Insert re Phoenix lead on pilot who hauled parachute jumpers at Hemet and Palmdale
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Id: Cooper-Part-55:129-130
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 55 pp. 129–130 (DB Cooper-23272–23273), Report — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-55%3A129-130
1 LA 164-497 CHH/kah
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On November 28, 1971, the Phoenix Division of the FBI advised that one [REDACTED] was employed as a pilot in the Hemet and Palmdale, California areas in the early 1960's hauling sport parachute jumpers and skydivers.
The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]
On December 2, 1971, [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office (LASO), Antelope Valley Station, Lancaster, California, which office also covers Palmdale, California, both stated they have never known any skydiving to take place in Palmdale. They said they have resided in the Lancaster-Palmdale area for several years and Fox Field at Lancaster is the only airport they know is in the area where skydiving has ever taken place. [REDACTED] said [REDACTED] Lancaster, [REDACTED] for several years and would have knowledge of this activity. He and [REDACTED] observed the artist's sketch of the unknown subject and advised it did not resemble anyone they knew. They said the name [REDACTED] was unfamiliar to them.
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A review of the LASO, Antelope Valley Station, files failed to indicate any record identifiable with [REDACTED]
On December 3, 1971, a review of the Credit Bureau of Lancaster-Palmdale files failed to indicate any record identifiable with [REDACTED]
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On December 2 and December 3, 1971, [REDACTED] Lancaster, was interviewed at his place of business, [REDACTED] Lancaster. [REDACTED] said he was in the skydiving business from about [REDACTED] to [REDACTED] He [REDACTED] Fox Field, Lancaster. During this period, [REDACTED] and there was no skydiving being done at Palmdale.
[REDACTED] reviewed his jump manifest records and was unable to locate anyone by the name of [REDACTED] as a pilot
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DB Cooper-23272
164-497-195 [guess: 195]
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b6 b7C
2 LA 164-497 CHH/kah
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or a jumper. He said the name [REDACTED] is not familiar to him but due to the large numbers involved in the program, it is possible he may never have met the individual. He stated that on some weekends they had as many as 400 individuals involved in skydiving. Some of his manifest records have been misplaced so he was unable to check the complete record.
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[REDACTED] advised further that the pilot who flew for him during most of the time he was in the business was [REDACTED] also known as [REDACTED] presently resides at [REDACTED] Bakersfield, California, telephone [REDACTED] and is employed by the United States Forest Service. [REDACTED] was acquainted with the other pilots who worked for short periods of time and the name [REDACTED] may be familiar to him.
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[REDACTED] observed the artist's sketch of the unknown subject and said it did not resemble anyone he knew.
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DB Cooper-23273
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b6 b7C b6 b7C b6 b7C
Serials: LA 164-497