"Roy Smith" wrote in message =
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In article ,
(PaulaJay1) wrote:
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It is my memory that about 30 years ago a number (like 25) people =
were drowned
in Lake Erie by this type mistake. The photo plane was in the right =
position
over land and the jump plane was over the lake (above cloud cover). =
Radar
advisory confused the two and told the jump plane he was in =
position. Don't
know, didn't they have transponders then?
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Chuck
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Are you trying to tell me that a jump plane released jumpers out of=20
sight of land and with no navigation other than a radar controller=20
telling them where they were???
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Also, 105.17 says, "No person may conduct a parachute operation [...]=20
(a) Into or through a cloud". Was that regulation (or something=20
similar) not in effect at that time?

I'm fairly sure that was one of several incidents which triggered that =
regulation.
---JRC---