Old aviation mystery may have been solved
39 years later, lost plane of legendary bush pilot finally found
Pilot recounts discovering McAvoy wreck
McAvoy plane crashed and burned, RCMP say
Human remains, plane wreckage, may solve 40-year-old northern mystery
Frozen in Time
Airplane Missing Since 1964 Found
Plane From 60s Found in Canadian Arctic
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Famed aviator disappeared in 1964

An email forwarded from my cousin Bruce Torp pointed to this shocker. My first cousin, Douglas Torp, was a geologist exploring in the Canadian Arctic. On June 9, 1964 his plane, piloted by Chuck McAvoy and also carrying fellow geologist Albert Kunes, went missing and he was never heard from again. Now, after 39 years, the plane and his remains have been found. It's too bad his parents and brother Berry did not survive long enough to learn what really happened. Doug and his brothers Berry and Bruce (and their Dad Glen) were great outdoorsmen who took the time to show a little cousin (me) how to fish in the North woods, how to use a bow and arrow, and how to skinny dip in beaver ponds. I used to find funny looking rocks and get Doug to tell me what they were. His wife LeAnn gave birth to a daughter, Krisane, after his disappearance, and later remarried. Doug's loss was a tragedy and a mystery, one that is now solved.