# The main parachute left on the aircraft (NB-6 military bail-out rig)

> Cooper took the other main chute and the dummy reserve. The surviving rig is the reference for any claimed Cooper parachute, since its maker, model and…

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**ART** 0D6SXVVC681P·Artifact · object

# The main parachute left on the aircraft (NB-6 military bail-out rig)

ObjectPublic domainOne of two main chutes supplied by Norman Hayden and packed by Earl Cossey, November 1971

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking).

Cooper took the other main chute and the dummy reserve. The surviving rig is the reference for any claimed Cooper parachute, since its maker, model and rigger history are known.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1971. Public domain

## Copies 1

**Photo** Federal Bureau of Investigation · fbi.gov · Public domain (US government work)Primary source: [D.B. Cooper Hijacking](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWQQ43WDE/d-b-cooper-hijacking)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking)

## Where it is kept

[Washington State History Museum, Tacoma](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D6SX08J1GTP/washington-state-history-museum-tacoma) · Museum

## Sources 2

- [D. B. Cooper](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWREJ65CS/d-b-cooper)_SRC_
- [DB Cooper's parachute to be on display at Tacoma museum](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWWKC640S/db-coopers-parachute-to-be-on-display-at-tacoma-museum)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The main parachute left on the aircraft (NB-6 military bail-out rig) [Artifact ART0D6SXVVC681P]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D6SXVVC681P
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**ART** 0D6SXVVC681P

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Object

Held by

Washington State Historical Society (displayed at the Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, 22 September 2024 to 16 March 2025)

Dated

one of two main chutes supplied by Norman Hayden and packed by Earl Cossey, November 1971; displayed 2024 to 2025

Licence

Public domain (US government work)

Place

[Washington State History Museum, Tacoma](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D6SX08J1GTP/washington-state-history-museum-tacoma)

Part of

[Hijacking of Northwest 305 (D. B. Cooper)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper)

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