Let's take the money and think this through:

The money weighed 20 lbs. If it got wet it would have weighed appreciably more.

Now assuming he rid himself of everything except the money and that the FBI dropzone is correct, DBC would have had to walk approximately 30 miles in very difficult terrain, in poor weather conditions, while avoiding being seen, carrying a 20 lbs bag of cash.

Think about that for a moment. I challenge anyone to attempt a 30-mile walk carrying a 20 lbs weight in good conditions let alone what I described above.

For anyone, especially someone in his mid-40's, this is bordering on physically impossible--especially if he injured himself in any manner during the jump and landing.

This means DBC had to land much closer to Tena Bar than the FBI thinks. Unless, of course, someone wants to argue that he had the money in the trunk of his car and that he drove it to Tena Bar to bury it which makes absolutely no sense.

Needless to say, I do not believe DBC died that night by way of no-pulling on or near Tena Bar. Therefore, I consider the money find alone an extremely compelling piece of evidence that almost single-handedly significantly limits the actual dropzone to within a few miles of Tena Bar. If I'm right about that, the FBI Flight Path cannot be correct and the Western Flight Path cannot be incorrect.

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Let's take the money and think this through:

The money weighed 20 lbs. If it got wet it would have weighed appreciably more.

Now assuming he rid himself of everything except the money and that the FBI dropzone is correct, DBC would have had to walk approximately 30 miles in very difficult terrain, in poor weather conditions, while avoiding being seen, carrying a 20 lbs bag of cash.

Think about that for a moment. I challenge anyone to attempt a 30-mile walk carrying a 20 lbs weight in good conditions let alone what I described above.

For anyone, especially someone in his mid-40's, this is bordering on physically impossible--especially if he injured himself in any manner during the jump and landing.

This means DBC had to land much closer to Tena Bar than the FBI thinks. Unless, of course, someone wants to argue that he had the money in the trunk of his car and that he drove it to Tena Bar to bury it which makes absolutely no sense.

Needless to say, I do not believe DBC died that night by way of no-pulling on or near Tena Bar. Therefore, I consider the money find alone an extremely compelling piece of evidence that almost single-handedly significantly limits the actual dropzone to within a few miles of Tena Bar. If I'm right about that, the FBI Flight Path cannot be correct and the Western Flight Path cannot be incorrect.

EU, while we disagree about the no-pull and some other details, we certainly agree that all indications are that Cooper jumped very near Tina Bar.  And the Western Flight Path is definitely correct.

So if that's the case, did they just simply get the flight path wrong, or did they intentionally put out a wrong flight path?

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A flight simulation has been done retracing the path made by the Air Force. you have things to consider. how accurate was the timing of the jump. did they look in the right place. you read reports of the oscillation and pressure bump occurring close together and reports of minutes apart. parts of the search area were impenetrable. lots of variables, especially for 1971.

you could pretty much put the plane anywhere east or west from the Columbia close to Amboy and get similar times
with flight since the plane never flew far enough east or west to disrupt any timing.

The Air Force made the map. they had two radar systems. the first was the same system used at civilian airports we know and the second was the Sage radar that protected the country from enemy aircraft. it's not really written in stone exactly how they made the map or what radar they used. the job of the sage radar was to identify all the aircraft in the sky 24/7. they had to mark or "paint" each target so they would know exactly what was in the air at any given time.

The flight path has been disputed by a few believing the path was more westerly flying over the Columbia in the Tina bar area. it is a plausible path but goes against all the known evidence. it's supported by several factors with timing in the flight, the placard found and the money location on Tbar.

There is some who believe the path was more easterly as well including agents..

The weather. that has some issues. a report showing a possible wind change around the time of the jump is in the 302's and a report from a commercial pilot not far behind flight 305. a wrench gets thrown into everything surrounding this case. some say it was pouring and other say it was light rain as weather was documented.

If you are not sure of any type of simulations or wind direction etc. how can one come to a conclusion of life or death?  based on what I know or believe, I think it's possible he made it but can't say for certain. the copycats made it. even at faster speeds. some having zero experience.

One of the benefits of being part of a major show like the one on the History Channel is that a lot of people reach out to you afterwards.

In fact, I was contacted by a commercial pilot for another airline who was sitting in the cockpit of his airliner at SeaTac the night of the skyjacking and watched 305 as it sat off in the distance and listened to radio communication between the 305 pilots and the tower. This is because SeaTac was shut down during the incident and they couldn't depart.

He watched 305 depart SeaTac and was finally permitted to depart SeaTac about half an hour later. Ironically his flight was to PDX, therefore he was only about 30 minutes behind 305. He described the weather to me that night and mentioned nothing of the kind of winds that Bohar (sic?) mentions. In fact, the weather was described precisely as we understand it today, the weather arriving from the southwest which is typical.

The air force tracked every plane that took off and was labeled shortly there after. they would know which planes were which.

Would Portland's ATC be involved in tracking 305?

Would Portland's ATC be involved in tracking 305?