On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 14:25:29 UTC, (Paul
Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, "BTIZ" said:
yes... they can get that high..
taking advantage of the jet stream would be my guess

Note the location was Colorado Springs. Maybe it got pushed that high by
a mountain wave and wasn't any happier about it than the 757 was.


I once read about a B707 that hit a goose at FL350 over the North
Atlantic, so they don't need any help from mountains to get that high.

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