As per our current Database, Robert Rackstraw has been died on 9 July, 2019 at Bankers Hill, San Diego, California, USA.
When Robert Rackstraw die, Robert Rackstraw was 76 years old.
| Popular As | Robert Rackstraw |
| Occupation | |
| Age | 76 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Libra |
| Born | October 16, 1943 (Columbus, Ohio, USA) |
| Birthday | October 16 |
| Town/City | Columbus, Ohio, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Robert Rackstraw’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible
Robert Rackstraw was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
Rackstraw, a former Army helicopter pilot who had been awarded a Silver Star for valor, didn't surface as a suspect until the late 1970s, according to news reports. He'd been arrested on charges of murdering his stepfather, but was acquitted in a trial in 1978.
The following year, he faced charges of aircraft theft, possession of explosives and check fraud, according to news reports. Rackstraw was convicted and spent more than a year in jail before being released in 1980.
He was a high school dropout and U.S. Army paratrooper trained in explosives and psychological operations. He also worked as a pilot for hire in pre-revolution Iran.He became subject for amateur sleuths investigating D.
B. Cooper, the legendary skyjacker who jumped from a Northwest Orient Airlines jet somewhere over southwestern Washington in 1971 with $200,000 in cash and into history. Rackstraw, whose Army photo bore some resemblance to the notorious mastermind and had many of the skills required to pull off such a feat.
In 2011, Thomas J. Colbert, a Los Angeles-based television and film producer, organized a 40-member team to investigate Rackstraw and figure out whether he may have been D.B. Cooper. In July 2016, a History Channel documentary detailed Colbert's quest to figure out whether Rackstraw was the notorious hijacker.
