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Friday, January 8, 2021

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Date & Time: January 8, 2021- 7:00 PM Pacific Time

Program

"DB Cooper Skyjack. Cold Case Revisited" by Mark Meltzer, AF6IM

On Nov 24 1971 a man calling himself Dan Cooper hijacked a Northwest Airlines 727. The plane landed in Seattle where Cooper demand- ed and received $200,000 in cash and four par- achutes. He then ordered the plane to take off and parachuted out the rear air stair door somewhere over rural Washington.

The DB Cooper skyjacking is the only unsolved air piracy case in American history. To this day the FBI remains stymied in its efforts to identify Cooper.

Mark Meltzer, AF6IM, is a parachutist with over 52 years of skydiving experience. Mark, who has degrees in electrical engineering and law, has done extensive research into the Cooper case. He has appeared on several TV produc- tions about DB Cooper including two History Channel series. He has also co authored a sci- entific journal article examining the use of sea- sonal diatoms as a forensic tool to establish submersion dates on some Cooper loot found neatly stacked under the sand on a Columbia River sand bar years after the skyjack. His talk at PAARA will give an overview of the case and explore the tantalizing possibility that Cooper used radio communications to rendezvous with an accomplice on the ground.

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Club Meetings

The Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association meets on the 1st Friday of the month at 7:00 pm (19:00 J) (except when the first Friday lands on a holiday and typically moved to the 2nd Friday of the month).

PLEASE NOTE: The meeting location has changed. We will now be meeting in Meeting Room H6, in the Cubberley Community Center in Palo Alto. Further information is below.

Click Here For Detailed Driving Directions

Location: Cubberley Community Center; 4000 Middflefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303.
Telephone: (650) 329-2418.


After the meeting, many members gather for beer, pizza, and eyeball QSOs at Pizza Chicago, located at 4115 El Camino Real, in Palo Alto..
Location: https://www.pizzachicagopaloalto.com/


Board Meetings

The PAARA Board meets on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 7:00 pm at the home of Marty Wayne, W6NEV.  Address is: 1039 Bryant Way, Sunnyvale, CA.  We conduct most of our club business there in order to allow more time for guest speakers and socializing at regular club meetings.  Any PAARA member is welcome to attend.

A few meetings throughout the year have pre-defined agenda items. These include:

September Board Meeting
The Nominating Committee is appointed by the President to decide on a slate of candidates to be recommended to the membership.

October General Meeting
The Nominating Committee presents its nominations to the membership at the regular club meeting.  Nominations from club members opens at the beginning of the meeting, and closes at the end of the meeting.


 
   
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