Posted on 01/15/2017 2:28:13 PM PST by PROCON
Sigh. Once again, he was D. Cooper, not D.B. Cooper.
That is why I said apparently successful.
I remember reading about a sum of money being found awhile back. I went looking and here is what I found:
In 1980, $5800 of the ransom money (290 bills) was found buried on a sandy shore of the Columbia River near Vancouver, Washington over twenty miles from Lake Merwin. The money was deteriorated and water logged but was still bundled in the original packing. Over $194,000 or 9700 bills from the ransom have never been recovered.
In 2008 a piece of parachute found near Amboy, Washington, six miles from Lake Merwin, is believed to be one of the two parachutes that Dan Cooper used in his escape from the hijacked airplane. These items, the money, placard and parachute are the only evidence that has ever been located in connection with the crime.
Since they have never found a corpse, it remains unclear of he perished during his escape attempt, or if he was successful. The fact that none of the remaining 194,000 has ever turned up is perplexing to say the least and would suggest that something happened to him. But there is certainly no evidence to prove that is the case.
Nowadays people don’t wear any ties when flying, let alone a clip-on. People of Walmart dress better than those riding by plane.
I guess the story makes good TV fodder. An elderly inmate on Prison Break was apparently Cooper, and they took him along on their breakout so they could access the hidden money.
the machines.
Yup.I grew up "middle class" in the 50's and 60's and,as a result,I flew about a half dozen times while in my early-mid teens.Back then flying was a big deal and one dressed up as if he/she was going to church.
Then, in 2011, an Oklahoma City woman, Marla Cooper, came forward to claim that her uncle, Lynn Doyle Cooper, generally known as L.D., was D.B. Cooper of the 1971 hijacking. Lynn Doyle Cooper was known to be a huge fan of the French comic book character Dan Cooper who was a skydiving hero. L.D. was an avid outdoorsman and a logger who was raised in the small town of Sisters, Oregon. He was very familiar with the northwest woods and possessed the survival skills that would be needed to get out of the area following a parachute landing. Marla Cooper believes that he lost control of the money after jumping from Flight 305 explaining why the money has never made it back into circulation.
Marla states that L.D. and another of her uncle’s left her grandmother's house on the morning of November 24th, 1971 on a turkey hunting trip but returned on the 25th bruised and bloody claiming to have been in a car crash. Shortly after that L.D. Cooper disappeared and was not seen by the family again.
Unless something real solid arises, if ever, the DB Cooper story will just stay a part of hijacking lore with many unproven theories and explanations.
“Back then flying was a big deal and one dressed up as if he/she was going to church.”
Back then they didn’t make you take off your jacket, tie, belt, shoes watch and wallet.
There are good reasons to wear as little as possible when flying today
“A clip-on tie makes sense. It can’t get hooked up while jumping or hold you back if someone grabs it.”
I worked security for awhile. They were manditory.
"So, don't step on my clip-on tie..."
Without a doubt, but her story about her uncle was certainly interesting.
Pretty close. 8>)
Wow, I thought he committed suicide because he was triggered.
The comics series was conceived in 1954 as Tintin magazine's answer to the Buck Danny series published in the rival Spirou magazine. It was written and drawn by the Franco-Belgian Albert Weinberg (1922–2011); however, a handful of the stories were written by Jean-Michel Charlier instead. As per the Franco-Belgian comics tradition, after being serialized in a weekly comic book magazine, each completed storyline would appear as a published album.
Although fairly obscure in the English-speaking world since it did not appear in English translation, the comics series nevertheless gained a small measure of notoriety in 2009 in the United States as a result of speculation concerning the identity of the 1971 airplane hijacker who came to be known as D. B. Cooper, but who had actually identified himself as "Dan Cooper". The Cooper Research Team led by Tom Kaye, working in cooperation with Seattle-based FBI agent Larry Carr, speculated that the hijacker may have chosen an alias based on the fictional character, suggesting that he may have been exposed to the comics while on a tour of duty in Europe, or that he may have been of French-Canadian origin. Some of the comics storylines seemingly match aspects of the D. B. Cooper case, including jumping out of a plane with a parachute, as well as a ransom being delivered in a knapsack.[
She knew about the comics angle at least, though speculation of the tie in came out 2 years ealier. As you can also see it does apparently match one of the story lines of the comic series. 8>)
Also, if it was never translated into English, does that mean L.D. Copper is a French Canadian as suggested?
Like I said though, an interesting story she told. However, if he lost control of the loot then I would think it would have been uncovered by now. I suppose a wild animal could have carried it into a den or something, still waiting to be discovered. Still lots of mystery surrounding the case with no definitive answers.
Why would you dress up when the Feds will just make you strip in the name of security - then you have to spend half and hour getting dressed again?
Cooper exited the aircraft via the center rear door, hit 300+ knots of windstream and went ass over teakettle wrapped in his chute like a tamale, then died on impact like a badly delivered order from the butcher shop. SPLAT!
...The new evidence is that he was a tacky dresser!
So was every other Boeing engineer, including my Dad....
And my pocket protector wearing cousin who later helped design the steering system for the Saturn 5 rocket.
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