SAC Seattle to SAC Oklahoma City re FAA pilot license records
Document date 17 May 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-25:281-282
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-25:281-282 Document: Teletype SAC Seattle to SAC Oklahoma City re FAA pilot license records Id: Cooper-Part-25:281-282 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-25%3A281-282 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
A person reads every report. Corrections are made by hand, to the data — titles, dates, names, which pages belong together — never to the scans, and they can take a while to appear.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 25 pp. 281–282 (DB Cooper-8264–8265), Teletype, dated 17 May 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-25%3A281-282
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Date: 5/17/72
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Sub - Pilot's Licenses. [guess: Sub] [guess: trt] EE
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TO : SAC, OKLAHOMA CITY (164-56) FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (-P-) NORJAK.
THROUGHOUT THE HIJACKING, THE SUBJECT APPEARED TO HAVE EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FLYING IN GENERAL; ABOUT THE OPERATION OF THE BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN AND ABOUT FAA AND CONTROL TOWER RULES AND REQUIREMENTS.
BASED ON THIS FACT IT MIGHT BE REASONED THAT SUBJECT IS OR WAS A LICENSED PILOT, POSSIBLY WITH EXPERIENCE IN OPERATION OF THE BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN OR COMMERCIAL AVIATION.
LEADS. OKLAHOMA CITY AT OKLAHOMA. OKLAHOMA IS REQUESTED TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT FAA AND EXPLORE THE FEASIBILITY OF CHECKING FAA RECORDS ALONG THE LINES SET OUT BELOW FOR ANY INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT AID IN IDENTIFYING THE HIJACKER:
ONE. HOW MANY FILES OF LICENSED PILOTS FAA MAINTAINS.
TWO. CAN INFORMATION BE EXTRACTED FROM THEIR FILES BY AGE GROUP.
THREE. DO THEY HAVE PHOTOS OF EACH LICENSED PILOT.
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164-B1- 3353 CEF:klb Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge (3) pjl Sent 6:34 M Per OCA U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE; 1971 - 413-135 DB Cooper-8264
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FOUR. WHAT KIND OF RECORDS DO THEY MAINTAIN ON PILOTS WITHIN THE ABOVE AGE CATEGORIES WHERE THEIR LICENSE MIGHT NOW BE REVOKED, EXPIRED OR LAPSED.
IN THE EVENT SUCH A SEARCH IS FEASIBLE, SEATTLE WILL SET DESCRIPTIVE GUIDLINES FOR SUCH A FILE REVIEW.
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Approved: _______________ Sent _______________ M Per _______________ Special Agent in Charge U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-419-195 DB Cooper-8265