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 "3.tif:43 AM - Fey, Trip 16, to Salt Lake City.tif: 'Over the Salt Lake Range Station at 3.tif:40. What's the weather?' Dispatcher Edson, Salt Lake City, to Trip 16.tif: 'The last weather report gave ceiling 1300 feet, overcast, visibility 8 miles with light snow. The Salt air beacon is visible but low clouds or smoke in the West and Southwest. Conditions are still good north of field.' Fey, Trip 16, to Salt Lake City.tif: 'What was that special weather report we heard a little while age which reported visibility 5/8 of a mile?' Edson.tif: 'That was not Salt Lake. We can see the Saltair beacon.' * Fey.tif: 'We are over the field at 13,000 feet.' Edson.tif: 'OK. The thing to watch is this low drifting stuff to the west and southwest of the field.' Fey, Trip 16, acknowledged.

"3.tif:44 AM - Salt Lake City to Trip 16.tif: 'Are you at 13,000 feet or at 11,000 feet?' Fey. Trip 16.tif: 'We are still at 13,000 feet. We are on top.' Salt Lake City acknowledged.

"3.tif:48 AM - Salt Lake City to Trip 16.tif: 'The wind on the field is calm. You may land south on the concrete runaway.' Fey, Trip 16.tif: 'I can hear you but can't read you. Will call later.' Salt Lake City acknowledged.

"4:01 AM - Fey, Trip 16, to Salt Lake City.tif: 'Go ahead now.' Salt Lake City repeated the landing instructions. Fey, Trip 16.tif: 'On top again 14,000 feet. There is an awful lot of static in here. We are going to try to come in again. Will be over the range pretty soon.' Salt Lake city acknowledged. Fey, Trip 16.tif: 'Repeat, Salt Lake.' Salt Lake.tif: 'Just OK'd your report.' Fey, Trip 16.tif: 'OK, We have heavy static.'

"4:01 AM - Airways Traffic Control to Salt Lake City.tif: 'Advise Trip 16 that if he misses his second attempt to try his third attempt from 7,000 feet on the north leg or climb to 13,000 feet on the west leg of the Salt Lake Range.' This message relayed to Trip 16 and acknowledged.

"4:03 AM - Fey, Trip 16.tif: 'We are over the Range Station at 14,000 feet at 4.tif:00 AM, just in the tops of the clouds.' Salt Lake City acknowledged.

"4:05 AM - Dispatcher Edson to Trip 16.tif: 'Another snow flurry moving in from the north. The visibility to the north is about one mile.' No answer.

"4:10 AM - [United's radio operator noted.tif:] 'Snow static.'

"4.tif:10 to 4.tif:11 AM - Edson to Trip 16.tif: 'Weather Bureau has a special weather report.tif: ceiling 900 feet, light snow, visibility 3 miles, but