SHIVER ME TIMBERS wrote:

As my feeble memory recalls this is based on a true story from the
twenties or thirties.

They were using a helicopter. My reality doesn't allow for that...

Les Nessman "Its, its a helicopter coming, it has something flying
behind it. I can't hardly make it out. It says,
H A P P Y T H A N K S G I V I N G from W K R P what a sight
ladies and gentleman, what a sight. The helicopter is circling the
parking area, perhaps looking for a place to land. No, something just
came out of the back of the helicopter. Its a dark object, perhaps a
skydiver. Plumeting to the earth from only 2000 feet in the air. A
second, a third, no parachutes yet. It can't be skydivers. I can't tell
just yet what they are. OH MY GOD THEY'RE TURKEYS! OH ITS TERRIBLE,
JOHNNY ARE YOU GETTING THIS? THEY'RE CRASHING TO THE EARTH RIGHT BEFORE
MY EYES! ONE JUST WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF A PARKED CAR."

"THE HINDENBURG TRAGEDY WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE THIS!"