NexusOfCivility

Mr. Blevins: In your book you say "The Army still made good use of Kenny, however. He was sent to Fukuoka, Japan as part of the Occupation Forces and put in charge of the mailroom. When an airstrip was constructed nearby, he was transferred to work on the project." Fukuoka was interesting. It was firebombed on June 20, 1945. A large section of the city was destroyed. I've attached a bombing target map produced by Britain in 1944, of Fukuoka. Is this the city where KC did freefall demo jumps for the public? (what year?) Plenty is googleable. There were 67 japanese cities that were firebombed. Fukuoka was listed as 24.1% destroyed Some put the date at June 19, 1945 with 200 American B-29's participating. There was other nastiness there with a POW camp.

Blevins wrote: "The jumps Kenny made carrying full gear with the guys in his company were all static line. On a few others he jumped in smaller groups where they went freefall with minimal or no military gear. These were mostly demo jumps for small crowds. I think it was some kind of public relations deal while the US was controlling postwar Japan for a couple of years. Most of his jumps, but not all, were made from a C-46." Thank you. I don't want to create any problems with the History Channel. Do you want the answer to whether there were any US military freefall demo jumps for small crowds in postwar Japan as soon as possible, or is it better to wait? Do you have specific years, or locations? These public relations demo jumps were after the nuclear bombs, of course? If they jumped with minimal or no military gear, what gear did they use? minimal means no gear? some? what? Are you talking about not jumping with guns or not jumping with military canopies? [edit] Looking at your book, it appears that this must be somewhere between 1945 and 1947 that KC was doing freefall demo jumps in Japan with non-military gear?

ok, Amazon identified one thing that's interesting about the collection of chest reserves Emrick had available at Issaquah on 12/1/71. Not all of them matched the one the FBI currently has. (i.e. there's one big one there) It's odd Emrick hung them on the wall like that. In any case: All the experienced jumpers who said it would be obvious picking a "training reserve" vs a real reserve.. There are 5 reserves in the photo with the newspaper article I posted. (Emrick is holding one) Are they all good? Are any stuffed with a reduced canopy (sewn gores) like Cooper's? If any are bad ones, which? Another variance: Note the one Emrick is holding. It has I think what you call a belly band? (the black webbing/hook hanging below) The FBI belly reserve had no such thing. It had some nylon cord on the side handles..i.e. looked pretty bogus If there were two reserves and one had the belly band, which would you pick? See: everyone assumes the two reserves were equal looking except for the X. The newspaper photo introduces the likelihood that is not true. For instance, another seems to have a mounting spot for an altimeter maybe ?? or what is that? (the big rectangle on one) So Blevins is not excluded: Were all of KC's jumps static line?

Blevins: All possibilities equally likely is only useful analysis for buying lottery tickets. Jumpers: We tested all the Urals AADs we have for sale at all altitudes. Very reliable: 99.9% "But we only want them to work at 800 ft" "Oh..the reliability is only 25% at 800 ft. But they are 99.9% reliable overall. Good yes?" Others: Attached article is a not-yet-reported interview with Linn Emrick and his wife on 12/1/71 They both agree that they have a suspect. What's odd: if they suspected someone, by 12/1/71 wouldn't they know if that person was still "around"? And if "around"..would they call him up and ask? Does it sound like they knew they couldn't talk to the guy? (I mean, why talk to a paper before you see the guy?) Does that mean their suspect was someone who used to be around, and was either a physical match, or a "personality match" or ??....and that person was no longer around? Either for years. or weeks or ?? Isn't it odd that Emrick would say he has a suspect on 12/1/71? Emrick is part of the jumping community. Why would he (and his wife) say that to a newspaper? (and why would the wife also have an opinion? from talking to Linn? or ??) Who did Emrick name? Article says he fed a name to the FBI. Bonus (unrelated except for perversion): Name the company Emrick invested in later, that made (and required) millions, plus the founder was killed under mysterious circumstances. The last sentence from Emrick: Emrick said he has some admiration for the hijacker, "but if he is the fellow I think he is, I hope he gets caught." Why would Emrick be so negative on a suspect, who If Emrick knew, was probably a jumper? Who did Emrick think was a loser? and why? Jumpers: Look at that oversized chest rig in the attached photo. What is it? Also: Heard rumor that the "training reserve" had red painted flaps. (in addition to the "X") Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? I guess no one has really heard of the "X" thing as a Issaquah protocol either? (also never found out if the training chute Cooper took was red or white. The main was white) Desert Island question: Blevins or Jo? I vote Jo.

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