Air Line Pilot magazine, Feb. 1972: cover and 'the briefing' item 'Have you seen D.B. Cooper?'
Document date February 1972
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-02:009-010 Document: Air Line Pilot magazine, Feb. 1972: cover and 'the briefing' item 'Have you seen D.B. Cooper?' Id: Cooper-Part-02:009-010 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-02%3A009-010 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 2 pp. 9–10, News clipping, dated Feb 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-02%3A009-010
FEBRUARY AIR LINE PILOT THE MAGAZINE OF PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT CREW[S — cut off]
AROUND THE WORLD—THE LONG WAY MLS: A STATUS REPORT BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING 747'S FUTURE BRIGHT[illegible/cut off]
the briefing
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Air Safety Forum to ask 'What Price Safety?'
"What Price Safety?" will be theme of the 1972 ALPA Air Safety Forum to be held May 23-25 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. Captain Richard Heller, Region Three safety chairman, has been named general chairman of the 19th annual Pilot Division safety conference. Margie Slagle (PAI) will be chairman of the 10th S&S Division Forum.
Tentative agenda for the pilots' forum calls for a closed luncheon meeting Tuesday, May 23, followed by closed sessions in the afternoon and meetings of the five regional safety committees in the evening.
Open sessions begin Wednesday morning, May 24, with a welcome by ALPA President John J. O'Donnell. Wednesday morning programs will discuss hijacking. There will be a formal luncheon. The afternoon will be devoted to disaster planning, two-segment approaches and noise-abatement procedures.
Thursday morning sessions will be devoted to airport safety, status of the airport certification program and ALPA's plan to accelerate installation of airport facilities. Thursday afternoon will schedule workshop action groups on air traffic control, collision avoidance systems, airworthiness and performance and accident prevention. Honors night reception and banquet is set for Thursday evening.
Buses will leave the Mayflower Hotel at 10 a.m. Friday morning for a special VIP preview of Transpo '72 at Dulles International Airport.
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NAS Planning Review Conference set for May
The Fourth Annual National Aviation System Planning Review Conference will be held May 1-3 at the Twin Bridges Marriott Hotel in Washington according to FAA.
Papers have been invited on following tentative list of subjects: Human Factors and Biomedical Factors in Aviation; National Airspace System of the Future; Airport Development Fund; Balanced Transportation; New Technology, and Environmental Factors Affecting Aviation.
Registration is open to anyone interested. Registration fee of $5 is required of those who wish to receive all conference papers and the 1972 editions of the NAS Policy Summary and the 10-year plan. Register by writing to FAA, Attention: HQ-200, 800 Independence Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20591.
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Have you seen 'D. B. Cooper'?
The man calling himself "D. B. Cooper" who hijacked a Northwest 727 and extorted $200,000 in the process last November is the subject of a widespread manhunt. During the episode, "Cooper" demonstrated more than a passing knowledge of the air environment, especially parachuting. He also showed a fair familiarity with airline aircraft operation.
It is possible that "D. B. Cooper's" path may have crossed that of airline personnel at some time under another name. He expressed a bitter hatred for the airlines and may have worked for one.
From descriptions furnished by those involved, the FBI has provided the following description and artist drawings of "Cooper" in the hope that ALPA members and other readers may be able to furnish some lead as to his whereabouts, dead or alive:
Race: White Age: Mid-40s Height: 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet Weight: 170 to 180 pounds Build: Average to well built Complexion: Olive, Latin appearance, medium smooth Hair: Dark brown or black, normal style, parted on left, combed back, sideburns, low ear level Eyes: Possibly brown; during latter part of flight put on dark wrap-around sunglasses with dark rims Voice: Low, spoke intelligently, no particular accent Characteristic: Heavy smoker of Raleigh filter-tip cigarettes Wearing apparel: Black suit, white shirt, narrow black tie, black dress suit, black rain-type overcoat or dark topcoat, brown shoes; carried paper bag 4 inches by 12 inches by 14 inches and dark briefcase or attaché case
If you have any information that might lead to the identity of this individual, please contact the nearest FBI office.
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U.S. limits housing near noisy airports
The federal government is discouraging community development around airports by withholding funds for housing loans where it thinks noise complaints are likely to occur. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is working closely with FAA to develop guidelines called "noise exposure forecasts," which are based on FAA's composite noise rating calculations. New construction is "unacceptable" to HUD in an area where noise exceeds 80 db for one hour out of every 24, or 75 db for eight hours of every 24. Locations are normally acceptable if noise does not exceed 65-75 db more than eight hours a day.
In FAA's composite noise rating calculations, takeoffs and landings under 100 db and run-ups under 80 db are rated acceptable by HUD. [text partially cut off at bottom-right edge]
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AIR LINE PILOT/February 1972
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