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Have you ever wondered over where the back airstairs on aircraft have gone? Those stairs that looked like they went straight into the tail of the aircraft.
Did you know that those stairs are connected to the reason we have baggage checks on aircraft today as well as to stories about the CIA and one of the most famous crimes in aviation history?
In todays episode I will give you some background to the awesome history of Airstairs and much, much more.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:24 YOUR skillshare deal
01:40 Episode Overview
02:36 History of the airstair
05:10 Boeing 727 Stairs
07:00 CIA
08:37 D.B Cooper
19:28 The Cooper Vane
22:00 End of the Aft Stairs
24:00 Operation of B737 Stairs


Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode. Enjoy checking them out!

Martin 202 Picture: By RuthAS Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Convair 240 Picture: By Pa34 Own work, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

https://www.google.se/amp/s/simplefly...

https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewt...

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Convair CV240: @SAS Scandinavian Airlines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair...
 
Old Airstairs Image: Hale Rowland
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/iwa...
 
BIA Airplane: @Eduard Marmet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
 
727 Footage: @Topfelya
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727 Render: Mike James
http://mikejamesmedia.com/news.html'>http://mikejamesmedia.com/news.html
 
727 Engines Photo @Smithsonian Institution
https://airandspace.si.edu/multimedia...
 
727 Render Inner Cabin: Mike James
http://mikejamesmedia.com/news.html'>http://mikejamesmedia.com/news.html
 
DB Cooper Bomb: @lifedaily.com
https://curioushistorian.com/thedisa...
 
DB Cooper Flight 727 Photo: @Bettmann/CORBIS
http://www.checksix.com/Crash_Sites/...
 
Money Image: @cheezian
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/t...
 
727 Aft Stairs Open Render: @Mike James
http://www.mikejamesmedia.com/b727_10...
 
DB Cooper suspects Image
https://citizensleuths.com/cooperimag...
 
F106 Image: @United States Air Force
https://sofrep.com/fightersweep/today...
 
1973 Bagage Check image: @Clem Albers / The Chronicle
https://www.sfchronicle.com/oursf/art...
 
DC9 Photo: @Aircraft Pics
https://aircraftpics.com/dc9.html
 
MD80 Photo: @Adrian Pingstone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonne...
 
Tail cone demo video: @Markhk
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MD88 tailcone Air Stairs video: @Harold Betancourt
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Galley Image: @Safran Cabin
https://aviationweek.com/mro/interior...