TeletypeOklahoma City to Seattle re FAA check of aircraft registration letters 'KDR'30 November 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 111, page 48

DB Cooper-2119Serials OC 164-56, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-250

Document date 30 November 1971

Open in FBI Vault (Part 111, page 48 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 111 p. 48 (DB Cooper-2119), Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-250 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-111/pages/48

Transcript

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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