Re: Time Variance Regarding Helicopter

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> On May 11, 10:49 am, Fred Ellis <fkel...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > I have evey episode of 'Lost' recorded on DVD.  I rewatched that
> > helicopter scene and there is no indication what so ever that the
> > helicopter went off course.  Even tho it shows Frank struggling to
> > maintain control of the aircraft the last camera shot of the
instrument
> > panel shows the compass with a heading of 305.
> >
> > Later after the helicopter lands on the freighter, Keamy wants to know
> > happen to Desmond.  Frank tells Keamy that as long as if he stayed on
> > the vector that Faraday gave him everything would be OK.  This implies
> > that Frank did stay on course to get to the ****p.  There's a scene on
> > the beach where Daniel tells Jack that some people just going to or
> > coming from the island can become 'confused' or 'unstuck in time'.
> >
> > What cause Desmond to become 'confused' was the mere fact of him
flying
> > through that storm not the helicopter being off course, which it was
> > not.
> >
> > I don't care what it says in Lostpedia as to how Desmond became
> > 'confused' or 'unstuck in time', who ever wrote that information has
it
> > all wrong.
> 
> So what was the point of showing Frank struggling to stay on course,
> if the only reason Desmond became "unstuck" was the storm?

Struggling with the controls does indeed indicate that they were at
least kept drifting off the correct course, just not completely off
course. This perhaps explains why only Desmond became "unstuck" while
the others were fine.