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So, do we have any other info other than he started at point A and was headed to point B? Hard facts? Flight plan? anything at all we can start to analyze?

Also, can the pilots on the board do some analysis and come up with the most probable flight paths to this location?

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At one point I think I placed some information on the old forum pages, but I'll try to duplicate some info here in hopes that it will help you pin-point some locations.
Apparently Ron left Revelstok, BC headeing towards Salmon Arm. That's a distance of 49.6 miles.
Coordinates for RevelStok are, 50°57'46.21"N 118°10'58.38"W
decimal coords, 50.9628°, -118.183°
Coordinates for Salmon Arm are. 50°40'58.08"N 119°13'55.20"W
50.6828°, -119.232°

Rons Final destination was Nanaimo, BC, Coordinates are 49° 3'8.00"N 123°52'12.01"W
49.0522°, -123.87°

The distance from Salmon Arm to Nanamio is 235.75 miles and a total distance of 285.26 miles.
That distance can be covered in a Cessna 172. But if I was going to attempt that distance over dense forest I would pick an alternative airport and at least keep myself in a position where that alternative could be achieved. The alternative I would select would probably be Merrit.
Decimal Coords are, 50.1236°, -120.743°.

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I intend to create a KMZ overlay with the most likely path and key points of interest in the near future (not today).

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I know we have the starting ,middle, and ending point, but are we talking to anyone official in the search or are we working off rumint again? Do we have any hard facts? Flight plan? Last voice communication was supposedly over a place called Spences Bridge, but can this be confirmed?

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I'll have to dig for the "official" intel, but I do recall that Boychuk had made this trip several times and tended to take the same route due to refueling requirements. Of course had he done exactly as expected, he probably would have been found by now. The imagery we are working with was requested by the Boychuk search team and thus it should in general cover the most likely search area. The amount of imagery we are working with on the Boychuk search is much smaller than the search area we have with the Fossett search.

Over the next few days I will try to complete an automated boundary generator, that will allow everyone to see the boundaries of any active search. This will help everyone see exactly where we are looking.

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