Scott and his crew were flying a Northwest Orient Airlines jet when they were hijacked on November 24th, 1971. A passenger named Dan Cooper -- later mistakenly identified as D.B. Cooper -- boarded ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Looking back at his career, retired Northwest Airlines Captain Woody Fountain has a lot of good memories. He is a pilot who earned his wings and a place in the history books.

A mysterious hijacker 'DB Cooper' held the Northwest Orient Airlines flight 53 years ago for $200,000 ransom, and parachuted out of the aircraft, never to be seen again. Now, the parachute used by ...