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Somebody on Reddit asked about the theory that the TBAR money wasn't from Cooper... That was my research and theory and it is a bit complex but theoretically possible that the TBAR money was NOT from Cooper at all. I can hear some eyeball roll already. I am not claiming this is fact or I think this happened, I don't know what exactly happened but it is theoretically possible. Fact.. We know that the money found on TBAR matched the FBI list. Fact.. The list was short 2 bills. The issue is the creation of the FBI list and its accuracy, it was a keystone cops type of process. Most people, even seasoned Cooper researchers don't understand how that FBI serial number list was created and the room for error. This is a bit complicated but the FBI list might not be accurate. The money was pre-recorded by the bank and in a special stash of $250,000 with $230,000 being in $20's and $20,000 in tens.. The bank pulled 100 packets ($200,000) in bundles and sent them to Cooper. So, 15 packets ($30,000) were left behind from the stash The Bank sent the Recordak Micro of all $250,000 to the FBI... They wrote down the top and bottom bill of the 15 packets remaining at the bank and said to deduct those plus the 98 bills in between from the list. They ignored the $20,000 in tens. Got it so far.. The FBI had to deduct 1500 bills from the micro based on only 15 pairs of serial numbers to get an accurate list. The bank immediately incorporated the 15 packets back into a new bank emergency ransom stash. The FBI was having trouble figuring out the serial numbers to deduct from the original micro so they asked the bank for help. The bank sent them the Recordak of the new bank stash with the 15 bundles left behind in there. The bank gave the FBI the range for the 15 sets of bills in the micro.... but there was an error, one of the bills was incorrect. So, the FBI should have compared the entire list for the first micro vs the second micro and deducted any bills that appeared on the second micro,, the process of creating the FBI serial number list was done by deduction.. They were given a total list that included 1500 bills that Cooper did not take. So, did they get this correct,, were bills manipulated after the original micro before they went to cooper.. I don't know, we can't check without the original micro.. We know the FBI list is missing 2 bills, that indicates an error of some sort. But here it gets interesting.. if they mixed bill numbers and were not deducted properly and the ones left at the bank were on the FBI list then some of the bills would not have gone to Cooper.. Those 1500 bills added to the new extortion/ransom stash may have been used for another event. Another second way the FBI list may not be accurate is if the bank stash was not kept accurate after the initial Recordak. The bills were recorded some time previous and the micro was presumed accurate at the time of the hijacking.. The bills were not recorded right before the hijacking. If some bills were used and replaced but the micro was not redone. This is unlikely as banks are very accurate but it is possible. The problem is the FBI serial number list, we have no way to confirm that they got it right since it was created by deduction and not positive identification. The point is everyone assumes the TBAR money was money given to Cooper is a 100% fact but it is possible based on the convoluted process to create the FBI list that the TBAR money didn't go to Cooper... I think it probably is money given to Cooper but it is something less than 100%... and we can't check,, the fact that 2 bills are missing from the list indicates an error somewhere.

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Oh absolutely. But if someone offers to teach it to you in person, it's not because they're from the 70's... Wendy P.

Duly noted, but still not something I think should be learned based on a forum description. "I learned it on the internet" is filled with ER visits and worse.

It's not, Chuck. It's when, belly to earth (mantis position, really), you push your hands down to steal your own air. It brings you down surprisingly quickly, while keeping your orientation. Don't want to do it for large distances (e.g. diving from the plane), but for those times you come out of your dive higher on the formation than planned, it's a great first step -- especially because of keeping the formation in view. Wendy P.

I'm currently flying a PD 260 at a wing loading of 0.9. I love it. Although I'm a relatively new skydiver, I find that it flies nicely, it's easy to pack and my parachute atleast is in fantastic condition. I have had optimal flare timing and consistently soft openings.