Part 119, page 341

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1/14/76

AIRTEL

CE 164-101

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work at approximately 3:00 to 3:30 p.m., they discussed a t-shirt which was being worn by another jumper, which bore an inscription concerning "D.B. COOPER." He did not recall the specific connotation involving the t-shirt, nor did he recall who was wearing the t-shirt. They continued their conversation and he learned from [redacted] that she did not know the amount of ransom involved in the incident, but she did comment that COOPER had not been apprehended, and that the airlines had made certain physical changes in aircraft to prevent a re-occurrence. She commented that COOPER had gone out the back of the aircraft, and that he was a good jumper and knew what he was doing. She further commented that the incident was "planned out".

She then stated, "He lives within [redacted] miles of here and jumps with some of the relative workers here."

BUTNER explained that a relative worker is a free falling parachutist who jumps in formations in relation to other free falling parachutists.

BUTNER replied to [redacted] something to the effect that he wondered why no loose-lipped jumper had exposed COOPER's cover. [redacted] replied, "Relative workers are a really close group."

At approximately this time in the conversation, she was called to operate the radio in connection with jumps which were going on, and the conversation did not return to COOPER.

Somewhere in his conversation with either [redacted] or someone else who may have joined the conversation briefly, someone said something to the effect, "COOPER is just sitting on the money."

BUTNER did not know the identity of any of the relative workers at the New River Valley Airport, but did identify [redacted] as some type of instructor with the parachute club.

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