Memo/airtel SAC Seattle re Boeing 727 technical data on aft stairs8 December 19711 page
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Part 64, page 7

DB Cooper-26693Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1050

Document date 8 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 64 p. 7 (DB Cooper-26693), Memo, dated 8 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1050 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-64/pages/7

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SAC (164-81)(P) 12/8/71

SA [REDACTED] b6 b7C

UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 RE: Boeing Technical CAA-HIJACKING; Data EXTORTION OO: SE RE: [REDACTED]

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On 12/2/71, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Seattle, Washington, furnished the following information:

He was [REDACTED] [REDACTED] testing of this aircraft.

It is physically impossible to make a take-off in the 727 with the rear stairs extended. He explained that if this were attempted the stairs would strike the runway at the point of rotation just prior to liftoff.

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164-81-1050 SERIALIZED/FILED DEC 0 9 1971 FBI-SL

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DB Cooper-26693