{"id":2357,"date":"2018-05-17T14:23:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T19:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2357"},"modified":"2018-05-17T14:27:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T19:27:15","slug":"was-db-cooper-a-former-military-paratrooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=2357","title":{"rendered":"Was DB Cooper a Former Military Paratrooper?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The mysterious plane hijacker known as &#8220;D.B. Cooper,&#8221; who has eluded authorities for more than 45 years, was an ex-military paratrooper from Michigan who boasted about the daring heist to a friend, a publisher plans to reveal Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Michigan publisher Principa Media says Cooper was former military paratrooper and intelligence operative Walter R. Reca, and Principa worked with Reca&#8217;s best friend, Carl Laurin, in compiling the evidence. While the publisher did not disclose if Reca was still alive, an obituary online lists Reca, of Oscada, Mich., as having died in 2014 at the age of 80.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Click the link below for the full story!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2018\/05\/17\/db-cooper-was-former-military-paratrooper-from-michigan-publisher-claims.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Was DB Cooper a former military paratrooper?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Click the link below to buy the book from amazon!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/D-B-Cooper-Me-Criminal-Friend\/dp\/1614853258\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1526584836&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=D.B.+Cooper+%26+Me&amp;dpID=41GOxhI78BL&amp;preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&amp;dpSrc=srch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D.B. Cooper &amp; Me: A Criminal, a Spy, My Best Friend<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2358\" src=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DB-Cooper-300x255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DB-Cooper-300x255.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DB-Cooper-768x653.jpg 768w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/DB-Cooper.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mysterious plane hijacker known as &#8220;D.B. Cooper,&#8221; who has eluded authorities for more than 45 years, was an ex-military paratrooper from Michigan who boasted about the daring heist to a friend, a publisher plans to reveal Thursday. Michigan publisher Principa Media says Cooper was former military paratrooper and intelligence operative Walter R. 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