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ound. The chutes were *"make the jump with hfs hands free r) fs " ‘slip-up "Wag:.over the “ ter “all, he: couldn't jump’ carrying he. comple noney: Cooper. demanded: that it be ‘money in his, hands. But instead of a OE C icks, “anc "sent, out ina suitcase. He -had built a’ suitcase, they sent the money out in’a * 50. they would” thinkiag spe ial harness to be. attached across‘: canvas bag, a problem he was brooding \ e'me.a bogus ‘chute, they. his; pack: He’ planned to: put, his suit” about as the plane refueled and took off ffect, bev signing: the :death*® jacket and, some other items. into the “under his instructions.¢" 7 “eves whoever, went ‘with, me,?,4, Suitcase, along with the money, and at-. He told the stewardess to tell the cap- edit ekes ge PS nec tach it to his special harness so he could tain to fly on the normal course to Reno, ::. : saci etbaal Gets : “ter? which he knew would carry him d over the spot he had selected for. his "jump. He told the captain to fly at, be: > tween’ 7,000 and 10,000 feet, to keep the: flaps at 15 degrees (which allowed the: plane to fly at a slower speed).and to ‘}. fly with the rear stairwell open.:js's 27 «+ , The plane took off from Seattle, at “about .7:30° p.m. It’ was «dark. Cooper: I: ordered the, stewardess ‘to’ go forward” " to the cabin. and lock thé door. behind.: Me oy wel would in. e warrant. f » er hurriedly got himself together. He "pass, donned the’black cap and gloves -, for taking everything he had_ brought Y - into the plane out with him. Anything . he lett behind would certainly be evi- « _ Therefore, lacking the suitease he had ordered, he grabbed one of the four chutes, ripped the innards out of it and stuffed the money and his suit coat into , . . a «: is i. t ~ : ; ar ‘. COHNMETNON' SG rin manor DNOANMPTNOR O EAA bak aver UN EATS Perera he? ic ae : att chest: Then he strapped on | harness;: cut, some: cord. from’ the'{disy “carded chute, and tied his briefcase the harness, Then he strap ‘ab chute. £4: see windows, and could see that. the. pla * was on the: correct course southwar' irectly@, About 35 minutes out of Seattl¢ h ® sould see down between broken cloud: and began. to pick out familiar;Jand< i, marks below—the freeway, the] } line, the lake. Then he. began pi up the radio signals on his walkie-talkie.’ i..When he was hearing the signals{from,; | % all three, he simply walked to thq rear, |... ‘of the plane, descended the stairwell ‘and jumped out... 30 5 oe said. “I remembered w put on his luminous stopwatch and com:; . and hurriedly improvised a new means”, " 7,500 feet, and he executed a “frge fall | - without opening his chute, for precisely relia tae aia sete. gy ht Oe ” . aa rash haters TE Dhan Ne ApEn en bwenadbeias AMP at pe non A Bes etna they BANE De ped on‘a bac 46 YF ‘at ‘ iF Te x Meanwhite,, he’ was peerin or ; ’ - “] was not vac this point, and all the reasons The long planning; All the regparch, °-. And the provocation—that was nag} — was thinking of. It didn't take me long wie, to reflect on this. Just a fraction- of *’ a second, Then the die was cast.”| [729254 When he jumped, his altimeter showed ' aes 22 seconds which shot him down through! ‘ '. a thick cloud bank—thus preventing’ i es 0 - st ? Aoanmwwel: WR O-8