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Due to poor visibility, his descent went unnoticed by the United States Air Force F-106 jet fighters tracking the airliner. He was initally believed to have landed southeast of the town of Ariel by the edge of Lake Merwin, 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon. Later pilot information puts the jump location about 20 miles further west. This marker is at approximately that point.


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What later pilot information given by who to whom now given to us by Dude Shri Dude Monad

here are his jump coordinates ... long way off any flight path. Check this yourself...

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What do people think about Cooper wanting out of the plane 5 minutes or so into the flight? are we to believe he wanted out early, or was he setting up for the jump. Rataczak then went to 30 degree's on the flaps to stabilize the plane, but this was eating more fuel, then minutes later went back to 15 degree's.

What would be the benefit of jumping this early into the flight? no, it wasn't to get to Bonney Lake  Bernie was waiting for him near Portland 

This is a myth started by Ckret, imho, based on two fragments of evidence: (1) he wanted the door open and the stairs down at takeoff, (b) according to Hancock and the stews he examined the chutes and began putting one on 'like he had done it before' almost as soon as the chutes came on board, although there is nothing to substantiate that in the Transcripts or the Notes to verify the pilots were told 'he wants to bail asap after take off'. Ckret is the author of the Wanted to Jump Early Theory'. 

In contrast to the above, at 7:54 pm there is a definite communication based on observation: "305 - Miss Mucklow said he apparently has the knapsack around him and thinks he will attempt a jump." Oscillations and the bump follow around 8:11-8:13 on the Transcript timeline.

Benefits to bailing early at Seattle? None. That would be the same as jumping right into the hands of the FBI and law enforcement. The plane is not configured for him to jump vs. the long involved procedure Cooper himself begins around 8:05pm asking the plane be slowed and stabilised etc ... so he can jump!

I dont see any evidence that he intended to bail early. I think this is all Ckret's opinion. Later there is concrete evidence he intends to jump, and he jumped then, and the crew reported it.

For me, all of this amounts to some people trying to force ideas on the case, and I don't know why that is. We also have 'someone' saying: "Some short time passed between the moment the airstairs-open indicator light came on up in the cockpit, and when the so-called 'pressure bump' occurred". I guess it depends on what you call a "short time". The Transcripts say the airstair light came on a 7:42 pm: "305 - We now have an aft stair lite on." Then a full 30 minutes later at 8:12 pm  we have: "305: Getting some oscillations in the cabin. Must be doing something with the air stairs." 

A short time later?

He intended to bail early just outside Seattle?

Maybe Cooper screwed up and hijacked the wrong airline and thought he was in Brazil?     They do say he had olive skin and Flo says he may have been Latin? Ela de Carioca and the Brazil Grill are just south of the Portland Itl Airport! Holly crap! Cooper thought he was in Brazil!
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What do people think about Cooper wanting out of the plane 5 minutes or so into the flight? are we to believe he wanted out early, or was he setting up for the jump. Rataczak then went to 30 degree's on the flaps to stabilize the plane, but this was eating more fuel, then minutes later went back to 15 degree's.

What would be the benefit of jumping this early into the flight? no, it wasn't to get to Bonney Lake  Bernie was waiting for him near Portland 

This is a myth started by Ckret, imho, based on two fragments of evidence: (1) he wanted the door open and the stairs down at takeoff, (b) according to Hancock and the stews he examined the chutes and began putting one on 'like he had done it before' almost as soon as the chutes came on board, although there is nothing to substantiate that in the Transcripts or the Notes to verify the pilots were told 'he wants to bail asap after take off'. Ckret is the author of the Wanted to Jump Early Theory'. 

In contrast to the above, at 7:54 pm there is a definite communication based on observation: "305 - Miss Mucklow said he apparently has the knapsack around him and thinks he will attempt a jump." Oscillations and the bump follow around 8:11-8:13 on the Transcript timeline.

Benefits to bailing early at Seattle? None. That would be the same as jumping right into the hands of the FBI and law enforcement. The plane is not configured for him to jump vs. the long involved procedure Cooper himself begins around 8:05pm asking the plane be slowed and stabilised etc ... so he can jump!

I dont see any evidence that he intended to bail early. I think this is all Ckret's opinion. Later there is concrete evidence he intends to jump, and he jumped then, and the crew reported it.

For me, all of this amounts to some people trying to force ideas on the case, and I don't know why that is. We also have 'someone' saying: "Some short time passed between the moment the airstairs-open indicator light came on up in the cockpit, and when the so-called 'pressure bump' occurred". I guess it depends on what you call a "short time". The Transcripts say the airstair light came on a 7:42 pm: "305 - We now have an aft stair lite on." Then a full 30 minutes later at 8:12 pm  we have: "305: Getting some oscillations in the cabin. Must be doing something with the air stairs." 

A short time later?

He intended to bail early just outside Seattle?

Maybe Cooper screwed up and hijacked the wrong airline and thought he was in Brazil?     They do say he had olive skin and Flo says he may have been Latin? Ela de Carioca and the Brazil Grill are just south of the Portland Itl Airport! Holly crap! Cooper thought he was in Brazil!
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The story about wanting to takeoff with the rear stairs unlocked first appears in Tosaw's 1985 book.  So it wasn't developed by Ckret.

The best solution to having the stairs down prior to take off would be the element of surprise, they wouldn't know exactly when he jumped. he probably wouldn't have known it would register on the engineer's panel. that's one way of looking at it?