They are still in the limits of the airway...

Yes but right at the east edge 1-2 miles? Thats what the op said in the 302? 

The 8:15 location appears to be the furthest from the airway at around 4 miles east of the line.

The 8:12 location is on the centerline and from that point on it stays east of the centerline...

.I think his point was if they went by the center of V23 for a east or west position they would be off since the plane was east of the center..."one to two miles"

What direction did 305 take off from Seattle?  Cooper could have gotten hold of a sectional chart easily, and known where V-23 or one of the other Victor Airways were, but did he do anything that would indicate he knew what the direction would be the first 10-15 miles or so?  Taking off heading south is a big difference than taking off going east and then turning south.

Putting speculation in the air Force is not a good idea. You are trying to go against hard evidence then use some of it?

The placard could of spun almost straight down or turned directions. You don't know what it did just as anyone else.

Are we to assume our country was in grave danger with the air Force not able to use two different radar systems?

I still find it odd that georger Harrison had faith in the air Force tracking as well as the commercial controllers. Data from the flight recorder, the sage radar to help pinpoint a location. Then you also have the pilots.

As I have mentioned. It's like video evidence. Lots of it from different sources. Nobody knows how the money got there so using it as fact shouldn't apply. It's very troubling but taking some of the evidence you reject is worse. You can't have it both ways.

I have never seen anything that actually describes what went into deriving the flight path other than "radar." Perhaps someone can show me something else.

Also, we don't know how it was done. Was it a series of calculations? Was it a recorded blip overlaying a map? Was it something else entirely? I don't know. Perhaps someone can explain precisely how the flight path was crafted.

Normally I would defer and say, "Yes, the flight path is correct." However, the one thing I cannot overlook is the physical evidence. Specifically, where the placard was found and where the money was found. These things can't be f'd up by someone making a mistake. Either the items were found where reported or they were not. Moreover, they must adhere to the laws of physics. The money couldn't flow 10 miles upstream. The placard can't drop straight down if the entire atmosphere it is dropping through is moving to the northeast at 30 knots.

If you believe the FBI got it all correct then we have it that Cooper landed in the search area. Okay, then how did the money end up on Tena Bar? Why has absolutely nothing been found in the search area? Why would Cooper jump into utter darkness dressed in a suit?

Believe it or not, the FBI, the Air Force, the guy who put the flight path together at the Air Force, Dr. Leonard Palmer, the president of the United States, me, you, all of us are capable of making mistakes. This does not mean that everything the FBI assumed or calculated was wrong. Rather, it simply means they may have messed up in this one area. Indeed, perhaps the flight from Seattle to Reno is 85% accurate, but the 15% that is slightly askew is the part we're all debating here.

Proud American and US Air Force notwithstanding, at some point I have to say "I'm not convinced that someone didn't make a mistake somewhere" with the flight path because what I do know, doesn't add up.