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DBfan57:
Well I will be shocked if he ever does come forward.  The real one anyway.  If by chance he is alive.  He certainly could be. If he had died in the jump, I believe they would have found the chutes and the bomb or fake bomb which is more likely.  Kind of hard to not find a brief case with red cylinders all over the place.  And the rest of the money

Shutter:
All depends on where it was tossed. not everything lost is ever found. especially, in the middle of a forest. if he dumped the contents of the bomb they would be lost withing a short period of time by decay or discarded by someone not knowing it's value. lots area's were tough to get through, even if they did at all.

Cooper still being alive is also a stretch. it could be true but doubtful. I don't believe he has been found dead or alive IMO.

Bruce A. Smith:
Sailing Down the Lewis River

One of the limitations to the Bill Rollins theory is that he has never been to the Lewis River by the Merwin Dam, as far as I know. He was at the Ariel Tavern at the end of the CooperCon 2019 - his first visit to Cooper Country - but getting down to the river at the Dam requires entering restricted areas. I know I have never seen the Lewis River at that spot.

Bill says there is a boat launch area, but I can't confirm that. I do know the Lewis a little further downstream. It's not a big river. In fact, I don't know that any kind of motor boat can navigate the upper Lewis. Downstream, by Woodland, is certainly navigable, but is has plenty of logs, bends, sand bars, etc. As a result, no one can run it safely at night at speed.

Shutter:
A boat ramp is visible from Google maps 1,700 feet from the dam. don't know if it was there in 71. it's a winding river spanning about 18 miles to the Columbia giving a total of about 30 miles to Tbar from the dam. you can see some of the sandbars along the way. it's just to James Bond for me..

Dfs346:
Not sure if this is the right sub-forum, mods please move if appropriate.

An old post by sailshaw dated September 16, 2016, 10:49:03 AM reads:"... the 727 ... could take off, fly, and land with the airstairs deployed. That was demonstrated by Boeing to the government at our test field at Moses Lake (Washington)."

Does anyone know:
(a) which airplane was used in these tests? (It seems probable that it would have been the second prototype (N72700) which was retained by Boeing throughout its operational life.)
(b) whether these air drop tests were done with the air stairs in place, or removed? (The FBI Vault seems to imply both configurations.)
(c) which government agency was the customer for these tests?
(c) whether any report or image of these tests is in the public domain?

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