If you believe, like I do, that the money arrived on the bar via dredging because the money bag landed in the Columbia River, then the flight path (or at least the longitude of it)  becomes irrelevant, because the money drifted or landed where it was dredged or directly on the bar.  If that's the case, then we know approximately when, or I guess where (the latitude) of his jump.  Does this make sense?

How deep was the Columbia back then.  The part they were dredging out... were they widening the channel at all or just deepening it?

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If you believe, like I do, that the money arrived on the bar via dredging because the money bag landed in the Columbia River, then the flight path (or at least the longitude of it)  becomes irrelevant, because the money drifted or landed where it was dredged or directly on the bar.  If that's the case, then we know approximately when, or I guess where (the latitude) of his jump.  Does this make sense?

Keep an open mind on this a while longer.  Perhaps we can define the flight path a bit better in the near future.  And if so, we may also be able to make a valid statement about whether Cooper died in the jump or perhaps survived.  I have discussed this at length on the DZ thread, but I would like to point out again that the Tina Bar area has some unique topography that, depending on the flight path, has the potential for answering any number of questions.  And the money find at Tina Bar is a key factor in answering those questions.

But even at this time I think it is safe to say that if Cooper had landed in the river itself, he would probably have splashed not very far upstream of Tina Bar and floated right by it before sinking into the shipping channel.

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If you believe, like I do, that the money arrived on the bar via dredging because the money bag landed in the Columbia River, then the flight path (or at least the longitude of it)  becomes irrelevant, because the money drifted or landed where it was dredged or directly on the bar.  If that's the case, then we know approximately when, or I guess where (the latitude) of his jump.  Does this make sense?

Keep an open mind on this a while longer.  Perhaps we can define the flight path a bit better in the near future.  And if so, we may also be able to make a valid statement about whether Cooper died in the jump or perhaps survived.  I have discussed this at length on the DZ thread, but I would like to point out again that the Tina Bar area has some unique topography that, depending on the flight path, has the potential for answering any number of questions.  And the money find at Tina Bar is a key factor in answering those questions.

But even at this time I think it is safe to say that if Cooper had landed in the river itself, he would probably have splashed not very far upstream of Tina Bar and floated right by it before sinking into the shipping channel.

... unless his chute becomes snagged on one of hose pile wingdams across from Tina Bar ?

The yellow line is the area of dredging between mile markers 96 & 97.  The black flag symbol across from Tina Bar is an old ship wreck ...

There was another old ship wreck at the northern end of Caterpillar Island and south (upstream) of Tina Bar.  But that ship wreck was apparently removed at some unknown time.

I don't see anything prior to January 1, 1973 in those graphs.  Presumably, the Portland newspaper would routinely report the daily river levels.  Does anyone happen to know if the Portland newspapers for the 1971 and more recent dates are online or maybe available on microfilm?

I think there was a bad flood in the Portland area about the summer of 1972 and the events related to it may be the first time the river got to the 10-12 foot level at Tina Bar following the hijacking.