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I had been having some hard openings and someone told me to double stow my lines. I didn't think about the fact my next jump would be a hop 'n pop at a demo the next weekend. The plan was to do crw so we were at 5500ft. I threw out right of the step of our Porter. Nothing, i waited, waited and after about 5 secs looked up and saw line twist with the bag spinning. I knew i was about 5500 when we jumped out and I had plenty of time so i simply reached up and shook my lines a few times and wham. It opened with lots of line twist. Just make sure you know your altitude and stay calm. Beau

Don't know if you'll take the time to read it, but this is a college paper i wrote last year. I did a lot of research on it. I don't think we will ever know. Theres been many people claim to have been him. This is all based on what i found in articles on line. Beau Lambert Professor McMcackins EN-140 February 23, 2001 D.B. Cooper – The Legend Dan Cooper is hijacking a Boeing 727 and he plans to escape capture by parachuting out of the plane. The FBI gives him two hundred thousand dollars and four sport parachutes. After the plane is air borne the pilot notices the rear stairway is down and the man is gone. There was a terrible winter storm and the FBI is unable to find the man and to this day they never have. It was the day before Thanksgiving, November 24, 1971. A man dressed in a black suite bought a twenty-dollar ticket in Portland, Oregon to Seattle-Tacoma Airport in Seattle, Washington with a 3:35 P.M. take off scheduled. There were 35 other passengers aboard Flight 305 for a short flight on a Boeing 727. There was a short delay but the plane finally took off at 4:45: P.M. Barely after takeoff the man slipped a note to one of the flight attendants. She thought he was hitting on her so she slipped in her pocket. He leaned closer and said, “Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb.” Its not clear what the note said exactly, but he wanted four sport parachutes and two hundred thousand dollars in twenties and he intended to blow up the plane if his plans were not met. Once the plan landed in Seattle-Tacoma International Airport three hours later at 5:40 P.M. the passengers still didn’t know they were hostages. Once he received his demands he let the passengers go. He then instructed the pilot to fly to Mexico but to fly no higher than ten thousand ft with wing flaps at fifteen degrees, the rear stairway down and the landing gear down. Thus keeping the plane under two hundred miles per hour and making it easier to jump. The pilot told him he couldn’t takeoff and he relented when the pilot instructed him that the plane would not takeoff with the rear stairway down. The plane was refueled and it took off almost two hours after it had landed. Cooper instructed the flight attendant to go up to the cockpit and to stay there. She was able to glance back occasionally and thought she saw him tying something around his waist, probably the money. Less than five minutes later, Cooper began trying to open the stairway. Sometime around 8:05 P.M. about thirty minutes after takeoff a cockpit warning light indicated the rear stairway was down. The pilot got on the intercom and asked, “Is every thing was o.k.?” and if he needed anything. Cooper said. “No.” He was never heard from nor seen again. At 8:11 P.M. the crew felt pressure bumps, the FBI feels his jumping caused the door to spring back shut thus making the plane shake. He had jumped into a storm, with air temperatures around 7 degrees below zero, strong winds and freezing rain. It wasn’t until the plane landed in Reno that the FBI knew for sure that he was gone. Did D.B. make it? No one really knows for sure. There has never been any proof he is still alive or that he is dead. Cooper jumped somewhere around twenty-five minutes into the flight and must have landed near the small community of Ariel, east of Woodland. The problem was that he jumped into a storm, with air temperatures below zero. Agents combed the plane and were left with nothing but his skinny black tie, a tie tack, eight of his cigarette butts, two of the parachutes, and possibly a fingerprint among the 66 never identified. Some evidence does prove that he did land somewhere near the Columbia River, about five miles northwest of Vancouver, Washington. An eight-year old boy on a family picnic found $5,800 in three bundles of weathered $20 bills. The money was identified by the FBI as part of the money give to Coope when he hijacked the plane. Cooper had selected the right plane, but the wrong parachute. The 727 was the only plane in which the stairs could be opened in mid flight. Since a latching device called the Cooper Vane has been installed to prevent opening in mid flight. He selected two worst parachutes including the one marked X meaning it might malfunction. He didn’t require the pilot to fly a precise route meaning he had no precise landing area selected. He also didn’t ask for warm clothing or helmet or anything to help him survive. FBI agent Ralph Himmelsbach said in his book, “We would have given it to him; we gave him everything else.” He also says, “He was wearing loafers on his feet and you know those things blew off the second he jumped.” Beau D.BCOOPER.DOC

