Pilot, 82, vanishes in home-built plane after taking off from Michigan airport

“It was a routine flight for him, just for the fun, typically his flights last for an hour or so on average, he stays within the area,” an airport manager said.

An octogenarian hobby pilot has vanished after taking off from a Michigan airport Sunday morning in his home-built plane, police said.

Richard Martin, 82, was last spotted as he ascended into the sky from Dowagiac Municipal Airport around 11 a.m. as part of a Sunday ritual following a breakfast at a local eatery,“It was a routine flight for him, just for the fun, typically his flights last for an hour or so on average, he stays within the area,” Oscar Azevedo, Dowagiac Municipal Airport Manager, told the station.He jetted off in a Sonex Plane, an experimental aircraft he put together in 2005, WWMT reported.

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