Alain Melchor
5 January 2016
The Robbin Hood of the Sky: Finding D. B. Cooper
. There aren’t many criminals that have become heroes. In November 1971 a man under the name of Dan Cooper bought an airline ticket from Portland to Seattle for twenty dollars. This man would be the first ever to successfully perform a skyjack and get away with it (***). Today detectives have no more evidence than they did back then. Since the crime was committed there have been hundreds of leads (Kugiya). The appearance, qualification, and background of these suspects make them the most likely to be Cooper: Richard McCoy, Kenneth Christiansen, Bobby Dayton, and Duane Weber On the eve of Thanksgiving, Dan Cooper sat on a Boeing 727 sipping his cup of bourbon. He handed a stewardess a note, explaining his plans to hijack the plane. It was simple. He had a bomb and was demanding $200,000 and four parachutes. Upon touching down in Seattle the money and parachutes were delivered, the jet was refueled and the passengers were released. As the plane took off with only the crew, Cooper ordered the captain to fly towards Mexico. After telling the crew to remain in the cockpit, Cooper strapped on his parachute, lowered the stairs of the
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Collins was discharged from the Navy for misconduct, he didn’t last in the army either (Gray 52). On his deathbed he confessed to the crime saying “I’m Dan Cooper” (105-107). Weber has a striking resemblance to the FBI sketch. Wife told him they found his handwriting in the margin of a book about cooper in the local library. She, a time of the confession had no idea, but she pieced the clues together. He had a criminal background. He had license Gray (134). Two things that the wife remembered his dreams at night saying “I left my imprints on the afstairs, I’m going to die) (135). She also found an airline ticket for north airline. And one time took her on a walk. Told her this is where cooper made his
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The legend of Robin Hood has survived in ballad, book, poem, play, and modern media. The story of Robin Hood has been of great interest among a select group of historians. It is highly debated whether he actually existed. Many historical texts of the time describe outlaws that closely match the description of Robin Hood. The legend of Robin Hood was originally based on a real person.
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The best-known feature of the legend of Robin Hood is the so-called ‘Robin Hood shot’.
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This essay will be covering chapters five through eight of the Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. It will include a general half page summary of each chapter. There will also be a conclusion at the end. In order to summarize the chapters, there must be a main character introduction. Robin Hood is the main character. He and the Sheriff have had a few feuds through the book (considering he is an outlaw). Little John is Robin Hood’s right hand man or “lieutenant,” as stated by Allen W. Wright. The Sheriff of Nottingham is a greedy sheriff who is very focused on capturing Robin Hood.