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D B Cooper — Part 17
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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
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