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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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Miles Vandergrift, a pilot from Naknek, Alaska, has been missing since leaving Edmonton, Alberta, on Thursday en route to Grande Prairie. Grounded by bad weather 25 miles south of Grande Prairie, he arrived there this morning. RCAF prepares possible rescue mission amid poor conditions preventing search.
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EDMONTON, Alta, May 3.-(A.P.)- R.C.A.F. officials said today that Miles Vandergrift of Naknek, Alaska, missing in his light private plane since Thursday, had flown the craft into Grande Prairie, Alta., this morning.
They said he had been grounded 25 miles south of Grande Prairie by bad weather and until today had been unable to take off again.
EDMONTON. Alberta. May 3.-
(Royal Canadian Airforce para-rescue men at Whitehorse, Y. T. have been ordered to stand by for a possible mission to rescue a lone flier three days overdue. Northwest Air Command says.
Miles Vandergrift of Naknek, Alaska, left Edmonton Thursday, bound for Grande Prairie, Alta., first stop of a flight to Alaska.
He has not been reported since.
Officers said they believed poor weather had grounded him and that floods had prevented him reporting his whereabouts.
"We assume that he has been held up by the weather," one said.
"The same weather has prevented us from looking for him."
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Edmonton, Alberta; Grande Prairie, Alberta; En Route To Alaska
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May 3, Left Thursday
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Pilot Miles Vandergrift left Edmonton Thursday for Grande Prairie, first stop to Alaska, but went missing due to bad weather grounding him 25 miles south. He arrived in Grande Prairie this morning. RCAF para-rescue team on standby for possible rescue as weather prevents search.