The squadron is offering a reward to anyone who locates and returns the 28-inch fluorescent pink aircraft and its payload consisting of a GPS tracking system, HD video camera, flight computer and batteries. The plane crashed after an equipment failure occurred as it soared northwest of Plymouth, sending it cascading down 54,981 feet before it stopped reporting location and altitude. Fortunately, the telemetry equipment continued broadcasting data for another eight minutes before it too was lost.
The team hopes that everyone in and around the area will check their properties for the missing paper aircraft and its payload. The object is a large fluorescent pink aircraft made of cardboard and posterboard with a 28-inch wingspan.
If you have located the item, call 1st Lt. Gary Brown at (630) 660-8231 or email gary@foxcap.org. For more information, visit foxcap.org.
