are we sure Tina made the statement of all black? look at my post above, and then read the notes, and then ending with the descriptions Tina & Flo gave. there descriptions can be found in the gallery under "evidence" the first photo.

Is the descriptions from Alice anywhere to be found?

Correct, as you can see it's Flo who claims he was all in black. that's why I think the notes are in reference to Flo's description, and not Tina?

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This is directly from Gray's website....

Over the years, there have been many D.B. Cooper sketches. There’s the Bing Crosby sketch, released shortly after the hijacking; the one that followed that; the aged depiction of Cooper; all are different in their own ways, have merit in their own ways, and were based on the recollection of three witnesses: Stewardesses Tina Mucklow, Florence Schaffner, and Alice Hancock, who worked in first class.

One witness, however, that was not interviewed by Bureau artists was Robert Gregory, owner of a paint company in Seattle, who sat directly across from the hijacker in row 18. While stewardesses Mucklow and Schaffner were closest to the hijacker and Mucklow spent the longest time with him, Gregory was the most detailed and specific in his observations, according to the Bureau case files.

For instance, Gregory noticed the sunglasses the hijacker was wearing had “horned-rims” and the suit jacket the hijacker was wearing had “wide lapels.” Working with paints, Gregory was likely an expert in picking out colors. According to the Cooper case files, Gregory believed the hijacker’s suit was not black or brown as had been suggested, but was a different shade entirely: “russet.”

Most critically, Gregory described the hijacker’s hair in a very specific way: “Marcelled,” an old French style of creating curls with hot irons. The observation of “marcelled” hair is critical in the case because stewardesses’ Mucklow and Schaffner described the hijacker’s hair as straight. There was one witness though who did back up Gregory’s claim of curly hair: Alice Hancock, the first class stew, who described the hijacker’s hair as “wavy.”

Attached is a new sketch of the hijacker, the “Gregory” sketch, designed as a supplement to the other Cooper sketches out there, and composed by the talented illustrator John Burgoyne. To read more about the sketch and recent Cooper news,

Well...I did it. I contacted William Mitchell. I sent a letter USPS on October 3, 2014. He sent me an email on October 8, 2014 as a response to my letter.
I attached a Word Document with part of our email exchange.

What I found interesting is his comments about his memories of the likeliness of the hijacker compared to the FBI composite sketch. He thought the sketch portrayed the hijacker's face too thin.

Concerning my father:
He found that my fathers facial features were more consistent to what he remembers.
He had hesitations about the size of my father in the video from 1970 (the lake shot) and thought Mel was too big, but
according to Unsolved Mysteries episode, my father was 6' and 180 lbs at the time of his disappearance on September 15. 1971.

What interests me is Mitchell's 'sense' of sizing Cooper up - Mitchell says: 'In 1971 I was 6'2" and probably weighed 195 lbs. and in pretty good shape.' Mitchell was a young vigorous male/college student. Mitchell says after learning what was really going on with Cooper he thought: 'I could have overpowered him'. Key word is "overpowered" him. That puts Cooper as slighter in build, or maybe less physically dominant in presence and demeanor in Mitchell's assessment, especially if Mitchell and Cooper were similar in height. That's an interesting judgment if Mitchell wasn't just boasting as an after-thought?

You might ask Mitchell what specifically made him think he could have "overpowered" the hijacker. If it was a physical comparison or an overall general appraisal of the hijacker including his age, compared to the younger Mitchell himself. Ask Mitchell if he was a wrestler or in athletics as a college student, or had been in high school, or if Mitchell was going through any military training like ROTC in college etc? What made Mitchell think he could have "overpowered" the hijacker ?
 

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This is directly from Gray's website....

Over the years, there have been many D.B. Cooper sketches. There’s the Bing Crosby sketch, released shortly after the hijacking; the one that followed that; the aged depiction of Cooper; all are different in their own ways, have merit in their own ways, and were based on the recollection of three witnesses: Stewardesses Tina Mucklow, Florence Schaffner, and Alice Hancock, who worked in first class.

