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  1.  @johnmurray4918  Witness accounts are that they spent a long time using compressed air to blow moisture out of the magnetos, and had difficulty getting #4 to start. So wet mags are a possibility or a contributing factor.
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  2. +John Murrey I think it is already established that the aircraft struck the ILS instrument towers on the runway threshold. The NTSB is looking at the towers in the inspection video. https://www.ctnewsjunkie.com/images/made/upload/2019/10/ntsb-screengrab-bradley-runway-light-post-crash-b-17-20191002-720_720_381_99_sha-100.jpg
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