McCoy was convicted of a subsequent ransom hijacking
Posted on 12/01/2024 8:52:20 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Chanté and Rick McCoy III say their father, Richard McCoy Jr, was the man who identified himself as Dan Cooper when he boarded a Northwest Orient Airlines jetliner from Portland to Seattle in November 1971.
“That rig is literally one in a billion,” Gryder said of the parachute, according to the Cowboy State Daily. He said FBI agents had visited the property of the McCoys’ mother, Karen, who died in 2020, last year. Agents searched “every nook and cranny”, according to Gryder, and the McCoys handed over the parachute.
McCoy, a former military helicopter pilot who served in the Vietnam war, was among a number of suspects investigated by the FBI after he hijacked a plane on 7 April 1972, leaping out of the aircraft with $500,000 cash, over Provo, Utah. McCoy was arrested two days later and sentenced to 45 years in prison, but he escaped in 1974 – after three months on the run he was killed by an FBI agent.
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And still some fun.
Ah yes, of course I would pack up my parachute and carry it back out of there instead of burying it.
Who robs and airplane, parachutes into remote mountain/forest territory - and then carries out their parachute?
Not me. I’d never jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
Love to see That One in a Billion Rig
McCoy was convicted of a subsequent ransom hijacking
Yeah, one of those intriguing mysteries that will probably never be solved.
Whoever it was I’ll give him one thing......he had some big stones to jump out of a jet, much less in those conditions AND at night.....or he was just complete lunatic.
Amazing resemblance
“The military standard bailout rig had been altered by Cossey to be a sport parachute with modifications that make it “as unique as a snowflake,” Gryder said.
Guessing it was an Army surplus modified for sport jumping T-10???
The better ones had a low porosity treatment, AKA LOPO Cheapo.
Once upon a time really available in nearby pawn shops...
In case we missed it the first seven times it was posted here?
Yeah, amazing. Both are white guys.
One has rounded eyes. One has short weird bushy round eyebrows vs long thin one.
One has a normal width nose with a bump vs a pencil thin straight bird nose.
One is bookish with a feminine look vs a country bumpkin look with Dumbo ears.
—”Amazing resemblance”
YES!!!
I tend to follow these stories and this is the best I have seen!
Am I remembering wrong that DB Cooper demanded two parachutes?
For the complete story go to https://www.youtube.com/@ProbableCause-DanGryder
I’ve been a collector of Old G.I.
Canvas gear since I was a Kid and have it All in Storage. Never seen anything like what’s being described here.
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Need some suspenders with a Pistol belt ?
If the Fed’s do decide their father was Cooper, good luck proving none of your family assets came from that money
—”AND at night”
I was involved in a JUMP INTO THE NEW YEAR midnight event, with no injuries but some damaged pride.
One locked in on a local campfire far from our DZ fire and walked about a mile to find a surprised New Year’s party.
Another was hung up in a tree... his feet were only about three feet above the ground??? When questioned as to why he didn’t slide down on the reserve, he said he didn’t want to pull the reserve. (They are packed by a rigger)
All claimed to be unimpaired, but people talk.
—”In case we missed it the first seven times it was posted here?”
Nothing comes up on a title search.
“[Cooper] requests $200,000 in a knapsack by 5:00 pm. He wants two front parachutes, two back parachutes. He wants the money in negotiable American currency.”[18][b] By requesting two sets of parachutes, Cooper implied he planned to take a hostage with him, thereby discouraging authorities from supplying non-functional equipment.[19]
WIKI
One is a photo, the other a sketch made hours(?) after viewing.
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