For those reading and seeing the name McNally wondering the connection. he was a copycat hijacker several months after Cooper's jump. his full name is Martin McNally and hijacked an American Airlines Boeing 727 in June of 1972. we have exchanged dozens of emails about the hijacking and other topics for the last 6 months or so.

The 7:54 report is the pilots relaying what Tina seen earlier in the flight. the same for the contents of the briefcase describing the bomb. they are simply relaying what she seen minutes to hours before since the bomb was well known by then.

When she closed the curtain and Cooper is standing by the door tying money to himself with a parachute on, one can only assume he is ready to jump. that's what they were reporting. it wasn't as if it happened seconds before the 7-54 mark.

Tina got in the cockpit and then they had to deal with Cooper and the trouble he was having. a gap in reporting probably occurred since they had there hands full at the time and then reported what Tina said.

It's actually the ground that provokes the response about the knapsack. they radio saying the quicker they believe he's gone the sooner they can land. they respond with what Tina seen earlier in the flight.

The pressure gauge is a factor in the steps momentarily closing. so is the statement about the stairs being lowered. that's in the transcripts and time stamped. newspapers and 302's have been noted having error's. if Cooper did anything with the stairs between 7:45 and 8:10 it would of been noted as all the other actions were.

The document (302) marked 12888 is confusing because the events are not in order. It gives a timeline of Cooper calling about the stairs after 8:10 and then makes a claim of the stairs being fully extended. then Cooper responds with a no.

It's marked and stamped on the transcripts that Cooper is having trouble with the stairs. it's fact they were communicating with him noted on the transcripts. Rataczak backs this up on the HBO documentary.

He communicates by inter-phone having trouble with the stairs. a couple minutes later they report a light and partially extended stairs. the conversation here could of lead up to the answer of "no" approx. 20 minutes go by and the last communication is reported at 8:05 indicating "everything is ok" which is far from a "no"

The ground radio's about "10 minutes later" the quicker they know Cooper is gone, the "the quicker u can land" this prompts the pilot to report what Tina seen earlier in the flight while returning to the Cockpit and shouldn't be noted as if it just occurred.

The transcripts have faults as well. nothing is noted about any lights or reading from the EP. after they believe Cooper jumped. a gap in communication can be seen where you would think a lot of discussion would take place. Rataczak makes a claim after the fact of being 99% sure he left the plane but the transcripts tell a different story. at 8:52 they give a report of 55 minutes as the last communication with Cooper. that would be 7:57. do we now run like the wind with that report?

They term used for fully extended could be a reference to Cooper being on the stairs causing them to extend. things can get mixed up easily when gather information. somebody needs to try and get answers from the surviving crew before it's too late. the manually recorded transcripts give the impression of possibly "fully extended" by stating they were "extended further". this could be confused with fully extended. people interpret things differently..

The Harrison note differ as well. the manual transcripts stamp a time of 8:52 with Cooper's last communication at 55 minutes. Harrison has it documented at 9:00 which makes sense with the 55 minutes. then we have several references of the famous 23 miles DME from Portland. you would hope to find an 8 minute gap but instead find a 4 minute gap with other reports. he writes twice 8:22 but in the last record of events he writes 8:18. Harrison writes a time of 9:52 with 305 being 58 miles DME from RBL  Vor. the transcripts report 10:05 giving a 13 minute gap.

R99, any input..I realize the teletype will have a delay but will the timing differ with each transmission?

Dfs, can you post the entire interveiw?

Dfs, can you post the entire interveiw?

The interview appears to be almost a whole chapter from the book "Into the Blast". I don't know whether the authors gave permission for such a lengthy quotation to be made public. Having said that, I think this link will bring it up:
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anyone know the names of the F-106 pilots? Over at the F-106 facebook page, there's a post that one of them was Roy Keyt of the 318th FIS (now deceased).

Here's a photo of the late Lt. Col. (then Major) Roy Keyt, pilot of the second F-106. Lead pilot was Major Frank Loesch.

Debris falling...about 1:12 into the video

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