# Kaye n.d.: Flight Path Analysis

> Thomas G. Kaye, Robert Nicholson, Cooper Research Team, n.d.. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the flight path, the drop zone and…

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# Flight Path Analysis

Thomas G. Kaye, Robert Nicholson, Cooper Research Team, n.d.. _citizensleuths.com_.

Reconstructs the flight from the FBI transcripts (two DME fixes at 19:40 and 20:22, Victor 23, the towns named), overlays the FBI flight-path map in Google Earth, estimates airspeed and wind, uses the placard find to bound the aircraft's position, and reports a telephone interview with the air traffic controller. Links two text files of Nicholson's calculations.

**Hijacking of Northwest 305 (D. B. Cooper)** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the flight path, the drop zone and the limits of the surviving radar record.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[He landed somewhere else along the route (the jump was earlier or later than the pressure bump).](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/answers/ANS0D6SXHV22HRY/he-landed-somewhere-else-along-the-route-the-jump-was)

Answer

ANS

[Flight 305 path reconstruction (FBI map overlay, DME fixes, placard fall analysis)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0D6SXTCG1P79/flight-305-path-reconstruction-fbi-map-overlay-dme-fixes)

Dataset

DAT

[The FBI transcripts name towns along Victor 23 and give DME fixes consistent with a track over Ariel; the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/evidence/EVD0D6SXG4C4E2Y/the-fbi-transcripts-name-towns-along-victor-23-and-give-dme)

Evidence

EVD

[The hijacking of Northwest 305 (D. B. Cooper)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper)

The mystery article

MYS

[Where did he come down?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/questions/QST0D6SXA8W22H3/where-did-he-come-down)

Question

QST

[anonymous: The air traffic controller who tracked the flight told the Citizen…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/accounts/WIT0D6SX99M6XZ7/anonymous-the-air-traffic-controller-who-tracked-the-flight)

WIT

## Cite it

```
Kaye, T. G., Nicholson, R., & Cooper Research Team (n.d.). Flight Path Analysis. citizensleuths.com. https://www.citizensleuths.com/flight-path-analysis/
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[Read it free at citizensleuths.com](https://www.citizensleuths.com/flight-path-analysis/)

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29 Oct 2026, for editors

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