SA to SAC Los Angeles re former Boeing employee on 1963 727 aft airstair test
Document date 9 December 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 54 p. 395 (DB Cooper-22862), Memo, dated 9 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-54%3A395-395
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P) DATE: 12/9/71
FROM : SA [REDACTED]
SUBJECT: NORJACK CAA
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On this date, [REDACTED] home phone [REDACTED] work phone [REDACTED] telephonically contacted this office and advised as follows:
[REDACTED] is currently employed as an [REDACTED] in Los Angeles, but in the years [REDACTED] he was an [REDACTED] for BOING, maker of 727 used in captioned matter. Due to the crash of a Corsair, an airplane with rear air doors similar to those on the 727, crash being caused by accidental opening of rear air doors, Boing conducted a test to determine effect on the 727 if rear air doors were accidentally opened in mid-flight. The test was conducted at 10,000 feet, at 140 knots, very close to the stall-out speed of the airplane. Flaps and wheels were down. The rear air door was opened, and maximum hydraulic pressure was exerted, opening the door a total of 12 inches. Doors could not be forced open any further, therefore test discontinued.
The test as described was conducted by the Boeing company in Seattle, in about 1963. [REDACTED] on the flight [guess: was] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] other [REDACTED] aboard were [REDACTED] and (FNU) [REDACTED] Flight test plane was the B - 2. There was a cameraman on board, and [REDACTED] advises there is a record of the test on film.
[REDACTED] stated that he furnished information to Bureau because he had mentioned test to several pilot friends, who recommended that he notify the FBI.
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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED 1971
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DB Cooper-22862
Serials: LA 164-497