Oklahoma City to Seattle re FAA check of aircraft registration letters 'KDR'
Document date 30 November 1971
Also filed at: Part 111 pp. 50–51
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-111:048-049 Document: Teletype Oklahoma City to Seattle re FAA check of aircraft registration letters 'KDR' Id: Cooper-Part-111:048-049 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A048-049 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 111 pp. 48–49 (DB Cooper-2119–2120), Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-250 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-111%3A048-049
Cesana Aircraft Lead 35 12/6/[71] [illegible initials]
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NR005 OC PLAIN 217PM URGENT 11-30-71 EPM TO SEATTLE (164-81) FROM OKLAHOMA CITY (164-56) (P) 2P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OO: SEATTLE.
RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO OKLAHOMA CITY NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE LAST.
INSTANT DATE, [REDACTED]
FAA, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA., ADVISED THE LETTER "N" PRECEEDS ALL REGISTRATION NUMBERS FOR ALL U. S. CIVIL AIRCRAFT AND INDICATES UNITED STATES NATIONALITY. ROBINSON STATED IN ADDITION TO THE "N" PREFIX, A U. S. REGISTRATION NUMBER CONSISTS OF ONE TO FIVE SYMBOLS, THE LAST ONE OR TWO OF WHICH MAY BE AN ALPHABETICAL SUFFIX. ROBINSON ADVISED THE LETTERS "KDR" DO NOT EXIST IN HIS RECORDS SINCE NO MORE THAN TWO LETTERS ARE ALLOWED IN THE AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER SUFFIX.
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b6 per FAA b7C per FAA
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164-8/-250 [handwritten: Lead] SEARCHED......... INDEXED SERIALIZED........ FILED NOV 30 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-2119
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b6 per FAA b7C per FAA
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[REDACTED] ADVISED THE LETTERS "KDR" ARE SIMILAR TO AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER SUFFIXES USED IN KENYA, AFRICA. A CHECK OF AVAILABLE NINETEEN SEVENTY TO SEVENTYONE RECORDS FOR KENYA, AFRICA, DISCLOSED NO AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION SUFFIX "KDR".
[REDACTED] ALSO STATED HIS RECORDS REVEALED NO AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION FOR ONE [REDACTED]
SEATTLE IS REQUESTED TO REINTERVIEW RESIDENTS WHO SAW AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE IF LETTERS "KDR" WERE PREFIX OR SUFFIX OF TOTAL NUMBER SEEN ON AIRCRAFT.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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JJT FBI SEATTLE CLR
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[illegible initials/notation]
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DB Cooper-2120
Serials: OC 164-56, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-250