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DemoTex

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13. That Boeing 727-100 ended up at Piedmont Airlines .. I flew on it numerous times in my airline days.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Nov 24, 2020, 06:07 PM

Nov 2020

BTW: For years after the 1971 Cooper-Caper, airline crews relieved the tedium of long waits between flights in airport terminals by picking up the red courtesy phone and having the airport announcer (yes, they existed) page D.B. Cooper. Countless times in PIT, PHL, LGA, ATL, LAX, SFO, JFK, etc., I heard, "Mr. Cooper, Mr. D.B. Cooper, please pick up the red courtesy phone nearest you," or, "Mr. Cooper, Mr. D.B. Cooper, please meet your party at the airport security entrance."

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On this day, November 24, 1971, Dan "D. B." Cooper dropped out of sight. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2020 OP

I received my "DB Lives" tshirts in the mail today. roamer65 Nov 2020 #1

I want one! Mme. Defarge Nov 2020 #2

eBay. roamer65 Nov 2020 #3

I wonder if he's reading this very thread today somewhere... First Speaker Nov 2020 #4

Nat Geo has DB show in their unsolved mysteries series fearnobush Nov 2020 #9

Yeah. I loved that hat. roamer65 Nov 2020 #11

Saw It, Too (Spoiler) ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #16

Lawrence Fishbone, LOL. maxsolomon Nov 2020 #21

He didn't end up with the money. so it can't have been worth remembering... brooklynite Nov 2020 #10

Aw crap, he didn't get the money really? cwydro Nov 2020 #24

Was *all* the money found...? First Speaker Nov 2020 #25

I remember that day. In_The_Wind Nov 2020 #5

Long live DB Copper! fearnobush Nov 2020 #6

Ok, I am going to fess up.... Chainfire Nov 2020 #7

LIAR! stevil Nov 2020 #15

If you are going to tell a lie, it may as well be a big one! ;) Chainfire Nov 2020 #20

Saw a good documentary on this awhile back, radius777 Nov 2020 #8

Wonder what his chance of survival was...20 percent, maybe 30? brush Nov 2020 #14

His remains would have been found. former9thward Nov 2020 #22

I keep watching for one of the recovered $20 bills to come up to auction. roamer65 Nov 2020 #12

That Boeing 727-100 ended up at Piedmont Airlines .. I flew on it numerous times in my airline days. DemoTex Nov 2020 #13

That's Funny! ProfessorGAC Nov 2020 #17

Never.heard.the.full story thx. for this Demovictory9 Nov 2020 #18

Busy with family and personal drama in'71. Never paid much marybourg Nov 2020 #19

popular culture refererence ... jobendorfer Nov 2020 #23