The late 1960s were a golden age of air travel, spacious legroom, glamorous flight attendants,

and delicious meals on every flight, and a rash of violent hijackings.

Some were politically motivated while others were fueled by greed.

The most famous and mysterious hijacker of all took control of a 727 with nothing more

than a black briefcase, a handwritten note, and a pair of sunglasses.

He got his money and his parachutes, then disappeared into the night, never to be heard

from again.

Did he die in the Washington wilderness, or did he manage to make an escape with his bag

of cash?

This week's episode is…

DB Cooper.

I feel like I know the answer to this question, but I'm going to ask it anyways.

Do you have any interest in skydiving?

Hail to the no.

Okay.

That's what I was assuming.

No!

I also don't.

I have friends that went, and initially I said yes to me, but actually my old employer

was a pilot, and he did flying lessons with some of the employees as kind of a fun job

perk, and such a fun time to ride shotgun pretty much, flying these planes, and take the

yoke, and move, go up and down, but a small little plane.

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