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D B Cooper — Part 17

498 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Dec 6, 1971 · Broad topic: General · Topic: D B Cooper · 498 pages OCR'd
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2 LA 164-497 In addition, they discussed altitude of jumps, but [__]who was thinking in terns of altitude records, answered n terms, implying world record altitudes, oxygen supply,: time and distance of free fall. also recalled the individual rather vividly in his mind because ne wore "Cochrane"boots, He explained that Cochrane boots are peculiar to military jumpers and are not worn by teams, clubs,-sport or novice. He stated that serious jumpers wear a French boot and first time jumpers have gone with street shoes, tennis shoes, sandals and even barefooted, but the Cochrane boots were noticable because they are riot used by too many people, .- - He also stated he believed the man may have jumped . on several occasions at the Elsinore cent did, there Wou on card on file with Elsinore Paricenter, Inc. He advise 12 cach person that jumps must fill out a registration card before ‘ jumping, regardless of how much prior experience the person has had elsewnere, Tnese cards are maintained at Elsinore Paricentcr, On succeeding jumps, the cards are referred to if the individual is not known, and a receipt for jump tickets is given to the jumper with no name or further recording of the jump being made. An individual with prior experience and a license issued by the United States Parachute Association (USPA) would have the USPA ticense number written on the registration card. drrarcere nivises that USPA. records are maintained at | USPA Headquarters, care of Post Office Box 109, Monterey, California. The USPA Headquarters are on Canary Row, Monterey. He pointed out that licenses issued by the USPA necessitate that the applicant furnish a photograph of himself to USPA Headquarters before the license is issued He was not sure if @ copy of the photograph was maintained in USPA files. He noted that licenses: must be renewed each year. Lem wae) 28 unable to recall the name of the man he talked to as not sure if the man mentioned his name. He estimates. that there have been some 8,000 to 10,000 jumpers at Elsinore since June 1971, the majority repeat jumpers who b7C b7C b7Cc DB Cooper-5113 ' , ei, . 1 . “ ‘, - $8 Rey cree ee - tet mT PA . oy me ”
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