The Hijacking of American Flight 119: How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craz

Description: The Hijacking of American Flight 119 by John Wigger He pulled off what some deem the crime of the century: skyjacking a commercial jetliner, collecting a ransom of $200,000, parachuting off the aft stairs of the Boeing 727 into the night, and simply disappearing. Since November 1971, "D.B. Cooper"DLno one knows his real name or identityDLhas become a figure of enduring fascination and obsession. The FBI pursued him for over forty years, before closing the case and leaving it unsolved. Unsolved,perhaps, but much admired. D.B. Coopers exploit over the skies of the American Northwest has inspired books, films, and endless speculation. Whats less known is that it inspired imitators. None weremore daring than the hijacker of American Airlines Flight 119. After commandeering the flight from St. Louis with a machine gun and collecting $502,500 in ransom, he parachuted out over Indiana. Unlike Cooper, he was tracked down. In The Hijacking of American Flight 119, John Wigger explores the wave of hijackings that swept over commercial flight between 1961 and 1972. One hijacker ran across the ramp in Reno, Nevada with a pillowcase over his head, gun inhand, to seize a United Airlines flight. Another collected a large ransom in Washington, D.C. before jumping over Honduras. Yet another rode a bicycle across the tarmac with a rifle strapped to the handlebars.Motivations involved an admixture of ideology, greed, derring-do, and a desperate need to be somebody. What they had in common was that their exploits transfixed the nations attention, bringing about a transformation in airline security that remains with us still. With its focus on the parachute hijackers, Wiggers book gathers together the stories of this period of daring criminality and recounts them in gripping fashion, showing their effect on the public, the media,and law enforcement. Using never-before- published interviews and first-hand accounts, he brings to life one of the most chaotic and fascinating periods in American aviation history. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography John Wigger is Professor of History at the University of Missouri. He is the author of PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakkers Evangelical Empire , and American Saint: Francis Asbury and the Methodists. He grew up flying with his father and was an avid aerobatic pilot. Table of Contents ProloguePart 1: The HeistChapter 1: The HijackingChapter 2: Sharon WetherleyChapter 3: David SpellmanChapter 4: The Friendly SkiesChapter 5: Heinrick von GeorgeChapter 6: The MoneyChapter 7: Mohawk Airlines Flight 452Chapter 8: The PilotsChapter 9: The ParachutesChapter 10: D.B. CooperChapter 11: Tom ParkerChapter 12: Richard McCoyChapter 13: The SwitchChapter 14: David HanleyChapter 15: Cadillac ImpactChapter 16: The Boeing 727Chapter 17: SnipersChapter 18: Chase PlanesChapter 19: A Short History of ParachutingChapter 20: Wheels UpChapter 21: The JumpPart 2: The ChaseChapter 22: The CallChapter 23: Dead or AliveChapter 24: Peru, IndianaChapter 25: Nowhere ManChapter 26: The SketchChapter 27: SurvivorsChapter 28: The Money, the Guns, and the PantsChapter 29: Show Me the MoneyChapter 30: Tell Me Your NameChapter 31: The ParachuteChapter 32: The TipChapter 33: A Life of CrimeChapter 34: The PlanChapter 35: A Ride HomeChapter 36: The InformantChapter 37: FingerprintsChapter 38: The ArrestChapter 39: EvidenceChapter 40: FalloutChapter 41: Hijackers HeavenPart 3: Connecting FlightsChapter 42: How It BeganChapter 43: Take Me to CubaChapter 44: Anywhere but HereChapter 45: Hijack HouseChapter 46: SecurityChapter 47: RansomsChapter 48: A Means of EscapeChapter 49: The TrialChapter 50: Prison BreakChapter 51: Finding D.B. CooperChapter 52: ArrivalsAcknowledgmentsIndex Review Skillfully researched and written with beguiling flair, The Hijacking of American Flight 119 is an essential guide to the madcap era in which criminals, dreamers, and desperate souls made routine flying a perilous affair. * Brendan I. Koerner, Author of The Skies Belong To Us and Now the Hell Will Start *Historian and master storyteller John Wigger offers a thrill ride into an astonishing cultural phenomenon, an era when misguided souls hijacked commercial airliners for ransom, then jumped out with the cash-and only the vaguest idea how to work a parachute. * Peter Houlahan, Author of Norco 80: The True Story of the Most Spectacular Bank Robbery in American History *As a Boeing 727 captain Ive always been fascinated by the story of D.B. Cooper and those who tried to copy him. John Wigger digs deep into one, bringing into full view the stranger-than-fiction story of American Airlines flight 119, based on the testimony of those directly involved in the hijacking, lovingly and painstakingly recapturing the events that still influence the aviation industry today. I promise: this book will make you more tolerant of those intrusive TSA pat downs. * Captain Erika Armstrong, Author of A Chick in the Cockpit *Propulsive and insightful, this is a thorough portrait of a striking episode in American history. * Publishers Weekly *Inherently compelling. * The Wall Street Journal *Wiggers hugely entertaining book travels a previously unexplored byway of aviation history and is probably best read on dry land, just to be absolutely sure. * Marcus Berkmann, Daily Mail * Details ISBN0197695752 ISBN-13 9780197695753 Format Hardcover Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Author John Wigger Year 2024 Publication Date 2024-02-01 Subtitle How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the FBIs Battle to Stop It NZ Release Date 2024-02-01 US Release Date 2024-02-01 UK Release Date 2024-02-01 Illustrations 25 photos ISBN-10 0197695752 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2024-04-24 DEWEY 364.1552 Pages 304 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:158606973;

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