Searching When Songbirds Ceased to Sing

<p>Searching When Songbirds Ceased to Sing shares the why's how's and what's that evolved when experiencing a traumatic year-long search for a missing aircraft and occupants. It was October 28th 1974 when brothers-in-law and the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron they were piloting disappeared. The aircraft serving as an air hearse was on its return flight from Gallup NM. On board were a father and his two teenage daughters involved in a fatal car/train accident being transported to their hometown of Sturgis SD. When failing to arrive as scheduled Rapid City Flight Control issued a Missing Aircraft Alert to all surrounding airports. With no sightings or landings reported the alert was broadened to include all airports in a six-state area and an extensive air search was actively underway.</p>