Donald Myers was 33 and serving as a co-pilot on a Jet Commander that vanished from radar over Lake Champlain on January 27, 1971. The flight had departed Burlington, Vermont, bound for Providence, Rhode Island, with another pilot, George Nikita, and three passengers who were consultants for a Georgia-based company. The aircraft lost contact with the control tower shortly after takeoff amid severe weather and was not seen again.

Multiple searches over the following decades using sonar and divers failed to locate the wreckage. In May 2024 underwater searchers finally found the Jet Commander near the last tracked position, with sonar imagery matching the plane’s custom paintwork. The discovery has answered the central question of where the aircraft went while also prompting further investigation into exactly what happened that night.

If anyone knew Donald Myers, George Nikita, or the passengers, or has information about that flight, please share what is known.