09-09-2014, 03:03 PM
Michael Cross Wrote:Weight and balance had to be a manual configuration in 1963 and I admit that I'm not familiar with how it was done at that time.
Just seemed to be an area that those bent of obfuscation might miss.
Weight and balance is mainly for even distribution of the cargo and passengers to create a predictable center of gravity for flight control settings. For smooth flight but mainly for the optimal attitude setting for fuel conservation. The couple of spook wound alterers and shifting of JFK's body to the forward hold would be negligible and well within the tolerance of the 300,000 pound aircraft. It would be no different than passengers and flight attendants walking around in the cabin.