dudeman17

I'm trying to define this. Is this a photograph that someone took in the airplane or the terminal? Did a witness have their own sketch done? ??

Are you saying that you have a photograph of Cooper?

I was thinking more like Cooper's grudge was that he was up for the part of the bad guy but lost out. "I'll show them", he thought, and as was the character's wont of taunting the cops, he purloined the detective's shades. ----------------- Autocorrect is persistent but not consistent.

Interesting side note... Cant Eastwood wore Baloramas in Dirty Harry. Cooper's hijacking was November '71. Dirty Harry came out in December of '71, but was filmed earlier, April - June of '71. Coincidence? Hmmm...

They do shipping on that river, right? Some time ago someone posted a video of a large ship passing by, I think it was on that river but I could be misremembering. Anyway, the ship displaced quite a lot of water sideways, even affected the water level on the shoreline by a number of feet. So it's conceivable that if the bundle was at the bottom near the center but still somewhat buoyant, that a passing ship might push it aside towards the shore?

Again I would suggest contacting the office at Perris. They might be willing to forward a message and your contact info to him. I think I suggested that a while ago when you were looking for Jim Wallace, I don't know whether you tried that or if it worked.

The last thing I want is to be in an argument with you. I have nothing but respect for you, and consider you the most thorough of researchers. And you usually are objective, but sometimes you get a bit stubborn. You say the original point is whether a parachutist would have a problem going over the coast or ocean. This parachutist absolutely would. We don't know whether Cooper was an experienced jumper or not, but as Kamkisky demonstrates, it doesn't take a lot of logic and reason to deduce that a night jump into the ocean would be death. And I wouldn't put it past a criminal to be less than forthright about his motives. Which cities are farther east or west is irrelevant because the west coast is not a straight north/south line. The facts are that SF and LA are essentially right on the coast, whereas Reno is inland by the entire width of California. ----------------- And my comment about the guitars is sincere. It's a fascinating subject, and I am impressed by your efforts. I googled it the other day, and while I didn't find anything recent enough, I was kind of surprised by the number of 'lost' guitars out there.

By rejecting SF and LA and choosing Reno, he may have been doing precisely that. Even if they started out over the ocean, they have to go considerably inland to get to Reno. ----------------- On another note, how many more guitars before you're inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

You people are far better equipped to theorize about Cooper and his actions than I am. I was just speaking specifically to his point about jumping over the ocean being a bad idea. However, to, oh what's that word... uh... speculate ... If Cooper has done his homework and is familiar with aviation, it is not unreasonable that he might know expected flight routes for various destinations. He may well have rejected San Francisco and Los Angeles and agreed to Reno not because of their size, but because of their proximity to the coast. Just a thought...

Your instincts are correct. An unplanned ocean landing at night, you could pretty much write yourself off. Any unintended water landing is a serious threat, jumpers are trained how to best deal with it. Intentional water jumps are made, but generally into calm lakes in broad daylight with crews in boats ready to pounce and assist immediately after landing.

?? Are you going to leave us hanging again? ----------------- Don't see Winston either.

So if I go back and watch the last part of that show, should I believe anything he has to say about James Dean's car?

Actually on second glance that might be my mistake. If that's a sideways look at a pilot rig then it's ok. The pin spacing looks a little close for that, but what do I know. At first glance it looked like the upper half of an old sport rig, like an old Wonderhog type reserve container, where that setup would be horizontal.

Say what? People are still manufacturing, not just using but manufacturing 2-pin reserve containers with velcro flap closures and round canopies in 2018?? What the hell are you people doing over there?

They got Hayden's two rigs. One of the rigs and both of the packing cards were left on the plane. Therefore any rig that was not Hayden's other rig, matching that other packing card, would have to be dismissed. Is that wrong?