Hominid

Is this another of those homosexual stories?

Wouldn't have been at all reliable if he did it purposely. It could have laid in the wilderness for a hundred years without anyone finding it. And it would be unlikely to be recognized as related to the hijacking. The guy who found it didn't realize it for a while. He only picked it up because of the ethic of picking up trash in the wilds.

I don't remember where this one is. A lot of pix of different parts. http://www.airplanehome.com/

"Plot" generally refers to putting the individual data points on something, such as a preprinted map. The data was numeric, a list of latitudes and longitudes for specific times. The list was likely on that wide "line printer" paper that used to be used around mainframe computers. This is probably what it would be if they used one of the "Q7" computers to do the calcs. This is most likely because the computations would have been repetative. Also, they probably had done the same kind of "track" computations for numerous past incidents. They could just use a program they had already developed. But the list could have been on notebook paper or the like. NWA would have had people who could do the plot if the airforce had given them the coordinates/times. But I think the airforce would have plotted it themselves. It would not have been the FBI that did it.

The explanation with the map says positions were obtained from the USAF radar plot. I think that was the "FBI" flightpath plot. There are 2 of the positions plotted(D & E). The adjacent two aren't marked but the flight centerline goes through them and leads off N and S toward the next two points. All precisely as shown on the "FBI" plot.

Good. I thought everyone must be waiting for Jo to return.

Yeah. And it can make small deliveries happen quick. Maybe not too accurate. Maybe nothing fragile. But quick

More fun, but the stair could be hiding behind the guy. BTW: They removed the upper, fixed part of the stair as well as the extendable one. The jumpers go from the little landing just outside the aft door. From a video of a woman taking a tandem I could see that even the stair control station was gone.

There are a few pix & videos scattered around the web. For some of them, at least, they totally removed the airstair and paneled the sides of the stairwell. (see pic) In Norjak the stair was hanging loose, being held up in varying degrees by airflow and pushed partly down by the hijacker's weight until he jumped. The stair was not in the fully down position even when he was out on the end of it.

None of the "described turbulence" or "opening shock" has been experienced by anyone here having jumped from the end of an airstair on a 727.

Along with all else known to mankind

err, ahh, writer, it's "nor."

OK. I've learned the lesson.

I didn't mind the bold, Jo. I was just teasing because it looked like you had been cut off, because the last you wrote was: "THE ONLY THING THIS WHOLE SITUATION POINTS TO:"

Whoops! Looks like you exceeded the new limit on use of bold type