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, along the road to Woodland, went into a restaurant and -had a ham and sandwich and a piece of apple pie, he waited for the Greyhound bus. He , had already purchased a ticket, to Port- land, for 90 cents, and had a plane. ticket from Portland; to Seattle as well. ' On the practice fights, he had used . several aliases, including Montgomery and Wright. For the big trip, he chose thenameD.B.Cooper. .° : ; +, It was a little satire, he said, He had Worked at Boeing where noise was al it. And what, he said, would 08 07-30) Agee’ vite At make more no + ‘ 5 abet OLY & f° np! hier ; “) cheese *. while ; 1 ¢ - _ of the plane. ‘Had there been air mar. “shals on board, which was happening On some flights, he planned just to sit. _ tight and take a normal Might to Seattle.| "No marshals were on board, however, 80 Cooper took a seat in the extreme. : lef rear of the plane and just waited. y “I was still safe. I still had the note. I still had the option just to take a ride. But I knew this was the beginning. Right here. All the work that had gone on be-’ . fore, that was just an accessory, Because | ' ways 8 problem, So he chose the word P wasnt dole wen ta eae doing: And 3 "OE decibels, and took the letter “D": fron. wasn't doing wrong to anybody, : * . “Odd as it-may. seem, I had thig: t-when. prepared: ee PEP Se ied ae ot ; might not open. But other than'me, . body was. endangered. at . any; Coopersaid. = == |. ; _ The crucial flight was about six min: “utes late leaving. When it was about 10+ conducive to ut'actually, t idle conversation. :Because. minutes out of Portland, the stewardess, ': I was yery keen, | had to. be very. alett. taking orders for drinks, had worked =: I didn't want to get lost in conversation.” her way back to Cooper's seat. When shes : The captain. informed the ‘passengers asked him what he‘ wanted to drink, ;:.there was a minor mechanical problem. Cooper reached inside his jacket and handed her the note. it was typewritte: on plain white paper, and th ‘was plain: i case. Tam hijacking this plane." * The stewardess’s eyes widened. rised " OODEK SA eS aueh: