On the suggestion of danescombe I starting a new thread for the InternetSAR.org search effort for Ron Boychuk in British Columbia Canada. From now on, each search effort we start will have its own thread so that we don't get different search efforts mixed up. I will update this post from time to time with the best available information for the Ron Boychuk search so that we always have one point to refer back to.

Participate in the search for Ron Boychuk
If you are already a member of InternetSAR.org you can go directly to the Ron Boychuk search at: http://InternetSAR.org/searches/boychuk/index.html

If you have not yet joined InternetSAR.org and would like participate in the Ron Boychuk search effort, please go to http://InternetSAR.org/user/join.html to sign up. Once you sign up an email will be sent to the email address you provide which you will need to use to activate your account.

VERY IMPORTANT: Reporting Findings
If you have an object that you want to report for the Boychuk search, please go to: http://internetsar.org/searches/boychuk/reportobject.html (you will have to be logged in to InternetSAR.org to file any reports). Please do not file reports for objects found in InternetSAR.org imagery directly to the Boychuk search team as our reporting system has been set up to help them manage and track imagery reports and ensure that all reports are properly evaluated. We can not ensure that reported imagery will be evaluated properly if it is not reported through the InternetSAR.org reporting channel.

This reporting system will allow you to track the progress of your reports and read all feedback submitted by report evaluators and the search team.

System requirements
To participate in the InternetSAR.org search effort for Ron Boychuk you will need to have Google Earth installed on your computer and you will need a broadband Internet connection as the sheer quantity of imagery that will need to load is way too much for a slow Internet connection like dialup.

What is known for the Ron Boychuk Search
Ron Boychuk disappeared on October 23, 2007 on his way home, while he was flying alone in a Cessna 172 plane. Ron departed from Revelstoke, Canada en route to the Vancouver Island community of Qualicum, Canada and never arrived.

A complete mission briefing of everything we know about the events surrounding Ron Boychuk's disappearance can be read at: http://internetsar.org/searches/boychuk/missionbriefing.html
(please note you must be logged in to InternetSAR.org to access the report)

Ron Boychuk's plane
Ron was flying the Cessna 172 pictured below:

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE: DO NOT CONTACT THE BOYCHUK SEARCH TEAM DIRECTLY YOURSELF
One of the big downfalls of the original MTurk search effort for Steve Fossett was the sheer volume of "white noise" created by people contacting the CAP and search teams directly themselves to report objects and ask questions. The InternetSAR.org reporting system has been designed to help search teams manage, evaluate and track reported imagery, so it is very important that all reports for InternetSAR.org imagery go through our reporting system. We do have an official point of contact with the Boychuk search team and they are able to log into InternetSAR.org and review ALL reported objects.

It is also acknowledged that good factual information will be critical for the success of our search mission. I will be using this forum to help collect questions that need to be answered and will pass them on to the Boychuk search team via our point of contact. Please ask any questions you have here rather than taking them directly to the Boychuk search team directly so that we don't overwhelm them with questions as happened with the Fossett search.