re: Do you think DB Cooper survived?

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Since you are so good at disregarding the obvious, you know, that he jumped out of an airplane, at night, in bad weather, over rough country, was never seen again and some of the money he was carrying showed up years later in the same area, what evidence do you have that he survived?

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Let's look at your evidence that he is dead.

1. He jumped out of an airplane- Survivable. The FBI felt that he was probably an ex paratrooper or ex military with parachuting experience. He had access to four parachutes, yet chose the most They thought he chose it because it was an older type, one he may have been more familiar with.

2. In bad weather- Survivable. He jumped at 10,000 feet. The temperature at that altitude was about 20 degrees that night. As he descended, the temperature would have climbed. While I cannot find the temp. for 11-24-1971, they average in the 40 degree range at night. He would not have been exposed to 20 degree weather for long since he was descending.

3. Over rough country. He could have landed and hung in a tree or hit a field. This is cool fodder for speculation, not evidence of anything.

4. Was never seen again. I will assume you mean that the crime was not conclusively solved since we have no idea if he was ever seen again. There is a fairly long list of people that could possibly be DB Cooper. The fingerprints recovered were in poor shape and unusable to ID anyone. There is a partial DNA profile. When DNA first became a tool his sample had degraded to the point that it was unable to include or exclude any of the possible suspects that had been identified.

5. Some of the money he was carrying showed up years later in the same area. Impossible to say since they have never been able to accurately identify the area that he jumped over. The money recovered was 20 miles from where they guessed he jumped. A geologist was brought in and concluded that it had been buried by a dredging project. 9 years after his jump, the rubber bands were still intact, suggesting that the packets had been somehow protected.

What evidence do you have that he survived?

They cross referenced air speed, radar, time in flight, altitude, wind speed, wind direction, drag coefficient, thermal push, and possible altitudes at parachute opening. They graphed an area that they thought he would have landed in. They brought in 1000 troops and searched the grid. Nada.

There is no hard evidence that he lived or died that I am aware of. You say there is evidence that he died but only presented a few speculations and irrelevant facts. The FBI is still looking for him so what do you think they think?