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Flight Path And Related Issues
Chaucer:
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Register or LoginAnd as someone with over four decades of first hand experience with human bodies in freefall, I'd say that you are correct. With the slight caveat that I don't know how far it is from the I-5 bridge to Pearson Air Park.
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Approximately 2.5 kilometers.
Robert99:
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Register or LoginI thought my point was clear. Of course Cooper isn't going to fall directly straight down and land precisely underneath the spot he jumped from. I was merely making the point that:
1. Drift is not as much of an issue with a no-pull than it is when one deploys his chute.
2. Forward throw would be mitigated by headwinds to a certain degree.
2. If Cooper jumped over the Columbia, say between the I-5 bridge and Pearson Air Park, then he is likely going to end up somewhere between the I-5 bridge and the Pearson Air Park on the ground.
I'm not seeing how any of those statements are particularly controversial, and I'm not understanding why Bob is being didactic about it.
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And as someone with over four decades of first hand experience with human bodies in freefall, I'd say that you are correct. With the slight caveat that I don't know how far it is from the I-5 bridge to Pearson Air Park.
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Robert, I'm not sure what the psych profile is that you feel the need to argue with people with whom you are ultimately not disagreeing. And your calculations, such as they are, are missing at least three factors. I don't know where you live or what your physicality is, but ultimately I would say, put down your slide rule, close your textbooks, come out to 'Snore and I'll show you.
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Dudeman, I am not arguing with anyone. :o I was just answering questions that Chaucer asked, which is why I reposted his original post that asked those questions.
Engineer's slide rules have been obsolete since about 1970. And yes, I paid about $400 for an HP-35 (I think the designation was) in 1970.
Don't worry about my psychological health. In my younger days, I made it past a mandatory psychological evaluation that was necessary for me to participate in a certain project. I was ruled sane enough, or maybe crazy enough, to participate in that project (I don't remember which).
Chaucer:
This was posted to an unknown Facebook group. I have been trying to find this Paul Jefferies to find out more about his story. However, if true - BIG IF - it would corroborate a landing in or near the Columbia. Any help identifying this guy is appreciated:
Bruce A. Smith:
Flight Path Conundrum - More Eye-Witnesses in the East
I spoke with Carol Levanen today. She and her husband Dennis live in Heisson, WA and claim they saw 305 fly right over their house on Nov. 24, 1971.
"We heard a big roar and ran out of the house to see what it was. As I looked up I saw the belly of a large plane right above us."
Carol told me the plane was so low she thought it was going to crash into the nearby hillside that lies within the boundaries of Battleground Lake State Park.
Dennis said that the skies were overcast, but not rainy at that time.
Carol also said that she "reported" the sighting, but was never interviewed by the FBI or LE.
This makes the second and third personal sighting that I have been told, with Dona Elliott being the other. These sightings also comport with the "fiery object' sighting reported by "Janet" to Richard Tosaw and relayed to Galen Cook. That would make four credible sightings that place the 305 in the eastern part of V-23, which is where Bill Rataczak told me he was flying at 8:13. All these points are further east than the traditional FBI narrative, which places 305 several miles to the west. The feds initially claimed that DBC jumped over Battleground, WA and drifted a few miles to the northeast, landing in or around Amboy, WA. Oddly, when the Bureau revised their FP and LZ in the mid-1970s, they cited Orchards/Hockinson as the new DZ/LZ. That would put 305 more in-line with the Heisson fly-over.
Carol also said that they did not hear or see any other aircraft that night.
Lastly, Carol and Dennis both know Tom McDowell, who lives nearby. Tom led the ground search in Amboy on Friday-Sunday, November 26-28, 1971.
Lastly, lastly, a big thanks to Flyjack for the contact info and original lead to the Levanen's.
dudeman17:
In the 'normal' narrative of the flight path, what altitude would the plane likely be at when passing over this area? How far is this area from the airport?
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