Investigative insert re parachute club source on skydiving mechanics and VOR navigation
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-64:124-125 Document: Investigative insert re parachute club source on skydiving mechanics and VOR navigation Id: Cooper-Part-64:124-125 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-64%3A124-125 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 64 pp. 124–125 (DB Cooper-26933–26934), Report — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-64%3A124-125
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On November 27, 1971 [REDACTED], a man who is familiar with parachute clubs and jumpers in the southwestern part of Washington and northern part of Oregon, advised that a person jumping from a plane at about 7000 feet who had experience could free fall and while doing so could count to 25 seconds which would then place him at 3000 feet and for this reason no altimeter would be needed. He pointed out that if the subject could have seen the ground there would be no problem in landing if he had experience as a jumper. He further pointed out that his experience as a jumper shows him that the subject would not have needed jump boots, a helmet, jump suit, or any other special equipment for he and other chutists jump in shorts, tennis shoes, and other non-jumping equipment when weather conditions are right. He also pointed out that the subject could land within one mile of a pin point spot picked if he had experience and knew when to jump. Further, he stated the subject would have travelled 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile from the drop line from the plane in a 30 mile per hour wind if he opened his chute at 3000 feet. [REDACTED] also advised that he could also state that if the subject had experience he would know that the easiest place to put a container with the money would be between his legs and this would not cause any problems on landing or during descent. [REDACTED] suggested one person whom he thought could be capable of the hijacking and that would be [REDACTED], who is a good and experienced parachutist and pilot.
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[REDACTED] advised that the parachute clubs in the area he is familiar with are the Pacific Parachute Club which uses Donald airfield 30 miles south of Portland, Oregon, and the Western Sport Parachute Center which uses both the Frink field and the Hockinson field near Vancouver, Washington; he pointed out that Puckett airfield is no longer used as a jump center.
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On November 28, 1971 [REDACTED] Vancouver Piper Aviation, 209 East Reserve Street, Vancouver, Wash- ington, was contacted and advised that he and a group of experienced pilots had been discussing the hijacking and he advanced the theory that in view of the cloud cover on the night of November 24, 1971 only an experienced jumper knowing
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164-81 - Sub. D DB Cooper-26933
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the area would have attempted such a jump and further that a small control receiver such as a Very High Frequency Omni Receiver (VOR) or a ground beacon receiver unit could have been utilized to secure an almost pin point landing. He also pointed out that in the vicinity of Cougar, Wash- ington which is located in Cowlitz County at the northeastern end of Yale Lake, there is an air traffic intersection used by instrument rated pilots to secure their location and such an intersection could have been utilized by the hijacker with a portable receiving unit.
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DB Cooper-26934
Serials: SE 164-81