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"The last radar contact with the plane was near Lytton in the Fraser Valley", said Searchmaster Capt. Brad White (CASARA). 2nd Lieut. Alex Cadieux, a spokesman for the Comox 19 Wing, said "Boychuk’s last known radio transmission was from over Spence’s Bridge". Captain Cheryl Condly (19 Wing Public Affairs Officer) said "a lone radar hit outside of Lytton" remains their strongest lead, though crews "have ***yet to confirm*** if the contact was Boychuk."
Please excuse my presumptuous attitude....
You pilots and penguin need to set up a direct communication line wih one of the search-leader people at CASARA. This should be done for any of these searches. I'll bet they can provide definitive info on Boychuk's flight. There are a number of telephone numbers and email addresses that pop up with a Google search of CASARA + <search leader name>. You'all should PM each other and decide which of you is to do the contacting, then contact them and get the straight dope. I expect a pilot would be the best choice since this would give you more credibiltiy. Doing this this may end some of the speculation. It would also be beneficial if one of you had a contact with the Boychuk family. I know Ken communicates with them about imagery, but Ken is not a pilot and he is really busy.
No_Stranger suggested setting up a G-Talk account which could provide you all with a private forum.
I had emailed the Boychuk family requesting some flight info and a contact address for a CASARA contact but got no reply (I may have been rude because I emailed it on Christmas day evening). Also, they may have been swamped because this occurred at the same time as the recent publicity.
I think we do need a direct line of communication with the search team and REAL FACTS....if the Family wants/asked for our help they might want to get that door open to the SAR team to get this information and we need to start with more than hunches...I have no problem taking the lead on this if needed...but without facts to start with we might as well look anywhere...I know we need to prove the system but we can't do that with rumors/unconfirmed reports and images of a search area that is not near the route/sightings/position reports all we can get from that is negative press...
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