Snowmman first brings this up back in November of 2018.
Here's some detail about the chase planes, from Clifford Ammerman who was working radar control at Sea-Tac the night of the hijack. He was employed by the FAA.
I don't think Clifford Ammerman has been named before.
Ammerman controlled the F-106's that trailed Flight 305. It seems like the T-33 arrived just north of portland, and the F-106's left the immediate trail then to the T-33.
Notably, the F-106's weren't getting control from the SAGE center.
It's interesting the T-33/F-106 handoff occurred just north of Portland, because it means maybe they were switching the trailing planes around at the time Cooper jumped?
Im at a loss for what to say! [Snowmman first brings this up back in November of 2018. I don't think Clifford Ammerman has been named before. ]
I broke the news about the flare story and R2 clear back in 2010 at Dropzone. R2 is Cliff Ammerman. For all I know it was my post(s) that alerted this author to interview Cliff Ammerman and include the flare story in her book. I had interviewed R2 and R3 several months earlier and there are a number of people who know this (Smith/R99/Ckret, etc)
The author says she interviewed R2 also, and even has a letter from him. I have emails from R2. The problem is: I have a different version of the flare story than the author is giving, who did what when, etc. The flares were being dropped from a plane in the southern Eugene area approx a week before the Cooper hijacking. R2 explained to me that after 305 had cleared Eugene airspace and things settled down, he (R2) called R3 at Eugene and asked if he thought the 305 hijacker might be the same person dropping flares from the week before. Both controllers were aware that formal documentation and fillings had been made in this matter, with the FAA, law enforcement, the FBI, etc. R2 told me that both he and R3 agreed it would only be a matter of time until this issue came up again given the hijacking in progress, and this would probably be invested further - as far as anyone could investigate it. Then as we know, several passengers on the plane were later shown photos of possible suspects, and were told that a large percentage of the photos they were being shown were of people 'in the Eugene area'.
The author says nothing about the "Janet fire in the sky" story at Vancouver, the day of the hijacking. I asked R2 if he had ever heard of the Janet Story and he said he hadn't, and he asked for details which I provided by email. R2 said he thought the story was 'interesting but nothing further developed from this, that I am aware of.
Pages 117 to 135 are missing in the Google version of this book, without purchase. Who knows what the author says there...
I will address other issues later.
