Dick Hale: "Norton ran for the USPA BOD in 1972. Organizational Skills, President of HELLS ANGLES OAKLAND. Ran against Paul Tag, Organizational Skills, President of Inter Mountain Aviation, Marana, Az. Wholly owned subsidiary of the CIA. How could we lose"
What I love about skydiving. Diversity, but not exactly the PC kind. What other sport has cops showing up at the playing field with warrants? It's usually not too serious, failure to appear, late child support etc, but once in a while its a serious deal. You are not allowed to view links.
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LoginAs I recall Dick Hale got perma banned from Livermore, (my home DZ in the late 60s early 70s). He took an RW formation down to a ridiculously low altitude before pulling. Dick was a very resourceful guy and just started a competing DZ at Santa Nella.
There is a lot of inaccurate info posted about Norton Thomas.
He was NOT a lawyer, I researched the hell out of this. Someone said he was a "road lawyer" for the Hells Angels, whatever that means.
He was NOT a dead ringer for the FBI DBC sketch, blonde, fair complexion, stocky linebacker build.
He was NOT ferrying a Beech D 18 (a fairly large acft) to HI from CA. The acft was a Piper Navajo, a light twin.
Norton Thomas's disappearance raised a lot of suspicions. Most skydivers thought the ocean crash was faked. Sounds kinda like Rackstraw's fake crash into Monterey Bay. Rackstraw at least tossed some punctured oil cans overboard to create a credible slick.
I note some moderation lately in the EU Snow conflict. I'd ask Rodney King ("can't we all just get along?") to intervene but he's dead. I am pleased Snow is posting here and really hope he stays.
I know Snow and like him a lot. In person he isn't belligerent at all and in fact is a warm and generous person. He is an amazing researcher. At times we would pursue the same information. Every single time he would find highly relevant things I missed and miss nothing that I found. I like EU too, his generosity in hosting the upcoming event in Portland is remarkable.
I like Sheridan as well, but I am on his shit list lately. I told him he should enjoy the DBC limelight, maybe even monetize it, and that he had zero risk if he were factually innocent. He disagrees and sees "great harm" coming to him from the rekindled interest in him as a Cooper suspect. He is convinced it could get him evicted from his apartment, an opinion I do not share. I told him I'd represent him for free in any eviction or prosecution.
As for Sheridan's claim that he posted his novel for sale on Lulu "by accident" and that its removal was "done by Amazon", who among us finds that even remotely credible?
And what about his claim that the FBI exonerated him based on DNA? He claims that info was given to him by MJF but she denies it.
We can't ignore evidence that point towards innocence, however. Why would the real DBC voluntarily give the FBI a DNA swab? Sheridan wasn't under arrest nor was he threatened with arrest if he refused to provide a sample. Sheridan is quite intelligent. He would know that the FBI must have Cooper's DNA if they were requesting a sample from suspects. If he were DBC why would he willingly give them a sample of his own DNA? That points towards innocence and cannot be ignored.
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