There is a guy wanting to use the SEMO Pilatus Porter for the design of his scaled model airplane. He this: "My Porter will be setup with a working door (remote control), that ejects a RC sky diver, and also it will have a tow rig to tow gliders. Thus the interest in the door operation. I will have to do some research on how Porters tow to try to get that to scale." He sent these pictures Beau

I made over 250 jumps with out booties, it was an old jump suit a friend gave me when i first started jumping. At Rantoul I finally bought a new jump suit that has booties. At first its sort of like ice skating but its a good difference and you can really tell a difference in how fast you can turn and track. Or think of a car thats a four cylinder, driving it forever then getting a V8. Big difference. But you can fly very well without booties, they just help. Beau

I didn't consider myself a skydiver until i felt that I could make a jump by myself and not have to have someone with me. When you pack your own parachute, spot, can get stable and deploy, be able to handle emergency procedures, and land at the dz without aid from anyone else, thats when I felt like a skydiver. At my dropzone, pretty much when you can save you own live by deploying yourself, your considered a skydiver. Which is usually after about 5 or 6 jumps under the IAD program. Beau Lambert D24804 Beau

My birthday is Sept. 1st. I was named after Bo Duke off of The Dukes of Hazzord tv show. Beau

According to Microsoft Streets and Trips, from my house in Benton, Mo to both Quincy and Rantoul, it should take only 7 minutes longer drive to Rantoul. Not much a difference. Beau Beau

Just had all of my wisdom teeth cut out on wednesday, anyone tried jumping to soon after having dental work done? I was hoping to be able to do a demo on the 4th. Beau Lambert Beau

I was there last year at Quincy when the storm hit. I was over watching people swoop the pond when the storm was approaching. We were going to jump out of a balloon, but because the storm was coming, the afternoon loads were canceld. I hadn't seen the Extreme Team yet and I wanted to watch them. We saw some pretty spectacular swoops. Mullins boys had been getting on what seemed like every other load when we went over to watch and as the storm came the winds did almost a complete 180. When Jeff came in, he set up the same and did a downwind, he came out of the pond and bleed off most of his speed, but as soon as he took his first step, he slid it out on his belly. His brother Joel did the same thing and he wasn't wearing a T-shirt. He slid up between two golf carts. J.C. Colclasure was next and I think he realized it to late and he did a cross wind landing and slid it out on his chest. Lugi Cani came in last into the wind and came straight down. People helped him get his canopy under control and he was jumping something pretty small. There was a lady in a bird man suit that was turned into the wind, she was going backwards so fast it looked like she had her canopy hooked up backwards. There were several tandems that clouds were coming in under them. They would disapear and you could see lightning in the clouds below them. Thankfully they all landed safely. When we got back to our hotel, the weather channel said the winds were at 25mph with gust up to 40mph. I don't know how fast Jeff and Joel Mullins are going when the come in to land, but downwind with winds this fast, I was glad it was someone that was as good as they were. If it had been someone else, they could have been hurt pretty bad. Joel and Jeff were up walking as soon as they stopped. Beau Lambert

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http://www.siu.edu/departments/rso/skyd/beforemolly.jpg Tony is the tall guy on the left. I met Tony last fall. I didn't get to make very many jumps with him, but i enjoyed those that i did. Tony made skydiving more enjoyable. I'm always afraid i'm going to mess up a dive. Some people take that very seriously. Tony was more laid back and that made me enjoy being around him. He didn't care if the dive didn't go as planed. If somebody messed up, then it was no big deal. The last jump i made with Tony was a demo for the Boy Scouts. They were getting there aviation badgets. Tony was so good with those kids, answering questions, letting the touch his canopy. His personality was ideal for that of what I think a demo jumper should have. When i found out what had happend, i found it hard to beleive. He was such a great guy. He just graduated from college. All i ever heard was good things about him and the stories from their trips to other dz's. Tony was truely one of those individuals that made others lifes better. I never saw him angry or even haveing a bad day. I have no doubt in my mind that he would have been a great instructor and mentor. Tony was an awesome guy. I will miss you. Beau Lambert D-24804 SEMO Skydiving Club