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To: Bernard Marx

DB Cooper bailed out of an aft stairway on a 727. He also demanded that the cabin remain unpressurized and he bailed out at a relatively low 10,000 feet, with the airplane travelling at a very slow 120 mph.

After DB Cooper used an airstair to escape from an aircraft in mid-air, Cooper vanes were installed to prevent an aft stair from being deployed in flight.


81 posted on 09/26/2013 12:46:13 PM PDT by kidd (No blood for ego)
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To: kidd; KarlInOhio

Thanks for the info — shows what I know. I remember he bailed out at relatively low altitude. I love the term “Cooper vanes.”


155 posted on 09/26/2013 2:14:15 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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