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BK wrote No way. I know quite a bit about 70s radio direction finding technology, both civilian and military, nulling loops, Doppler, Watson Watt types etc, BK's DF accuracy claim is BS. Even phase interferometry techniques couldn't give you that accuracy at 500 miles. Not even close. When BK strays into tech he stumbles: witness his claimed use of a chest reserve as a back mounted chute for the DBC jump. In radio direction finding he makes similar mistakes. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

G wrote: You sure that wasnt Snowmman? 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

+1! It's actually cheaper to jump today than it was in 1968 when I started (if you adjust for inflation). Without tandems I'll bet we'd be paying $50 to get to 14K. One social change that tandems have caused is that it's no longer a big deal to be a skydiver. Half the people at any party have made a tandem jump. If you arent a BASE jumper, it's all yawns. This guy who jumped into cardboard boxes without deploying will raise the bar even further. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

It was puported to have been said years before the skyjack G, when Peterson rented a room at Sailshaws home. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

What was the date again, that Sheridan Peterson made his supposed statement in your presence - The System That Beats The System - ? Before or after the hijacking? "THE SYSTEM THAT BEATS THE SYSTEM" text in the anonymous letter was lifted in its entirety from a KLH stereo ad in a Playboy Magazine. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcq305ozsUI To this day I wonder how the YouTube guy figured this out, pinpointing the exact magazine from which the text was cut. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Jo wrote Now where have I heard that before? Still waiting. BTW, the Cooper case has no foundation to shake. It's an amorphous free floating entropic organism that morphs constantly. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

"most likely" ??? Guy must be a lawyer not a scientist. Let's throw rational analysis to the wind. Why stop at sleep disruption and depression? The sound of a single engine Cessna at 10,000 ft undoubtedly is responsible for local kids' poor academic performance. Cancer and birth defects too. Beached whales? Blame skydiving. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

http://www.mcpost.com/article.php?id=4336 Planes are from Skydive Surf City, a tandem operation that takes off from Watsonville CA and drops over the beach near Rio Del Mar/Aptos (a few miles south of Santa Cruz). Don't shoot messenger. I LIKE airplane sounds. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

From a ham radio blog about AE radio stuff: I don't think there were any post landing radio messages. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Bob, Why waste your time on a forum which is largely hostile to or at least highly skeptical of your theories and claims? Quade is an exception, he gives your story the same (low) credence rating as any others he has seen posted here. Talk about having an open mind... If you indeed have PROOF that the govt was corrupt enough to stage NORJACK why dont you become a whistleblower? The pay can be really good. All you need to do is prove that someone has knowingly submitted or caused the submission of false or fraudulent claims to the United States. The relator need not have been personally harmed by the defendant's conduct; instead, the relator is recognized as receiving legal standing to sue by way of a "partial assignment" of the injury to the government caused by the alleged fraud. Surely there must be a few false claims buried in the NORJACK mess, after all there were substantial financial losses. Payment of govt funds to compensate criminal conspirators might be considered to be part of a false claim. Who knows? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qui_tam 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Soooo refreshing to see a discussion of Norjack facts rather than personal squabbles and wild conspiracy theories. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Quade, Gayla P is Blevins wife. You are a writer. Check the prose. Does it look like it was written by Blevins? To my engineer's eye it doesn't look like Blevins wrote it. The extra punishment for Blevins may not have been deserved. I thought Gaylas post had a good message. My two cents worth. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

So we have an empty spot. There is a guy who you could re-admit Quade. It's been a long long time. Why not give Snow a shot? Sure he might get rude and get banned again but before that happens we will get more useful DBC relevant dialog than we've seen in the past 6 months here during the BK show. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/LOCKHEED-HERCULES/1957-LOCKHEED-HERCULES/1237833.htm? So where is a bold wealthy DZO who can adopt this baby? I think the Conatsers have had their fill of big expensive turbine jumpships. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Here are some cheap small transmitters that might do the job. http://www.byonics.com/mf Here is some info on DF receivers. http://www.rainbowkits.com/kits/sdf-1p.html http://www.three-peaks.net/handi-finder.pdf 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

