2811: Free Fallin' - Revision history

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 The title text refers to the 1996 song "{{w|Crash Into Me}}", off the {{w|Dave Matthews Band}}'s second album, ''{{w|Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)|Crash}}''. The investigation team likely would not enjoy a song which reminds them of their job, even if it was referring to love instead of planes.{{Citation needed}} They may also have ''some particularly harsh words for Dave Matthews'' if the song ''Crash Into Me'' was downloaded to a {{w|Flight data recorder|flight data recorder}}, which would, by the suggested obscure law, create a record of a crash that did not actually occur, making crash investigation difficult.
-Munroe is a "90s kid," and both of these songs were in heavy rotation on the radio when he was a teenager —- an age when many people make especially emotional connections to the popular music of their era.
+Munroe is a "90s kid," and both of these songs were in heavy rotation on the radio when he was a teenager —–- an age when many people make especially emotional connections to the popular music of their era.
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 ==Transcript==
 :[There is a map of San Fernando Valley, California, with a dotted line labeled “flight path” and several other features marked on and around the line. It must be assumed up is north, since there is no compass to indicate otherwise.]
 :[The emblem and name of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are in the in top left.]

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 The {{w|National Transportation Safety Board|National Transportation Safety Board}} (NTSB) issues reports on incidents involving various types of vehicles, including airplanes. In this comic, Randall suggests that due to an obscure law, the NTSB has to do a report if a song is downloaded to a {{w|Flight data recorder|flight data recorder}}. In this instance, the song used is the 1989 ballad {{w|Free Fallin'|"Free Fallin'"}} by {{w|Tom Petty|Tom Petty}}. Interpreting the song's lyrics as a description of an incident, the NTSB's report describes a flight over northern Los Angeles County, California. The pilot apparently takes off from his home in Reseda, gliding over Mulholland Drive, skywriting the name of his loved one, and then presumably either skydiving from the craft or turning off its power to achieve free fall. Assuming Tom Petty is the [amateur] solo pilot, either action would be a dangerous maneuver risking not only his vehicle but the lives of the civilians below, and quite possibly his own.
-The title text refers to the 1996 song "{{w|Crash Into Me}}", off the {{w|Dave Matthews Band}}'s second album, ''{{w|Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)|Crash}}''.
+The title text refers to the 1996 song "{{w|Crash Into Me}}", off the {{w|Dave Matthews Band}}'s second album, ''{{w|Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)|Crash}}''. The investigation team likely would not enjoy a song which reminds them of their job, even if it was referring to love instead of planes.{{Citation needed}} They may also have ''some particularly harsh words for Dave Matthews'' if the song ''Crash Into Me'' was downloaded to a {{w|Flight data recorder|flight data recorder}}, which would, by the suggested obscure law, create a record of a crash that did not actually occur, making crash investigation difficult.
 Munroe is a "90s kid," and both of these songs were in heavy rotation on the radio when he was a teenager —- an age when many people make especially emotional connections to the popular music of their era.

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 The {{w|National Transportation Safety Board|National Transportation Safety Board}} (NTSB) issues reports on incidents involving various types of vehicles, including airplanes. In this comic, Randall suggests that due to an obscure law, the NTSB has to do a report if a song is downloaded to a {{w|Flight data recorder|flight data recorder}}. In this instance, the song used is the 1989 ballad {{w|Free Fallin'|"Free Fallin'"}} by {{w|Tom Petty|Tom Petty}}. Interpreting the song's lyrics as a description of an incident, the NTSB's report describes a flight over northern Los Angeles County, California. The pilot apparently takes off from his home in Reseda, gliding over Mulholland Drive, skywriting the name of his loved one, and then presumably either skydiving from the craft or turning off its power to achieve free fall. Assuming Tom Petty is the [amateur] solo pilot, either action would be a dangerous maneuver risking not only his vehicle but the lives of the civilians below, and quite possibly his own.
-The title text refers to the 1996 song "{{w|Crash Into Me}}", off the {{w|Dave Matthews Band}}'s second album, ''{{w|Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)|Crash}}''. The investigation team likely would not enjoy a song which reminds them of their job, even if it was referring to love instead of planes.{{Citation needed}} They may also have ''some particularly harsh words for Dave Matthews'' if the song ''Crash Into Me'' was downloaded to a {{w|Flight data recorder|flight data recorder}}, which would, by the suggested obscure law, create a record of a crash that did not actually occur, making crash investigation difficult.
+The title text refers to the 1996 song "{{w|Crash Into Me}}", off the {{w|Dave Matthews Band}}'s second album, ''{{w|Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)|Crash}}''.
 Munroe is a "90s kid," and both of these songs were in heavy rotation on the radio when he was a teenager —- an age when many people make especially emotional connections to the popular music of their era.

