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Original Airdate 09.12.2020 (On Podcast Audio Platforms) On the afternoon of Thanksgiving eve, November 24, 1971, a smartly dressed man approached the flight counter for Northwest Orient Airlines at Portland International Airport and purchased a one-way ticket to Seattle. The name he gave was "Dan Cooper" as he paid cash to board Flight 305, a short 30-minute trip that would turn into one of the longest criminal manhunts in modern history. Once aboard, Cooper's requests to Flight Attendant Florence Schaffner were simple: a bourbon and soda, and a note to be delivered to the captain demanding $200,000 in cash and four parachutes. To add emphasis to his order, Cooper briefly showed Schaffner what appeared to be a bomb in the black attaché case he carried with him. Calm and polite throughout the ordeal, Cooper was now instructing the pilots to take him to Mexico City during the refueling stop in Seattle. However, it was never his intention to go that far. Cooper's additional demands were now that the Boeing 727 fly not higher than 10,000 feet, with the landing gear still deployed, the wing flaps lowered, the cabin depressurized, and at the lowest airspeed possible without stalling the aircraft. Around 8:13 p.m., the aft airstairs of the jet deployed, and Cooper would leap into a cold rainstorm of a western Washington night and popular culture forever. Due to a name mixup with an early suspect by a local news reporter, the public would also forever know "Dan Cooper" as "D. B. Cooper." The mystery of Cooper's true identity and fate, along with the whereabouts of most of the ransom money, would launch a 45-year investigation by the FBI. His piracy would become a legend and the only unsolved skyjacking case in the history of commercial aviation. Visit our webpage at the link below for this episode and access a lot more information about it, including research links, articles, and images. https://www.astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/2020/9/11/ep-188-d-b-cooper-part-1 SUBSCRIBE on your favorite Podcast Platform: Apple Podcasts or iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/astonishing-legends/id923527373 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/15po4iSnhu1issMNr6UY39?si=Gdm3RjUCQJ64-H54Vdytag Stitcher https://listen.stitcher.com/yvap/?af_dp=stitcher://show/54471&af_web_dp=https://www.stitcher.com/show/54471 iHeartRadio https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-astonishing-legends-82867397/?cmp=web_share&embed=true There is also additional bonus content available at https://patreon.com/astonishinglegends PARANORMAL SOCIALS: https://astonishinglegends.com https://twitter.com/AstonshngLegnds https://www.instagram.com/astonishinglegends/ https://www.facebook.com/astonishinglegends https://www.facebook.com/groups/1929130180694502 Chapters: 00:00:00 - The Astonishing Legend of D.B. Cooper 00:02:38 - Infamous Skyjacker DB Cooper 00:05:02 - Support Jackie's Small Businesses 00:07:07 - Submitting Ouija Stories 00:09:23 - An Astonishing Legends Mystery 00:11:40 - Sandisk Products for Android Users 00:14:08 - Dan Cooper's Hijacking Incident 00:16:27 - Cooper's Demands and Circulating over Puget Sound 00:18:40 - The Choice of Parachute 00:21:06 - Cooper's Knowledge of the Aircraft's Speed and Range 00:23:21 - The Skyjacker That Got Away 00:25:30 - The Clam Shell Design of the Aircraft's Stairs 00:27:47 - Cooper's Detailed Plan 00:30:02 - Speculating about the Stairs and Cooper's Escape 00:32:13 - The Difficulty of Spotting an Object from a Plane 00:34:27 - Take Control of Your Online Presence 00:36:45 - Installing Flood Sensors 00:39:05 - Scott Cooper's Disguise 00:41:14 - Possible Diversion Tactics and Investigation 00:43:19 - DNA Evidence and Tie Clues 00:45:32 - The Power of Crowdsourcing 00:47:49 - The Mysterious Case of the Fake Bomb 00:50:00 - Witness Descriptions and Composite Sketches 00:52:13 - Gamification of Oral Hygiene and Quip Products 00:54:36 - Improve Your Life with BetterHelp.com 00:56:58 - The D.B. Cooper Mystery Solved 00:59:18 - The Origin of the DB Cooper Legend 01:01:33 - Changes in Air Travel Behavior 01:03:45 - The FBI's Conclusion on the D.B. Cooper Investigation 01:06:05 - Unsolved Air Piracy Case in History 01:08:50 - Silence