Posted on 02/12/2006 2:00:16 PM PST by skeptoid
Ah, the legend of DB Cooper lives on. If he did die, where did he come from, and is there a family he left behind?
The FBI has never confirmed any particular identity for DB Cooper.
Would the real D.B. Cooper please stand up?
McCoy was also a for-ransom hijacker who was captured shortly after he parachuted into the Utah Desert. He escaped from prison and subsequently was killed by the FBI. Circumstantial evidence strongly points to his being DB Cooper.
If you two start talking about clams and oysters, i am calling the FReep Police.
I am DB Cooper.
Beer talking again?
Hey, if you were making a night blast at 10K' in the freezing rain, you'd want a little something to steady your nerves too.
Real men like "Rangers" have no probs with that.
The airline did take it to court to try and get all the money but the judge made them split it.
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=56508
theres a video
plus you can go to www.dbcoopersmoney.com to see the actual bills.
When I was working at Douglas on the Twin Jet Program, I found out that the rear door release mechanism was redesigned as a result of this incident. The new design received a typical part number that the FAA required to be installed on all aircraft in the fleet and all future ones built. However, the incident and subsequent redesign had so much attention surrounding it that the part was forever conspicuously known as the “D.B. Cooper handle” when anyone talked about it.
You guys may be D.B. Cooper, but I’m Dan Cooper. So there.
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