John Barry Smith, male, middle aged, Caucasian, married, father, son,
husband, retiree, veteran, graduate degree, avionics technician, aircrewman,
radar operator, navigator, air intelligence officer, safety officer, legal
officer, pilot, night, flaming fatal jet crash survivor, pilot: commercial
licensed, instrument rated, former FAA Part 135 charter operator.
Inadvertent openings of the forward cargo door in high time Boeing 747s
with outward opening cargo doors have caused the crashes of Air India Flight
182, Pan Am Flight 103, UAL Flight 811, and TWA Flight 800.
Internet including world wide web site http://www.corazon.com, file transfer
protocol, internet relay chat, electronic mail, barry@corazon.com, newsgroups,
Telephone: voice to voice.
Regular mail: letters and packages.
In person: face to face conversation.
As of 18 Dec 96
Government:
FBI, twenty two emails
NTSB, one hundred emails, one letter
Secret Service, one email
FAA,three email, one telephone
White House, fourteen email
Senators, emails John McCain, John Warner Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer
Representative, three email, letter, person Sam Farr
DOD, emails
DOT, emails
DOJ, emails
DOS, emails
USAF, emails,
TV:
KSBW, Salinas CA, telephone, email
CNN, email
Radio:
WBAI, New York NY emails, telephone
WPR, Wisconsin Public Radio, email
WCBS interview
Ezines:
AVweb, emails,
CNET, emails
Newspapers:
Monterey County Herald, email
Coast Weekly, telephone
Seattle Times, emails,
Washington Post, email, letter
New York Times, email
Asbury Park, email
Newsday, emails, telephone, article
Mail on Sunday, emails, two telephone
Magazines:
Aviation Week, email, letter
Flying, email, letter
Air Safety Week
Lawyers:
Speiser, Nolan, Gratino, telephone, letter
Kreindler, Pounian, telephone, letter
Arthur Wolk, letters
Sterns, telephone, emails
Insurance company:
US Aviation underwriters, telephone, letters, Executive Committee
Manufacturer:
Boeing: emails, telephone calls, letter, Boeing Safety Office, telephone,
McDonnell Douglas safety office, phone call, emails, letter.
Airlines:
TWA: emails