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Old 18th February 2009 | 10:49
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b377
 
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No flack from me my friend - I lived in Bogota until 1979 our house directly in line ( mas o menos) with El Dorado 13/31 runway. So quite familiar with early jet and piston traffic over the house since 1966.

as a kid travelled a lot in two DC3s ( opeated by COLPET, US & Col pilots) between Bogota, Barranquilla and Tibu (near Cucuta) HQ of COLPET and SAGOC taken over by Ecopetrol since 1980s.

I fully undersatnd the 'familiarity' issue not wishing to mention the AA 965 incident near Cali in Dec 1995. The Aerocondor Starliner Dec 1966 accident at el Dorado is a different matter.

E. k. Gann knew all about flight conditions in that neck of the woods
in The High and the Mighty .

cordial saludo
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