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Posted for Wesley Hunt <wshunt@cox.net>:
Your facts regarding the EA6B incident are completely incorrect. The crew
was involved in a low level, authorized mission that followed the flight
plan. The military routinely conducts such training to achieve and maintain
flight skills required for combat. The altitudes and air speeds were within
the expected limits for such training. The cause of the accident was that the
gondola cable was not depicted on the DOD charts provided for the aircrew.
All the facts of the incident were throughly reviewed by the Court Marshal
and the pilot and other aircrew were exonerated of all charges, except
concealing evidence. To state that this is an example of "rogue" flying
behavior is simply incorrect, unless you believe that routine low level
flight training conducted by the USAF, USN and USMC constitutes "rogue"
behavior.
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