To the editor;
Last September 14 a light aircraft was being flown from Edmonton to Chilliwack when it disappeared from radar in the vicinity of Blue River. The pilot, not trained to fly through cloud, was apparently trapped by bad weather and trying to continue his flight.
Both the Air Force and our organization searched for several days, battling snow and deteriorating weather, before the search was suspended.
With melting of the winter snow from high ground, we are considering a new effort to find the aircraft and its occupants.
The aircraft, a single engine, high-wing design, was mostly white with a thin blue stripe.
The pilot might have been trying to reach Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, or Quesnel. At the time the plane vanished from radar it was headed in a north-westerly direction. Given this, people in your area might be able to assist us.
We are asking anyone who might have seen, or heard, an aircraft that day to contact us at 250-675-5395 or email to calvert.pepair@telus.net.
Larry Calvert
PEP Air / CASARA Kamloops