Illustration of how the 727's rear airstair was used by Cooper to effect his escape. The airstair had not been designed for deployment in flight and was gravity-operated, meaning it fell open and stayed that way until the aircraft landed.
9 posted on
01/01/2008 3:05:03 PM PST by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
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10 posted on
01/01/2008 3:06:22 PM PST by
Rb ver. 2.0
(Global warming is the new Marxism.)
To: DogByte6RER
I believe that little problem was fixed after the Cooper incident...
To: DogByte6RER
Well, it’s obvious he’s dead. The gif shows he was crushed when he hit the capital “ I “ in the word “Illustration”.
57 posted on
01/01/2008 4:17:02 PM PST by
InvisibleChurch
( my favorite palindrome ... “a man, a plan, free republic”)
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