FLYJACK

That just is not true,, "packets" was used. Himmelsbach called them a "flat", same thing. Calling the TBAR money 3 "bundles" is where it all went sideways.. because a rubber banded group of packets is a "bundle".. not just words but context is crucial. but how can Carr straighten it out when he doesn't understand that the TBAR money was 3 packets of 100's and was given to Cooper in packets of 100's that were rubber banded into bundles. The FBI said the money was in the same order and packaging..

The initial description of the chute Cooper used. Then Cossey's later description of the chute Cooper used... sometimes NB6, sometimes NB8.. but clearly not the same. Since Cossey also claimed it as his personal customized chute taken from Sky Sports, he has no credibility.

No, I never said Carr was lying, he was incorrect and misunderstood. We now that because he said the 3 TBAR "bundles" were each a random size.. they were not. Carr confused packets of 100 bills with bundles of packets. IMO, there were paper bands on the packets and possibly rubber bands on some as well. The individual packets were rubber banded into bundles.. Another thing is there were 2 bank stashes.. the bank immediately made a second one with the money from the first stash that was not used. The FBI got so confused about deducting the bills not taken from the first micro that they asked for the micro of the second bank stash.. a complete screwup..

Cossey believed his back chutes were taken from Sky Sports.. The NB6/8 was described by Cossey as a sage green nylon container/sage green nylon harness but prior to Cossey describing his chute to the FBI the back chute used by Cooper was described as olive drab container/tan cotton harness.. Cossey thought his personal chutes were to be used, but meanwhile Hayden's were obtained and Lynn Emrich was told only to send the chest chutes.. Cossey didn't know that until later,, but he never corrected his error. The ramifications are astounding...

Another possibility is that money was out in the environment very briefly. For example, somebody goes out searches and finds money that Cooper lost in the jump, keeps it to spend later because it is marked and reward is small.. ends up in the Columbia River intentionally or accidentally in a spring years later.. In that scenario or similar the rubber bands would not deteriorate as fast and enable the packets to fan out in the water years later. It is difficult to determine the deterioration rate of the rubber bands due to unknown environmental variables. I can see the argument for spring '72 or spring '79... too many unknown unknowns.

Of course the bands were not "intact"... "Intact" suggests whole, unbroken and fully surrounding a packet.. Given the condition of the packets that is ridiculous. One packet was missing some top bills so no rubber band there but there were fragments reportedly attached to some of the packets which crumbled when touched.. Those rubber band fragments have never been produced. "Intact" is like "loafers",, made up and inconsistent with the evidence.

Sluggo's site is gone. It can be found on the internet archive here.. https://web.archive.org/web/20190210220215/http://n467us.com/

Finally, Chaucer almost got it... not quite but getting closer. It doesn't eliminate the 8:11 time though and the time of the call is not a "guess". Yes, Rataczak called Soderlind at NWA and reported it minutes later.. (Anderson and Ratazcak) Ratazcak stated they had not yet reached Portland proper but were definitely in the suburbs. He is referring to the call to Soderlind. If Ratazcak called Soderlind minutes after the "bump/jump" and the call was in the suburbs of Portland then the bump was somewhere minutes N of Battleground at 8:15.. (so 8:11- 8:13) This matches the LZ created by Soderlind. It destroys a Columbia River landing. Ratazcak also claimed the mark your radar/shrimpboats to ATC was right away not to Soderlind, so there were two comms from Ratazcak. We don't have that ATC comm but there was dead air from 7:59 to 8:13 due to a frequency/zone error. I don't see any evidence to question Ratazcak's claim but even without it we have enough to establish Cooper jumped minutes North of the suburbs of Portland. aka N of approximately Battleground. This matches and confirms the LZ created by Soderlind. Chaucer writes.. "Bit of talk recently regarding the comms relating to the jump time of Cooper. Larry Carr told me personally (on Eric Ulis's Facebook page) that a transcript of the NWA comms with Flight 305 exists. In his reading of this, he confirms that when the pressure bump happened, they were not on the phone with NWA, but called afterward to report the incident. This comports with what Anderson said in 2014. Carr said that the person doing the recording did not write down the time that the report was received, but instead estimated the time that the crew thought they felt the pressure bump. This would seemingly eliminate the 8:11 jump time based upon the "Rataczak losing his ear piece" comm. This would put the pressure bump an unknown amount of time AFTER the 8:11 time of the report of "oscillations". How far after is still a guess."

Calame and Rhodes claimed a witness identified the tie clasp and tie as McCoy's. This is false, witness was shown a pic and said she recalls McCoy having one similar or possible. Calame and Rhodes exaggerated the witness claim.. this exaggerated claim is used to sell McCoy as Cooper.

More evidence that Blevins has the death penalty law wrong.. Back then you did not need a death during the crime to get the death penalty.. max penalty death.

Checked the McCoy files for the pilot's take on the jump.. The crew saw the red airstair light on.. (It is officially amber but looks red) Felt a movement. Change in pressure. 11:11 - 11:12 radio transmission from crew believed hijacker just exited. Went back and checked, hijacker gone. 11:27 confirmed by radio hijacker gone.

