It is a pleasure to draw upon the NWAHC’s holdings and airline know-how to assist researchers and authors, and for about two years we’ve had the honor of corresponding with Bob Edwards, a British economist, researcher, private pilot, and writer currently in Romania, on his new book, “D.B. Cooper and Flight 305,” releasing this week.
Edwards’ approach to the well-trod ground of the unsolved case is not to look at Cooper the persona, but rather is to crunch the numbers of the 727’s flight path and physics of the jumper and parachute, using FBI and Northwest source documents and interviews, with follow-up interviews with parachuting and airframe experts.
Dr. Edwards sat for a podcast recording on the “Cooper Vortex” this month for an hour, and name-checked the NWAHC in the interview. You can listen to this recording at https://thecoopervortex.podbean.com/e/db-cooper-and-flight-305-dr-robert-edwards/
We wish Bob success with his book and look forward to adding it to our library!
