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EDIT: Noted that the previous "weather report" given by the press was false too... Thank you infinitely joe1203. I thought of arriving retired before I see suitable info coming to us...

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It has been reported by the family that Ron told his wife he was going by way of Salmon Arm, this generally does not mean he had intended to stop at Salmon Arm. In pilot speak this means I will use Salmon Arm as a navigational point and use the route over Salmon Arm to his destination.

This does not mean the same thing as saying "I'm going to my sisters house by way of my brothers house" which implies you will stop at your brothers on the way to your sisters.

The freezing level along the route that I have posted was ~3600m near Revelstoke and about the same at the destination with no major changes along the route, not a problem with icing.

Revelstoke Weather reports from 1300,1400,1500 local time...and showing a break in the overcast between 1400 and 1500 local time.

CYRV 232000Z AUTO 03002KTS 9SM OVC016 10/06 A3038
CYRV 232100Z AUTO 03002KTS 9SM OVC019 11/07 A3035
CYRV 232200Z AUTO 01003KTS 9SM BKN021 11/07 A3033

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Check. Do I correctly understand that his late departure was probably due to the amelioration of the meteo late in this day?

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Yes, that would be a good observation...the temp and dew point were close causing the low cloud cover and he was not able to take off until there was a break in the clouds.

From that we can assume he was not Instrument rated or Instrument current or the plane was not certified for IFR flight.

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