Going through the McCoy FBI files it is abundantly clear that he was not Cooper.. Anyone thinking McCoy was Cooper read the FBI files and that will cure you quickly of that notion. Calame and Rhodes must have known McCoy was not Cooper when they wrote that book, then why? Did they have an agenda to pin NORJAK on McCoy to close it,, knowing that it wasn't him. There is a lot of stuff in the files, most covered before but some interesting points. McCoy was described by witnesses as having a slender build waist up but heaver below the waist. Witnesses had his height from 5' 5" to 5' 10".. Does not have neat handwriting. The only note McCoy left behind.. Artist sketch,, with disguise which was obvious to the witnesses. Witnesses said he had pock marked cheeks, stubby fingers and a noticeable lisp/speech impediment during interview. Scar on cheek.

That begs the question,, did Cossey make it before Hayden bought it?? Hayden bought it with the other back chute at a surplus store, they had Cossey pack it May 21, 1971. Hayden never met Cossey. Cossey got his Master Parachute Rigger certification April 14, 1971.

The chute returned to Hayden SN 226 is a WW2 era tan cotton Pioneer P2-B-24 container with a newer Pioneer sage green nylon "quick fit" harness, date April 1957.

Yup, that is one possibility.. Either.. Tina was mistaken/misquoted and she noticed the light on, not saw it come on. Cooper put the lever back to the up detent then moved it forward again. The crew's first notification was actually the rear door light not the airstair light, so misreported. This is interesting because Rataczak mentioned the increase in noise when the door opened.. Cooper wanted it open but it the noise would have been unbearable.. perhaps it was unlocked on takeoff and physically opened at some point, but when exactly. Joe Lakich,, I don't know a lot about Lakich but the case seems to be based on a grudge, weak circumstantial like many suspects and there is a physical feature Cooper had that Lakich does not. So, It is an interesting story bit no evidence and no physical match.

That has always been my theory,, Cooper did not press the button on the handle.. so no hydraulic assist, just gravity. Now, try and figure out why the unlocked stair light came on at 7:42 (crew) and again at about 8:00 (Tina) and it wasn't the green fully extended and down light.

TINA Mucklow then left the airplane again and returned with the two chest parachutes and made an additional trip to bring in the other back parachutes. She also gave the hijacker a sheet of instructions on how to use the parachutes, but he told her he did not need it.

Blevins is trying to get a group to search the placard find location.. Don't bother.. Facts. Placard came from the outside of a 727/737. (FBI) (ID number lists 727/737 models) Placard was found right under V23 airway. (thousands of jets passed over that spot '71-'78) Placard could have come from any passing 727. (FBI) Placard condition suggests it was recent. (1978) Boeing employee said these things fall off all the time. (FBI) Conclusion, placard did not come from Cooper opening the airstairs, it came from the outside of any passing 727/737 and based on the number of jets flying v23 it is a virtual certainty that it did not come from the outside of NORJAK. Placard is a red herring. The time has passed to put the placard out of our misery.

Air pressure, in the test the stairs did not hit the fuselage,, came within 8" of closing.

Ok, here is my theory on the movie stunt... Clearly, in the movie the airstairs do not bounce up and appear muted vs the images from the sled test which show the airstairs retract to almost closed... First, is the speed, the movie jet looks slow,, but if you look at the image above showing two people jumping. This is not the same cut used for the movie clip, but represents the filming of the stunt. A cameraman goes first then "Cooper" but there is also cameraman (Carl Boenish) on the stairs inside the plane. He appears to be on the pivot section but would be unseen from the outside view. So, it may be that simple, in the movie there are two people on the stairs, the only person seen jumps. The weight of the unseen person on the airstairs mutes the rebound.

That is from the 302's given to Geoffrey Gray.. he released several files and some are available on Shutter's site in the vault, not sure if all of them are there.

Tina is noted as saying she saw the red airstair indicator light come on at about 8:00.. it is officially amber but can be mistaken for red. Since, the crew had previously reported the airstair light on.. this doesn’t make sense. The only options.. Tina was mistaken/misquoted that she saw it come on and it was always on. Cooper moved the lever back to the up detent position then forward again. The first red light reported by the crew was mistakenly noted as an airstair light on the panel but was actually the rear door light. FBI summary.. red light flashed in cockpit. Later, another light flashed showing the ramp was fully extended,, this is impossible.. they may have used Tina's statement of seeing a red light come on here but the stairs were never locked down indicated by a green light.. 727 panel.. light looks red but is officially amber. 727 aft airstair lights for the cockpit are green (locked down) and amber (handle not in up detent and unlocked)

Tina saw Cooper put on the back chute after passengers deplaned but before the two stews left.

Yup, the LZ got narrowed down as the data was evaluated. Problem early on was they didn't know exactly where the plane was at a given time.

There was a "little bob" noted on the FDR at approximately 8:09... that effectively matches Solderlind's time (8:10) and may have been Cooper jumping. The plane was not on autopilot.. Rataczak said he was manually flying the plane. Soderlind noted the earliest Cooper likely jumped was point A, which about 8:09.. just North of the Lewis River... and as you move toward the extremes the jump likelihood drops.