Part 96, page 423

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rotted away. Hopefully the wind would have peeled off these bills, one at a time and scatterd th[guess: em] along the river bank, in the water and in the bushes. He hoped that fishermen would find the bills one at a time, and not realizing the source, put them in his po[cket] pocket and later spend them. Figuring that if[f] enough of the money showed up that the F.B.I. would stop,looking, assuming that it was scattered all over, Coopers only mistake was that he miscalculated so the ruber band was still on, not enough sand had been blown away so the bundle was still intact.

Now lets go on the assumption that Cooper was very intelligent. Here is my Profile of his characteristics.

Cooper worked either for an Airline, the military or for Boeing. He was very well aquainted with the 727. He knew all the flight characteristics, that the rear door could be opened in flight, and how to do it. He also knew if his activities would affect the trim and how to compensate.

He was himself an accomplish[ed] pilot, he was an instrument pilot or at least had considerable instrument training, especially with OMNI Navigation. He had considerable experience flying over Oregon and Northern California. Knowing in detail the terrain and exact location of all populated areas, open large fields and all the OMNI (vortac) stations.

He was an experienced parachute jumperPossibly in the military, a smoke Jumper but more likely a private parachute club.

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DB Cooper-43372