James Hawthorne, 61, was aboard a Cessna 180 that disappeared after departing Hallo Bay, Alaska, for Homer on June 25, 2003. He was traveling with his wife, Pamela, and the flight was piloted by local air taxi operator Albert Novak. The aircraft never reached its destination and a massive search covering nearly 7,000 square miles failed to find the plane, its wreckage, or two of the occupants.

Weeks after the disappearance a fishing vessel in Cook Inlet near Anchor Point recovered Pamela Hawthorne’s body; an autopsy determined drowning as the cause of death. James Hawthorne and pilot Albert Novak remain missing and the Cessna has never been located. The NTSB concluded the aircraft is presumed to have collided with the ocean, but the reasons for the presumed crash are undetermined.

Does anyone have information about that June 25 flight or recall activity in the Hallo Bay or Cook Inlet area at the time?