me smile, but this made me laugh out loud. It’s a joke, **sixor9** , just a joke. Still, bonus points for healthy skepticism and a willingness to call bullshit when you think you see it. > > Welcome to the SDMB. **Miller,** read **sixor9** ’s post again carefully. It, too, is a joke! **Sixor9** made a joke expanding on a joke. And a good one! He caught both you and **Priceguy**!!! (Weren’t you guys a couple of the ones that claimed ‘diligent skepticism’ in a recent thread? No? Hmmmph. Someone else has hijacked your tag, I guess.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-w-bush-flew-one-of-the-9-11-planes-but-survived/271266.md?page=2)