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To: Lancey Howard

He didn't buzz the car.

If my memory is correct, he was on a legit flight path, but the map that was used didn't have the gondola (and cable) marked on the map.


40 posted on 02/24/2007 1:57:11 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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To: Balding_Eagle
From History.com:

Over the course of the trial, it was found that the plane was flying at speeds in excess of 500 miles per hour--faster than military regulations allow--when it hit the cable car wire.

The cable car wire hung at 260 feet, over 700 feet below the military-approved altitude of 1,000 feet.

Additionally, it came out in the trial that the military-issued map that the pilots were using did not show the cable car.

47 posted on 02/24/2007 2:03:58 PM PST by Doe Eyes
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