It's hard to say reading the term. Bourbon and 7up is never used here or north. bourbon and soda isn't either. soda is to the south, pop to the north and west can be soda pop. everyone knew seven and seven. Georger, Bruce, Eric, R99 etc. do you guys use the term bourbon and soda/7up ?

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It's hard to say reading the term. Bourbon and 7up is never used here or north. bourbon and soda isn't either. soda is to the south, pop to the north and west can be soda pop. everyone knew seven and seven. Georger, Bruce, Eric, R99 etc. do you guys use the term bourbon and soda/7up ?

I seem to remember the term "Scotch and water" from somewhere in my earlier days.  The term "Bourbon and branch" seems to have been popular in such places as Texas and the mid-west.  I think it was former President Truman's favorite drink and he was from western Missouri.

I consider the manner in which he paid for his drink--and plane ticket--much more compelling than what he ordered. More to the point, we know he paid with a $20 bill for the plane ticket. We also know that he paid for his drink with a $20 bill. We also know that he didn't have anything smaller than a twenty because Flo asked him if he did.

So why is this important?

It tells me that he did not visit a restaurant or sundry shop before the flight that day. After all, if he had he would have been left with change which he apparently didn't have. Of course, one could argue that he used a credit card, but that seems unlikely for a small purchase when he has cash on-hand and that it leaves a paper trail.

Now when you factor in that he had a pack of Sky Chef matches, I believe that we can deduce that he did not acquire them at the Sky Chef restaurant at PDX. After all, he didn't eat at the restaurant as noted above, and it seems unlikely that he would simply grab a pack of matches when he didn't need them--remember, he was using matches with a white cover that he eventually depleted.

All of this leads me to deduce that he flew through or from a city with a Sky Chef restaurant. I favor JFK as I've noted previously.

Now, it is possible that he acquired the matches from a meal on a previous flight. But that, too, suggests a flight long enough to have served a meal--again the East Coast seems likely.

All of this is reasonable to deduce from how he paid for his drink and not so much what he drank--which I believe he ordered as a "bourbon and 7-Up."

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I consider the manner in which he paid for his drink--and plane ticket--much more compelling than what he ordered. More to the point, we know he paid with a $20 bill for the plane ticket. We also know that he paid for his drink with a $20 bill. We also know that he didn't have anything smaller than a twenty because Flo asked him if he did.

So why is this important?

It tells me that he did not visit a restaurant or sundry shop before the flight that day. After all, if he had he would have been left with change which he apparently didn't have. Of course, one could argue that he used a credit card, but that seems unlikely for a small purchase when he has cash on-hand and that it leaves a paper trail.

Now when you factor in that he had a pack of Sky Chef matches, I believe that we can deduce that he did not acquire them at the Sky Chef restaurant at PDX. After all, he didn't eat at the restaurant as noted above, and it seems unlikely that he would simply grab a pack of matches when he didn't need them--remember, he was using matches with a white cover that he eventually depleted.

All of this leads me to deduce that he flew through or from a city with a Sky Chef restaurant. I favor JFK as I've noted previously.

Now, it is possible that he acquired the matches from a meal on a previous flight. But that, too, suggests a flight long enough to have served a meal--again the East Coast seems likely.

All of this is reasonable to deduce from how he paid for his drink and not so much what he drank--which I believe he ordered as a "bourbon and 7-Up."

Interesting way to look at it EU.

I wonder what the paydays were that month.  They certainly didn't do direct deposit back then.  Could Cooper have maybe been paid in 20's on Wednesday, or gone to the bank and made a withdrawal thinking that it might be his last?  Definitely odd that he did not have smaller bills on him.  Even today a wallet would likely have smaller bills than 20's, at least a few.

How much was the bourbon and 7, or was it free and he just wanted to tip?

It was a bourbon and soda!!  Why do you twist it to a bourbon and 7 up?  Are you nuts about 7 up?  Soda is CLUB SODA. Never heard of it?  Ever hit a bar in your life?  I was 14 when he jumped.  I know how the old boys ordered a drink back in the day.  I worked in restaurants as a cook.  A bourbon and soda is a bourbon and soda.  Not that it matters or will solve this case.  But the poster that wants to twist the facts is dead wrong. Why dont you try and get Muckler or the other sky girl who is hidden somewhere in S Carolina to tell  you what soda mean?  It means soda   Not 7 UP   Even now if someone goes into a bar and is at a social event and does not want to drink, perhaps he or she is an alcoholic?  They usually order a club soda.  Awful tasting stuff I will grant you that.  But no sugar. 

On a more important topic, just how intensive was the search in Canada?  I would think that would be important based on the french comic book and the use of the term "American currency".  Did the Canadian authorities go after this with the same enthusiasm that the US did?  Somehow I doubt it.