377 cruising among the clouds last Saturday.

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See my radio gear packs on my chest and leg? Big enough for 200K in twenties? I am getting good at jumping with asymmetrical loads. Not so hard if you anticipate the correction needed to avoid instability.

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Worked Japan on my DSTAR radio, but it uses internet linked repeaters. Snow and G would say that doesn't count, and they'd be kinda right.

I think about DB Cooper on nearly every jump. Who was he, is he still alive? I could see the Santa Rosa area from 14,500 ft and wondered about Sheridan.

I LOVE skydiving. Hard to find a higher thrill for only $24. Maybe $24 worth of crack would produce a bigger rush but I'm just too chicken.

Marla's LD story has CB walkie talkies involved so of course I like that aspect. I think the CB radios of 1971 could have proved useful in a Cooper ground man rendezvous. There is just no credible evidence to support my Norjack radio fantasy.

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Sutter    Just want to mention that 377 told me that when a parachute is open it provides a protection from the rain like an umbrella. So DB was only exposed to the rain when at his start of his jump and once the chute opened, he was protected. It was about 5 minutes and then he was on the ground or in the trees. Therefore, DB did not suffer from exposure very long even though he was dressed in his suit and raincoat. The freezing to death was part of the Cossey story of why DB did not survive that he told the FBI. Why would he make up such a story? Was it to throw the FBI off and not to look for DB suspects? Well, the FBI were smart enough to check out their suspects in the first year following Norjak and that is when they visited my home and asking about Sheridan Peterson (because of his three years experience as a USFS Smoke Jumper. When they visited my home and asked about Sheridan, it dawned on me all the things he did and we talked about while he lived at my home for a month. I knew then that Sheridan was DB and told the FBI that he was DB and they said "yes he has one of their suspects". How smart the FBI were to be so close to finding DB on the first year following Norjak but they were unable to put 2 and 2 together however they did send two female agents to get DNA samples from Sheridan. I believe DNA will be the solution to solving the crime but thee FBI needs to get going and think outside the box.

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Parrotheadvol    Yes because the way he ended our last phone call when I asked at the end of the call if he knew Sharidon. He gasped and sounded like he just swallled a frog when he said no he never heard of him and Sheridan had brought the Boeing Skydiving Club to Issaquah Sky Sports where Cossey worked as a rigger and instructor. They had to know eachother. Cossey then canciled our lunch date and wanted nothing to do with me after that. I know they must have known each other and spent hours together at Issaquah. Cossey would have been a good partner and launderer of the loot at the casinos he frequented. I think Cossey even held the $200K in his investment plan. Could it be that Sharidan visited Cossey when the money ran out and an eyeball to eyeball talk was necessary but the death was accidental and part of a rage at the end?

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Parrotheadvol:  You say:
1. You seem to think that Peterson made it out with the money, so I'm assuming that you think the Tena Bar find was a plant?

2. God forgive me for asking this one, but if Cossey was involved (hypothetically speaking of course), or at least knew who Cooper was, does this bring the Amboy chute back into question?

I say: "the Tina Bar money was most likely the three packs of $20 offered to the Flight Crew but refused and DB  then stashed the three packs into the paper bag he brought on-board and then DB shoved the bag into his shirt. The bag blew out of DB's shirt and floated down to end up at Tina's Bar."
 
The Amboy chute was made from the wrong material to be the DB chute (note to two photo's) Georger has it correct.

I can not attach my two photo's as they are over 200KB but the DB Chute is rip-stop and the Amboy is not.

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Georger:  You say "Read the thread and catch up please. 2016 is coming fast."

I suggest you reread the thread as that is where I read about the three bundles being offered and refused and quit being so negative and refresh your memory. Maybe Bruce or Mark can verify where the three bundle story came from?

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in an attempt at being humorous, stated to the hijacker while the passengers where unloading that there was obviously a lot of money in the bag and she wondered if she could have some. the hijacker immediately agreed with her suggestion and took ONE PACKAGE of the money and handed it to her

I believe since 3 bundles are widely noted that were found on Tina bar, and 3 stews on the plane the myth was born from these events...