Date:  Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Contact: Nisha Marvel, WSDOT Aviation Communications, 360-651-6310

UPDATE:  Anyone who may have information on this aircraft can contact the search staff at missingaircraft@wsdot.wa.gov or 360-410-0461. The search is expected to continue today until dark.

ARLINGTON – The search resumes today (Oct. 13) for a missing Lake Roesiger pilot, Gordon Last, 51, and his Taylorcraft two-seat airplane. Last has been missing since Saturday, Oct. 10.

Search and rescue personnel will work from a search base at the Arlington Municipal Airport. Air search and rescue operations will be weather dependent. Forecasts today are indicating windy weather, a 50 percent chance of rain and cloudy skies.

For the past two days, search and rescue personnel have conducted air search operations over Snohomish County to locate Last and his missing airplane. Searchers from WSDOT Aviation, Civil Air Patrol, Washington Air Search and Rescue and the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office have participated in the effort.

Last’s plane departed from Harvey Field Airport in Snohomish on Saturday afternoon. He was expected to return to Harvey Field later that afternoon. His girlfriend reported him as missing when he failed to return.

According to reports, the plane had no emergency locator beacon or transponder on board, and no flight plan was filed.

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