From the Commission Report:

Another particular allegation is that a flight carrying Saudi nationals from Tampa, Florida, to Lexington, Kentucky, was allowed to fly while airspace was closed, with special approval by senior U.S. government officials. On September 13, Tampa police brought three young Saudis they were protecting on an off-duty security detail to the airport so they could get on a plane to Lexington.

Tampa police arranged for two private investigators to provide security on the flight.They boarded a chartered Learjet. Dan Grossi interview (May 24, 2004); Manuel Perez interview (May 27, 2004); John Solomon interview (June 4, 2004); Michael Fendle interview (June 4, 2004).

The plane took off at 4:37 P.M., after national airspace was open, more than five hours after the Tampa airport had reopened, and after other flights had arrived at and departed from that airport. Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, Tampa International Airport response to Commission questions for the record, June 7, 2004.

The plane’s pilot told us there was "nothing unusual whatsoever" about the flight other than there were few airplanes in the sky.The company’s owner and director of operations agreed, saying that "it was just a routine little trip for us" and that he would have heard if there had been anything unusual about it. The pilot said he followed standard procedures and filed his flight plan with the FAA prior to the flight, adding, "I was never questioned about it." Christopher Steele interview (June 14, 2004); Barry Ellis interview (June 14, 2004). FAA records confirm this account. FAA supplemental response to Commission questions for the record, June 8, 2004.When the plane arrived at Lexington Blue Grass Airport, that airport had also been open for more than five hours. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board, Blue Grass Airport response to Commission questions for the record, June 8, 2004.The three Saudi nationals debarked from the plane and were met by local police.Their private security guards were paid, and the police then escorted the three Saudi passengers to a hotel where they joined relatives already in Lexington. Mark Barnard interview (June 7, 2004).The FBI is alleged to have had no record of the flight and denied that it occurred, hence contributing to the story of a "phantom flight." This is another misunderstanding.The FBI was initially misinformed about how the Saudis got to Lexington by a local police officer in Lexington who did not have firsthand knowledge of the matter.The Bureau subsequently learned about the flight. James M. interview (June 18, 2004).

This is the third time this body of text has been linked on this thread.

Grossi and Perez were the bodyguards. Christopher Steele was the pilot. All were interviewed by the Commission. All of this is covered in even more detail on page 30 of Appendix A of the report.

Oh, just for the record, Mohammed Atta's drivers license, pictured on page 18 of the above link, was issued to the address 10001 W. Atlantic Blvd, in Coral Springs. It's the Tara Gardens apartment building, and located about as far from Pensacola as you can get and still be in Florida.

So, once more I've temporarily indulged myself in hammering an idiotic myth so flat you can read a newspaper through it in a good light.

This has largely been an experiment to see if the near-neutronium density and mind-boggling immunity to information that has nearly driven me from the boards is still extant. We'll see.