Originally Posted by
thurberm
Great show, but have to say, could have been planned a whole lot better.
For starters, after 4 years of planning and millions of dollars spent on a one-shot, no-fail test, this group of 15 or so pilots couldn't figure out that they'd need a chase plane in place that could actually keep up with the 727?!
AND have a ready spare on hand?!
C'mon.
My guess is that they did that for the TV show. Just like the narrator was putting all the drama in whether or not the remote system would work. The drama of crashing a jet in today's reality TV world isn't enough