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-[Map of San Fernando Valley, California, with dotted line labeled “flight path” and several other features marked on and around the line:]
+:[There is a map of San Fernando Valley, California, with a dotted line labeled “flight path” and several other features marked on and around the line. It must be assumed up is north, since there is no compass to indicate otherwise.]
-* Tom Petty home (in Reseda)
+:[The dotted line labeled "Flight path" moves as such:]
-* flight path (the dotted line)
+:* Circled X labeled Tom Petty home near the center of Reseda, moving down below Ventura Boulevard.
-* vampires (on Ventura Boulevard, with an arrow pointing west)
+:* The words "Flight path" are drawn, with an arrow pointing towards the line.
-* boys (bad)
+:* As the line moves below Mulholland Drive, it starts moving right.
-* girls (good) (sad)
+:* The words "Glide phase" point to the path as it goes up, crossing Mulholland and Ventura once more.
-* glide phase (over Mulholland Drive)
+:* Three loops are in the path. The first is labelled "Skywriting incident". It starts moving right here.
-* skywriting incident (near Van Nuys, loops in flight path)
+:* The flight path abruptly ends as an arrow pointing towards a question mark.
-[In the top left of the map, the logo of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)]
+:[There are some other features not directly correlated to the flight path.]
-[Caption below the panel:] Due to an obscure law, if you download a song onto a flight data recorder and send it to the NTSB, they have to do a report on it.
+:[Caption below the panel:]
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	The {{w\|National Transportation Safety Board\|National Transportation Safety Board}} (NTSB) issues reports on incidents involving various types of vehicles, including airplanes. In this comic, Randall suggests that due to an obscure law, the NTSB has to do a report if a song is downloaded to a {{w\|Flight data recorder\|flight data recorder}}. In this instance, the song used is the 1989 ballad {{w\|Free Fallin'\|"Free Fallin'"}} by {{w\|Tom Petty\|Tom Petty}}. Interpreting the song's lyrics as a description of an incident, the NTSB's report describes a flight over northern Los Angeles County, California. The pilot apparently takes off from his home in Reseda, gliding over Mulholland Drive, skywriting the name of his loved one, and then presumably either skydiving from the craft or turning off its power to achieve free fall. Assuming Tom Petty is the [amateur] solo pilot, either action would be a dangerous maneuver risking not only his vehicle but the lives of the civilians below, and quite possibly his own.		The {{w\|National Transportation Safety Board\|National Transportation Safety Board}} (NTSB) issues reports on incidents involving various types of vehicles, including airplanes. In this comic, Randall suggests that due to an obscure law, the NTSB has to do a report if a song is downloaded to a {{w\|Flight data recorder\|flight data recorder}}. In this instance, the song used is the 1989 ballad {{w\|Free Fallin'\|"Free Fallin'"}} by {{w\|Tom Petty\|Tom Petty}}. Interpreting the song's lyrics as a description of an incident, the NTSB's report describes a flight over northern Los Angeles County, California. The pilot apparently takes off from his home in Reseda, gliding over Mulholland Drive, skywriting the name of his loved one, and then presumably either skydiving from the craft or turning off its power to achieve free fall. Assuming Tom Petty is the [amateur] solo pilot, either action would be a dangerous maneuver risking not only his vehicle but the lives of the civilians below, and quite possibly his own.

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 The {{w|National Transportation Safety Board|National Transportation Safety Board}} (NTSB) issues reports on incidents involving various types of vehicles, including airplanes. In this comic, Randall suggests that due to an obscure law, the NTSB has to do a report if a song is downloaded to a {{w|Flight data recorder|flight data recorder}}. In this instance, the song used is the 1989 ballad {{w|Free Fallin'|''Free Fallin'''}} by {{w|Tom Petty|Tom Petty}}. Interpreting the song's lyrics as a description of an incident, the NTSB's report describes a flight over northern Los Angeles County, California. The pilot apparently takes off from his home in Reseda, gliding over Mulholland Drive, skywriting the name of his loved one, and then presumably either skydiving from the craft or turning off its power to achieve free fall. Assuming Tom Petty is the [amateur] solo pilot, either action would be a dangerous maneuver risking not only his vehicle but the lives of the civilians below, and quite possibly his own.
-The title text refers to the 1996 song "Crash Into Me", off the Dave Matthews Band's second album, ''Crash''. The investigation team likely would not enjoy a song which reminds them of their job, even if it was referring to love instead of planes.{{Citation needed}} They may also have ''some particularly harsh words for Dave Matthews'' if the song ''Crash Into Me'' was downloaded to a {{w|Flight data recorder|flight data recorder}}, which would, by the suggested obscure law, create a record of a crash that did not actually occur, making crash investigation difficult.
+The title text refers to the 1996 song "{{w|Crash Into Me}}", off the {{w|Dave Matthews Band}}'s second album, ''Crash''. The investigation team likely would not enjoy a song which reminds them of their job, even if it was referring to love instead of planes.{{Citation needed}} They may also have ''some particularly harsh words for Dave Matthews'' if the song ''Crash Into Me'' was downloaded to a {{w|Flight data recorder|flight data recorder}}, which would, by the suggested obscure law, create a record of a crash that did not actually occur, making crash investigation difficult.
 Munroe is a “90s kid,” and both of these songs were in heavy rotation on the radio when he was a teenager —- an age when many people make especially emotional connections to the popular music of their era.

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