McCoy had obtained a $500,000 cash ransom, and carried a hand-grenade and a pistol. Cooper incident), via which McCoy escaped in mid-flight by parachute after giving the crew similar instructions as Cooper had. The aircraft was a Boeing 727 with aft stairs (the same equipment used in the D. On April 7, 1972, McCoy boarded United Airlines Flight 855, a Boeing 727-22C (Registration: N7426U) en route from Newark, New Jersey, to Los Angeles, California, with 85 passengers and a crew of six piloted by Captain Jerry Hearn, under the alias "James Johnson" during a stopover in Denver, Colorado. Criminal career Īnimation showing the same modus operandi as D. His purported dream was to become an FBI or CIA agent. McCoy taught Mormon Sunday school and studied law enforcement at BYU. Upon returning to Utah, he served as a warrant officer in the Utah National Guard and was an avid skydiver. McCoy served another term in the Army on the condition he could go to Vietnam, where he was awarded both the Army Commendation Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross. By 1971 they had two children, Chanti and Richard. In 1965, McCoy returned to BYU, where he met Karen Louise Burns. He served in Vietnam as a demolition expert and pilot and was awarded the Purple Heart in 1964. In 1962 McCoy moved to Provo, Utah, and enrolled at Brigham Young University before dropping out to serve a two-year tour of duty in the Army. McCoy was born December 7, 1942, in the town of Kinston, North Carolina, to Richard Floyd McCoy Sr. Due to a similar modus operandi, McCoy has been proposed as the person responsible for the November 1971 hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, attributed to the still-unidentified " D. McCoy hijacked a United Airlines passenger jet for ransom in April 1972. (Decem– November 9, 1974) was an American aircraft hijacker. Retrieved 5 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.Richard Floyd McCoy Jr. Retrieved 5 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia. ^ "South Win Football Final After Gruelling Struggle".The Camperdown Chronicle (Afternoons ed.). ^ "League President's Congratulations".^ "Training Begins for South Footballers".^ "AFL Tables - Essendon v South Melbourne - Sat, 1 2:30 PM - Match Stats".The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser. ^ "Guide to South Football Prospects".^ "Australian Football – Jack Hacker – Player Bio".In 1949 he coached Shepparton to a premiership in the Central Goulburn Valley Football League. He was captain-coach of Camperdown again in 1948, when they narrowly missed out on making another grand final, with a seven-point loss to South Warrnambool in the preliminary final. Hacker was appointed playing coach of Hampden Football League club Camperdown in 1947 and led the team to the grand final, which they lost to Warrnambool. His brother, Alf Hacker, played for fellow VFL club North Melbourne. A knee injury kept him on the sidelines in 1945 and he also wasn't able to play senior football the following year. This included two finals in 1942, a semi final win over Footscray and preliminary final loss to Essendon. He won South Melbourne's "most improved player" award in 1938 and went on to play 111 league games for the club. Hacker, a defender who could play in the ruck, was recruited by South Melbourne from Oaklands in New South Wales. Jack Hacker (19 April 1914 – 17 September 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
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