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Many thanks. I was thinking the same, but not being instrument-rated myself, I wondered whether the statement had any other implications. This is one of the very few crumbs of information about the hijacker's knowledge of aviation. I had conjectured, for example, that if the hijacker knew that...

Many thanks. I took the liberty of quoting you in my blog on GoodReads. https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2500530.Robert_H_Edwards/blog

No worries! My publishers, as I understand, could not do an e-book because our book is profusely illustrated and the layout is complex (maybe referring to the extensive end-notes). Enjoy!

I'm the author of D. B. Cooper and Flight 305 ... there is no Kindle edition :)

Two comments, if I may: 1. Between Seattle and Reno, the hijacked Flight 305 was tracked continuously by radar from Seattle Center and Oakland Center. Does the hijacker's reference to IFR clearance imply that he knew this? 2. Between Seattle and Reno, the hijacked Flight 305 made only four...

On 12.30.2022, the FBI released its latest batch of declassified files on the hijacking of Flight 305 on 11.24.1971: "D.B.Cooper Part 78". On pages 85-86 we read: "“... during the hijacking the comment was made by the hijacker concerning IFR clearance, "you can pick it up in the air."” The...

For the first time in the public domain, the FBI has released one of the technical reports on the Boeing Company’s tests of the Boeing 727 with the air stairs down in flight. The report in question is numbered and titled D6-7771: “Flight Characteristics with Aft Airstair Down – B”. The airplane...

Many thanks. The book is "Gone Tomorrow". The twelve points that Mr Child enumerates are: * for a man: fresh shave (lower face lighter than upper) * inappropriate clothing (for the place or weather) * robotic walk * irritability, sweating, tics, and nervous behavior * breathing (low and...

I was kinda hoping for a serious answer to my original question. This is for a historical research project; for those interested, please see my blog post at https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/22579779-d-b-cooper-profiling. Passenger profiling has (I believe) long been abandoned in the...

Between November 1969 and January 1973, the FAA attempted to use a profiling system to identify airplane passengers who might be hijackers. The profile had about 25 components. According to Andrew Hay at...

More thoughts on Flight 305 at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2500530.Robert_H_Edwards

Here's Dan Gryder's latest YouTube video in the "D. B. Cooper" series . Dan will be at CooperCon2021 in Vancouver, WA, on November 21-22, 2021 and says he plans to replicate the Cooper jump on 11.24.2021.

Look out for "D. B. Cooper and Flight 305" on "The Vanished" with Bob Edwards and Chris Williamson. Broadcasting in three parts on November 24, 2021 (the 50th anniversary of Flight 305). http://www.thevanishedpodcast.com/

Coming soon to a bookstore near you: https://www.schifferbooks.com/d-b-cooper-and-flight-305-reexamining-the-hijacking-and-disappearance-7301

"D. B. Cooper and Flight 305" podcast with Darren Schaefer now live at https://thecoopervortex.podbean.com/e/db-cooper-and-flight-305-dr-robert-edwards/

Also on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Cooper-Flight-305-Reexamining-Disappearance/dp/0764362569/

and here they are: https://www.schifferbooks.com/d-b-cooper-and-flight-305-reexamining-the-hijacking-and-disappearance-7301

Here's a specific F-106 pilot whom I would like to contact. Does anyone here have a father or grandfather who knew Major Frank Loesch of 318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, back in the 1970s? I think Major Loesch is still alive and might be living in Galveston, Texas.

A post by Mike W Trefethen (ex 456th FIS) at https://forum.f-106deltadart.com/ mentions Russ Weber (or Webber) as an F-106 pilot with the 84th FIS at Hamilton, who may have been previously with the 318th. A post at key.aero mentions Randy Plumb (probably Randall L. Plumb, ex 354th TFS) and Harve...

Many thanks. Yes, I emailed the museum, as well as the F-106 site at https://www.f-106deltadart.com.