One witness, however, that was not interviewed by Bureau artists was Robert Gregory, owner of a paint company in Seattle, who sat directly across from the hijacker in row 18. While stewardesses Mucklow and Schaffner were closest to the hijacker and Mucklow spent the longest time with him, Gregory was the most detailed and specific in his observations, according to the Bureau case files.

For instance, Gregory noticed the sunglasses the hijacker was wearing had “horned-rims” and the suit jacket the hijacker was wearing had “wide lapels.” Working with paints, Gregory was likely an expert in picking out colors. According to the Cooper case files, Gregory believed the hijacker’s suit was not black or brown as had been suggested, but was a different shade entirely: “russet.”

Most critically, Gregory described the hijacker’s hair in a very specific way: “Marcelled,” an old French style of creating curls with hot irons. The observation of “marcelled” hair is critical in the case because stewardesses’ Mucklow and Schaffner described the hijacker’s hair as straight. There was one witness though who did back up Gregory’s claim of curly hair: Alice Hancock, the first class stew, who described the hijacker’s hair as “wavy.”

Attached is a new sketch of the hijacker, the “Gregory” sketch, designed as a supplement to the other Cooper sketches out there, and composed by the talented illustrator John Burgoyne. To read more about the sketch and recent Cooper news,

Well...I did it. I contacted William Mitchell. I sent a letter USPS on October 3, 2014. He sent me an email on October 8, 2014 as a response to my letter.
I attached a Word Document with part of our email exchange.

What I found interesting is his comments about his memories of the likeliness of the hijacker compared to the FBI composite sketch. He thought the sketch portrayed the hijacker's face too thin.

Concerning my father:
He found that my fathers facial features were more consistent to what he remembers.
He had hesitations about the size of my father in the video from 1970 (the lake shot) and thought Mel was too big, but
according to Unsolved Mysteries episode, my father was 6' and 180 lbs at the time of his disappearance on September 15. 1971.

What interests me is Mitchell's 'sense' of sizing Cooper up - Mitchell says: 'In 1971 I was 6'2" and probably weighed 195 lbs. and in pretty good shape.' Mitchell was a young vigorous male/college student. Mitchell says after learning what was really going on with Cooper he thought: 'I could have overpowered him'. Key word is "overpowered" him. That puts Cooper as slighter in build, or maybe less physically dominant in presence and demeanor in Mitchell's assessment, especially if Mitchell and Cooper were similar in height. That's an interesting judgment if Mitchell wasn't just boasting as an after-thought?

You might ask Mitchell what specifically made him think he could have "overpowered" the hijacker. If it was a physical comparison or an overall general appraisal of the hijacker including his age, compared to the younger Mitchell himself. Ask Mitchell if he was a wrestler or in athletics as a college student, or had been in high school, or if Mitchell was going through any military training like ROTC in college etc? What made Mitchell think he could have "overpowered" the hijacker ?
 

I emailed Bill Mitchell and asked him your questions above in bold. Here is his response:

When asked directly by the FBI if I thought I could have  “done” something to the hijacker if I would have known the situation. (bomb, etc etc)  I told them I thought I could have (but I said I never would have tried).  Anyway in 1971 I was 6’2” and probably 195 lbs.  I played football, basketball and track in high school.  Probably would have played football in college except for an injury.  So yes I thought I could have overpowered him.  I was in the middle seat on the left and Tina was in the aisle seat on the right with D.B. in the middle and there was a brief case in the window seat that I remember and he had his hand in and out of the brief case.  I thought I could have timed it so when his hand was out of the brief case (i.e lighting up another cigarette) I could have jumped him and either jerked him out or overpowered him.

and he continues with:

One other point that could play a part in my thoughts about over powering him..  As I told Richard Tosaw in his book “D.B. Cooper Dead or Alive”, I was a 20 year old college sophomore and I really couldn’t understand why this Flight Attendant was paying so much attention to this older guy with a white shirt and clip on tie!  So there could a little bit of ego involved!!!
 
Hope this helps