1.   Not all authorities agree on this point and many experienced flyers maintain that the horizontal stabiliser is unnecessary.

2.   Bilal had been an experienced flyer with the Royal Jordanian Falcons, the aerial acrobatic team of the Jordanian air force.

3.   Both the pilot and radio officer were experienced flyers who had been in the Navy eight years.

4.   He said Lopez survived partly because he was an experienced flyer and there were good weather conditions that helped rescuers find him.