I have seen the WSHM’s analysis.

That said, this is the ARINC TTY which is distinct from the ATC transcripts.

Either way, this demonstrates that there were no nefarious redactions in the ARINC TTY.

I agree with you that the transcription of the ARINC TTY would be an important find.

I mean a transcription of all of the voice communications between the NWA ground personnel such as Al Lee and Paul Soderlind over the ARINC radio frequency until ~8:20 and the ARINC phone patch after ~8:20. We have the ARINC TTY up until 8:20 and nothing after. Obviously, the ARINC teletype was a very abbreviated summation of the actual comms. The full transcription of these comms exist (according the Larry Carr).

I think you'd agree that they would be invaluable.

 New blog post from Dr. Edwards:

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Good analysis as always. I don’t agree with all of Dr. Edwards conclusions here. I think he puts the drop zone too far south.

That said, I think a deep dive into the comms from the ~8:20 time frame is now critical to determining when exactly Cooper exited the aircraft.

Recently, Shutter and myself had the opportunity to get on board an old 727. I was able to get on one myself back in October, but this one is a 727-100.

I have included a link to some photos I took.

Of note, I took some photos while seated in the Flight Engineer and co-pilot’s seats to provide visual reference of what they could see outside.

I also took photos of the cabin rate of climb indicator and the toggles used to change the radio frequencies. The pilot who gave us the tour told us that it was possible for the pilot to be on one frequency talking to someone and the co-pilot to be on another frequency talking to someone entirely different. In fact, the VHF NAV frequencies could be used to talk up to four people but that was highly unusual and didn’t work very well.

Here is think:

Recently, a long time contributor to the Vortex who is known online as Shutter and myself had the opportunity to get on board an old 727. I was able to get on one myself back in October, but this one is a 727-100 - the same model of Flight 305.

I have included a link to some photos I took.

Of note, I took some photos while seated in the Flight Engineer and co-pilot’s seats to provide visual reference of what they could see outside.

I also took photos of the cabin rate of climb indicator and the toggles used to change the radio frequencies. The pilot who gave us the tour told us that it was possible for the pilot to be on one frequency talking to someone and the co-pilot to be on another frequency talking to someone entirely different. In fact, the VHF NAV frequencies could be used to talk up to four people but that was highly unusual and didn’t work very well.

Here is think:

Recently, a long time contributor to the Vortex who is known online as Shutter and myself had the opportunity to get on board an old 727. I was able to get on one myself back in October, but this one is a 727-100 - the same model of Flight 305.

I have included a link to some photos I took.

Of note, I took some photos while seated in the Flight Engineer and co-pilot’s seats to provide visual reference of what they could see outside.

I also took photos of the cabin rate of climb indicator and the toggles used to change the radio frequencies. The pilot who gave us the tour told us that it was possible for the pilot to be on one frequency talking to someone and the co-pilot to be on another frequency talking to someone entirely different. In fact, the VHF NAV frequencies could be used to talk up to four people but that was highly unusual and didn’t work very well.

Here is think:

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Hopefully, Shutter will provide his insight.

Hi Chaucer.
well there were many other events happening during the time period, just not associated with the plane.
to really flesh out a chronology, it'd be nice to have time periods for parachute acquistion and delivery and money acquisition and delivery