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He ue Hae wham tbe Dina TPP RE P [Tt eee yi ne vs ipa ies eae OS ae ais 3 if ANON:'Do you recall. what yo : _ COOPE) oT he’ last time, I do. I said, “It’s takeoff‘ ’d like’ : 0 something about the: : time: Take'me to Mexico." ith Be i Nie ed parachutes that were delivered to you aboard the jet: » ANON: What was the Captain’s reaction? nah Were they to your liking? BFL ehgs beck COOPER: About the same as if had said, “Take me -. » COOPER: , Negative, Somebody was piayirig games ‘ to Katmandu”. He looked at. me as-if I were totally - _~ there. The backpack’ harness did not have the Necessary : insane, He'lsaid he could try Medford, Red Bluff or — D-rings for attaching the chestpacks. They were some _ Reno,’all on Vector 23. My response Was negative. He , .: sort of emergency rigs for acrobatic flying, I guess. Sol ; then “suggested San ‘Francisco; { told him no, very _ °° just said to hell with it, I'd have to jump without a : emphatically. I said, “l want the flaps at 15 per cent arid “ey teserve, ele ora, Veet page o te ae - the gear dove, | also want the ventral staircase ‘down ‘sy ANON: , Everyone _assumed you, asked’ for two, ; when:you take off.” He gave me a negative on the Stairs. | parachutes so they wouldn’t give you one with a note, said, not too gently as I recall, “God damnit, I can’t: ° that said crime doesn’: pay in it, not knowing whether” ‘gus for Heparture-lift the nose and rotate-with those ©.” ‘you were going to force somebody, like the stewardess’ a8 wor’ 3 s ag sae He also told me that he couldn’r make _ ‘ maybe, to bail out, with you. What did you do with the ** cker speaking No .Mexico with the flaps and gear down, but thathe would :.. extra Parachute? . (oF 3) ence . vany “ci tempt to. make’ an ‘compute @he fuel consumption and shoot for Reno. I '""*". COOPER: I made'a specid comer ne les ad * r underst was glad he got my idea -all by himself. 1-told him °" behind in the cabin. I cut it up into strips and used the ~ ‘ SSO RaNN Sy affirmative, to head south. Then I slammed the cockpit <=; strips to tie the money bag to my waist, very sécurely, *:: door and went back to the tourist compartment with the wot Next question, eae ee AP et ee ae ie stew, According to.my watch, we got airborne at 7:40 '.} ANON: You've ‘told us something about the jump, p.m. four, urs and 42 minutes since leaving Portland. --about working the escape door and plunging out into the Like I said]I have a very good watch. © --:5 - - 2st Vdarkness, How did you bail out without tipping off the °!2\jRRAD re i ANON: Speaking of Portland..Shortly after takeoff - erewP ee ee 200,000 a national reputation, ° note to one of the | ., COOPER: © . ‘ ‘ ‘you “handed.” your * skyjack something “you've wanted to. do. you know what I mean...what n ;COOPER: I'm going to retire 2€. ge oe ee. % Moor “Y aM coy - : Yes. The brunette, and she thought I was (tape garbled briefly here.) ‘__ ae : m* “ a TR, hig wy Tonight, trying to ploposition her...In away,she wasright. | ; BODES ot dey er ty wt for parts unknown, ‘ ot t my ! ANON:' ‘You were very careful about retrieving that _'.. atook the stewardess” forward, and ordered the” nat ANON: You aren't goin o fly, are you note,iabouk not. leaving it-or anything else~ behind as captain to lock the door from the inside. I checked it.” 7 § COOPER: What do you think? oF Se ‘Could you tell us what the note said? ©. -. . ut. It was locked. I returned aft, closing the first-class 4 ANON: Don’t know, to tell the truth.” ‘ 3: Word for word. It said, “I am hijacking -. and tourist compartinent curtains securely behind’ me." ‘COOPER: ‘Good. Loose lips ‘sinkyships. I've le aircraft.. Relay instructions to the ground that | | Do you know how eerie it is to have a'complete airplane Pp far too freely."It's very hard to’ keep’ want $200)000 in $20's and two parachutes delivered to _ to yourself except for some scared robots? Anyway I got _“-mine inside. Especially after, all the“non me when the ‘plane lands. f have a bomb.” Thirty words. | -on the blower to the flight deck again, telling Scott to: n Wi ne,’ kee: seid ak" hold the aircraft at 7,000 feet, and speed at 200 miles ot bad by anyone's standards. Tell me, were : iSper hour, ~ : et to tae Perrine I Pages . . - on ns wee : u . : ; 7 2 gk Way wari of anything in parti ular when you ‘fi rie RS Eien oe os a mee kat Onl One to’as var : no Poel pe dg ‘ " ANON: But how could ou be su . : * * . i “Nit ed : ee artis : COOPER: There was One thing. | had nightmares fo orders? ho k prior to the jack, | would be on a plane I made . : fot oilld yous