Part 92, page 239

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PD 164-41 RHL/gle 2

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high-speed aircraft, determination of flight patterns, ap- proaches, how to calculate air speed, free falls, and so forth.

He feels the Woodland, Washington, area, where the newspapers indicated a search is under way, would be a poor area in which to parachute since there is a narrow gorge, numerous trees and a populated area. He feels any- where in the Willamette Valley of Oregon would be very ac- ceptable for a night time jump, explaining that it is a flat area and it may have been possible to have seen the Aurora beacon or the Eugene beacon in the event the hijacker needed a ground signal. He did not think jump boots would have been necessary since the soggy ground would have lessened the chance for foot or leg injury. He expressed the opinion the hijacker could have acted alone and could have escaped on the ground by having a parked vehicle in the vicinity of the jump or possibly have taken off in another plane.

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He pointed out that he, [REDACTED], was out of the military for [REDACTED] [REDACTED]. He emphasized that he does not consider it any particular feat to do night time jumping if one has had this training in the Special Forces. He doubted that the average skydiver would have this capability.

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