Back in 71 skydivers considered it cool to be considered as a Cooper suspect. I strongly suspect MANY lied about having been interviewed by the FBI. Sheridan was a hard core out of the box skydiver who flaunted the USPA and FAA. He was a pioneer wingsuit jumper and was kicked out of the USPA for refusing to comply with their directives. As much as he protests being a DBC candidate I'll bet the skydiver side of him kinda likes it.

I was disappointed I wasn't interviewed. The FBI visited the USPA HQ in Monterey and looked through all the membership records. I was a USPA member, jumped 100% military surplus gear, had recently traveled to Seattle and I owned a 727 flight manual. My age in 1971 was 22 though and that I am sure took me off the list.

Sheridan is an interesting guy and he looks remarkably good for his age. He is charming, wiley and smart. His eyes are piercing blue so no mistaking his true eye color. He keeps up on current events and politics and reads voraciously. His detailed recollections about sport jumping in Saigon mirror exactly what I was told by an ARVN paratrooper who jumped with the Saigon Sport Parachute  Club.

Sheridan does not live in an assisted living home. He lives in subsidized low income housing in a pretty nice place as you can see on the History Channel interview. He and I have a bet on the election: I have 20 on Hillary and he bet 20 that Trump (who he hates) will win. If he pays me with a crisp Cooper 20 I can retire early. 

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Well ladies and germs it looks like I have myself a new personal trainer and he is none other then the legendary Airborne Bob.  Bob thinks I am too skinny and wants to put some meat on these bones ( I weight 125 currently) anyway he has been gracious enough to volunteer his services as my personal trainer. We had our first work out this morning and boy did it kick my ass! AB was a beast though (see pic below) I was surprised at how good of shape he is in for his age...I will keep you guys updated on my progress as my goal is to gain 15 pounds of lean muscle in the next 10 weeks. I know some of you are curious about Jim Shell... he has always been of great interest to me especially his role in the t-bar money plant.

No shutter I guess your not the hippest cat in the ally if you walk around the city ally if you get out at all you will notice people take celfies all the tie when others are around all it required is that your the one taking the pic. As far as proof I have plenty but I don't have to prove diddly squat to you sir.

No shutter I guess your not the hippest cat in the ally if you walk around the city ally if you get out at all you will notice people take celfies all the tie when others are around all it required is that your the one taking the pic. As far as proof I have plenty but I don't have to prove diddly squat to you sir.

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... I know some of you are curious about Jim Shell... he has always been of great interest to me especially his role in the t-bar money plant.

And I have great interest in how you, or Jim, explain the thousands of shards buried at three feet down in the sand.

Answer:  several dredgings and spreadings of the sand.  The Columbia River dredge tore up the money bag as the dredge pulled it from the bottom of the River, at Tina Bar.  But the money bag didn't get completely tore up.  A small chunk of the bag, say 5-6 packets, got tossed up on the shore.  Three packets stayed in tact and 2 or more packets got thrown out a ways into the sand.  Along came the backhoe/grader to level out the sand.  The blade of the backhoe/grader catches the two+ packets, tears them up, and disperses them about in the sand, thus creating the fragments or shards.  The three intact packets escape and are not touched by the blade.  No one notices that any of this has occurred -- there was enough sand in the area to cover up any view of any of the money -- shards or packets.  More dredging and spreading of the sand occurred, several layers, several feet.  The three intact packets get covered by more sand, thus avoiding being torn to bits by the backhoe/blade.  They stay in tact.  Later, there is a need for a big scoop of the sand to fill a hole (a little "sand hole" created by the spreading and moving of the sand), which happens to be near where the money fragments are buried.  The backhoe gets a big scoop of sand, which happens to have the 3 packets of money, in tact, and dumps that big scoop of sand directly on top of the money fragments.  And there you have it....shards and fragments of money buried several feet beneath the 3 intact packets of money.