Finding DB Cooper: Chasing the Last Lead in America's only Unsolved Skyjacking

by Martin Andrade Jr, Martin Andrade Sr

The day before Thanksgiving in 1971, a man wearing a business suit and carrying a briefcase boarded a Northwest Orient flight in Portland, bound for Seattle. Claiming to have a bomb, the skyjacker held the passengers and crew for $200,000 ransom while demanding four parachutes. After getting his money and parachutes in Seattle, the Boeing 727 took off, going south to Reno. About a half an hour later, the mysterious hijacker jumped out the back of the aircraft, and disappeared forever. "Norjak" as the FBI would later label it, would become the only unsolved skyjacking in American history. Almost forty years later, new evidence was uncovered when the case was finally opened up to a select group of amateur sleuths. Now, their findings have confirmed one of the scores of stories surrounding the hijacking. Join in the race to find out who D.B Cooper was, following up on the Last Lead in one of America's great unsolved mysteries.

102 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 17, 2016

Reviews

[Alan P Brocavich · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good source of information and layout of the facts. But way too many spelling and grammatical errors. Proofreading is not an option.

[David E Marti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Summary as of 2024

Well written, easy to read and gets to the point. This book credibly seems to make the case that DB Cooper, whatever his real name is, was an intelligent, interesting man with a well developed plan, who took extreme risks, made a few mistakes, and probably perished in the process. There seem to be very good reasons the FBI ruled out the 1000+ suspects, and it may be anti-climactic when and if the real DB is identified. But I still want to know his story. It will be surprising, I think.

[Mary Vogelsong · Rating 3 out of 5]

As an unsolved case, the truth of what happened and who is DB Cooper, is a matter of speculation. This book is a plate of speculation, served up with sides of alternate theories, most drawn from an online forum dedicated to this subject. I was hoping for a more structured, firm arguement of the author's conclusion. There was in fact, no conclusion.

[James Wenzell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great research

The book is very well researched and convinced me that Cooper survived the jump. The grammatical errors are distracting, but that is the English professor in me. Highly recommend this book.