Monday, August 27, 2007

The Civil Air Patrol sent out press releases

Christian,

Some members of the family have been asking about press releases, so this morning when the CAP contact (Lt. Col. Curtis Boehmer) called me I asked him about it. This is his reply with two of the press releases. They will forward to me any further press releases.
Please put these up on the blog.

Also, for further information, I asked how long they would continue to search. The answer: They (CAP) are directed to search by the State Police, and every day CAP reports to the SP on the results of that day's search. Based on that day's information, the SP makes the decision on whether or not to continue the search.

Love,
Kathleen

Read them below:
Download PRESS RELEASE 1 (MS Word DOC)

MICHIGAN WING, CIVIL AIR PATROL
United States Air Force Auxiliary
1100 Aero Drive
Gaylord, Michigan 49735
Telephone: (248) 565-2001

26 August 2007
8 p.m. EST
Mission: 07M-1572A
Release #1

GAYLORD, Mich. – Members of the U.S. Civil Air Patrol’s Michigan Wing continued their search today for a small, single-engine plane with two people on board along the eastern shoreline of lower Michigan.

The air and ground teams covered more than 1,500 square miles and will continue the search tomorrow.

The overdue aircraft departed Mackinac Island Airport on Friday afternoon (Aug. 24) en route to Bad Axe, Mich. The search area has been concentrated along the aircraft’s projected flight path along the shoreline.

Michigan Wing search operations today included eight aircraft, totaling over 30 hours of flight time, and three ground teams with nine members each, and mission base staff. While the flight teams retraced the aircraft‘s projected flight path and covered the surrounding area, the ground teams followed-up on leads phoned in by local residents and supported the flight teams when needed.

All Civil Air Patrol search efforts are being coordinated out of the wing’s mission base established at Gaylord Regional Airport in Gaylord, Mich.

If anyone has any information that might help the Michigan Wing locate this overdue aircraft or its two passengers, please contact Maj. Patrick Gorman, wing mission information officer, at (248) 565-2001.


Download PRESS RELEASE 2 (MS Word DOC)

MICHIGAN WING, CIVIL AIR PATROL
United States Air Force Auxiliary
1100 Aero Drive
Gaylord, Michigan 49735
Telephone: (248) 565-2001

26 August 2007
12 p.m. EST
Mission: 07M-1572A
Release #1

GAYLORD, Mich. – Members of the U.S. Civil Air Patrol’s Michigan Wing began searching on Saturday (Aug. 25) for a small, single-engine plane with two people on board along the eastern coast of lower Michigan.

More than 60 wing members and five CAP aircraft wing are currently involved in the extensive search, along with members of the U.S. Coast Guard.

The overdue aircraft departed Mackinac Island Airport on Friday afternoon (Aug. 24) en route to Bad Axe, Mich. The search area has been concentrated along the aircraft’s projected flight path along the coast.

Michigan Wing search operations today include six aircraft and two ground teams and mission base staff. The search is being conducted by members of the wing’s Gaylord, Au Sable, Traverse City and Alpena Composite squadrons, as well as other wing support personnel from all over the state of Michigan.

All Civil Air Patrol search efforts are being coordinated out of wing’s mission base established at Gaylord Regional Airport in Gaylord, Mich. Major Randolph Rice, the Incident Commander, when asked about the status of the mission reported “…Civil Air Patrol has been around for more than 66 years, this is what we train for and we have many many dedicated people to draw from, all over Michigan…”

If anyone has any information that might help the Michigan Wing locate this overdue aircraft or its two passengers, please contact Maj. Patrick Gorman, wing mission information officer, at (248) 565-2001.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We at Brooke's office, NECA, are sending much love and many prayers to Brooke, Karen, and their families. Please do not hesitate to contact us for anything at all.

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