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D B Cooper — Part 17
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In addition, they discussed aititude of jumps, but
eel whe was thinking in terss of altitude records, answered
n terms, implying world record altitudes, oxygen supply,: time
and distance of free fall, '
L ecoanlB28° recalled the individual rather vividly
in his mind because he 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 not used by
too many people, .-. - -
He also stated he believed the man may have jumped
on several occasions at the Elsinore cent
would be a registration card.on file with
Elsinore Paricenter, Inc. @ advise a
Mps must fill out a registration card before
jumping, regardless of how much prior experience the person has
had elsewhere, nese 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
license number written on the registration card,
[paral advised 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
a copy of the photograph was maintained in USPA files. He noted
that licenses: must be renewed each year,
Leas! W28 unable to recall the name of the man he
talked to 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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