Hear from an Oregon Historian about the legendary "Sky Pirate," D.B. Cooper.
A little more than 50 years ago D.B Cooper skyjacked a plane here in the Northwest and was given $200,000 in cash and four parachutes. He told the crew to set a course for Mexico City, but before the plane landed for refueling he jumped from the back of the plane. He has never been identified and only $5800 has been found.
Darrell Jabin; Oregon’s Traveling Historian, has been discovering, researching and sharing stories about Oregon and Oregon history since 2009. He has shared these stories in award-winning videos, with a growing audience on social media, on a twice-monthly radio broadcast and in more than 600 presentations. He has a special connection to the D.B. Cooper case.
2026 A Novel Idea Book Selection:
Supersonic charts the rise of a boomtown city in the American West where ambition outpaces memory. In the present day, PTA president Sami Hasegawa-Stalworth is determined to rename her daughter’s elementary school after her late grandmother—a beloved music teacher and Japanese internment survivor. What begins as a symbolic family gesture spirals into a kaleidoscopic, multi-generational story of struggle—for and against change, and over who gets to define the future.
Through interwoven lives—an opioid-addicted 19th-century conman, a disgraced Navy seaman building a jet that will fly faster than sound, a stay-at-home dad turned weed entrepreneur, and a family haunted by the ghosts of progress—Supersonic reveals how each era tries to remake the same ground beneath its feet. At once intimate and panoramic, the story channels the restless energy that propels the West.
About the Author:
Thomas Kohnstamm was born and raised in Seattle. He still lives in the same house he grew up in—now with his wife and two children. A freelance writer for over twenty years, he’s been a Spanish & Portuguese translator, travel writer, video & animation producer and has covered subjects ranging from rainforest conservation to quantum computing to backcountry skiing. Supersonic is his third book.
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