A better builder than I am could probably get everything into that mini tin. The mini GPS pucks I've seen for sale are external, but cell phones have internal ones so I guess it could be done. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Ham radio offers a solution, called APRS. http://www.argentdata.com/products/tracker2.html I have a couple of GPS enabled APRS beacons. My smallest one fits in an Altoids Mints tin box and is powered by a common 9 volt battery. Still, that might be too big for a cutaway beacon, I am not a rigger and dont know all the gear issues. In most areas APRS signals are picked up by repeaters and the results are posted free right here: www.aprs.fi Here are the raw data packets from a jump two weeks ago: http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=KF6WRW Data includes latitude, longitude, altitude, heart rate, blood oxygen level etc. With one of these attached to a cut away main canopy, finding it would be a cinch. Any smart phone with Internet access and an internal GPS could find it. The Tech class ham license you need to use APRS is very easy to obtain. Just some multiple choice questions from a pool that is published so you can see them all ahead of time. Morse code testing is no longer a requirement for a ham license. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Not really. We could just stop engaging in endless dialog with BK. He's made his point, we know his story. No need to re-engage endlessly regarding his oft told story. Keeping Snowmann banned is excressive punishment. Quade should consider amnesty. It's been long enough. What ever happened to Dan Cryder? He was gonna solve the case for us. He is famous in DC 3 circles, owning and flying a very nice example. Isn't it amazing that a transport plane from the WW 2 era can still make a living in certain nooks and crannies of air commerce? Hardly any commercial Boeing 707s and 727s still fly yet there are many DC 3s that are still in use. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

G wrote: I met Blevins briefly at Ariel and he seemed as normal as anyone else there. If he was acting strange it was probably from the effects of the Marla Aura. She was dancing right in front of him. So what is Marla's new occupation since her job as DB Cooper's niece was eliminated? Is she still active on Facebook with the DBC story? 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Jo wrote Talk to your insurance agent Jo. $1000 sounds more like a deductible amount rather than a policy limit. Pre-loss appraisals are not usually required as a condition for coverage, but many insureds believe that they are and don't submit loss claims. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Finally, a BK post I can believe and relate to. It was moving and compassionate. I too am sorry for Jo's keepsake losses. I hope that they weren't stolen or accidently given away but merely misplaced. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Made some jumps on Sunday. Tried out my new semi-stowless main canopy deployment bag. It worked fine. Great views, great CA weather. Our old King Air 90 was running smooth and climbing strong. Joked around with an old timer who recalled when we CA jumpers thought Bill Dause was DB Cooper. Sure wish we could get away from the BK story. His point's been made. I don't want him banned. I just want us to get back to a more productive dialog. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Jo wrote about BK: Really? I'd bet against it. If its real post the court and case number. Everyone threatens litigation here but no nobody sues. So why threaten? What's the point? 378 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

"certification" means nothing. If you want a document that has any legal clout prepare it as a sworn affidavit or declaration and get your signature notarized. Even a factually false affidavit or declaration about McCoy being alive etc wont expose BK to any realistic chance of a perjury charge. Nobody cares, it's just noise. It's like an inventors affidavit that he has made a working perpetual motion machine that can perform work. It's false, but so what? Maybe the inventor affiant truly believes his claims. Maybe Bob believes he saw Duane Weber training as a parachutist. Sigh... Can we disengage a bit with BK and get back to some serious Cooper dialogue? 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.

Jo wrote A very heroic story, but I have my doubts that it is true. It takes quite a bit to get a bad conduct discharge. Sailors get into fights all the time. Those rarely result in discharges. 377 2018 marks half a century as a skydiver. Trained by the late Perry Stevens D-51 in 1968.