Regarding the flight path:
1) The Hicks' placard was found WEST of the FBI's flight path.
Question: Given that the winds were quite brisk from the SW that night, how is it possible that the placard was found west of the flight path?
West of the flight path? I show it east of the flight path. Southeast of Toutle, WA and north of Pigeon Springs, WA. Coordinates below. Based off altitude, wind, and descent speed, the spot of the placard is pretty close to where it would have blown had it dropped off right where the FBI says the flight path was. Now, if they plane all of a sudden turned west at that point, then it could have ended up over Tina Bar. But to Shutter's point, that's a lot of people who had to be wrong. The pilots, the air traffic controllers, the pilots in the F-106's. A mile or two off on the flight path, maybe, but even that is unlikely. All these men were professionals, many were combat vets, so to be off by 5 or even 10 miles is huge. They have to know where they are in the air or they aren't pilots.
46°14’38.4″N 122°41’01.3″W
This can be cut and pasted in to Google Maps, just let it cycle thru a bit or hit search.
Shows as Unamed Road, Toutle, WA 98649
Why people like to think water is a magnet is beyond me. Lake Merwin or the Columbia are islands in a sea of land. Parachutes don't seek out water like humans do going to the beach.
