Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Quartermaster School examiner re 28-foot emergency parachuteInterviewed 11 December 1975page 2 of 2
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Part 36, page 480

DB Cooper-14133Serials RH 164-74

Interviewed 11 December 1975Dictated 12 December 1975Transcribed 12 December 1975

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 36 p. 480 (DB Cooper-14133), FD-302 interview, interviewed 11 Dec 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-36/pages/480

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RH 164-74 -2-

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He advised that 28 foot emergency parachutes are commonly used by overweight individuals as front- packs. [REDACTED] advised that this parachute, when compacted, could be carried in a briefcase or shopping bag.

[REDACTED] advised that these parachutes were available all over the United States in view of the fact that they had been sold as surplus by the military.

[REDACTED] advised that the military placed a ten year maximum use date on a parachute, and therefore these parachutes would have been sold as surplus no later than 1965 or 1966.

[REDACTED] advised that this ten year date is not honored by Jump Clubs and, therefore, many of them still use this type parachute.

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DB Cooper-14133