Pilot, self-built plane still missing near Dowagiac

DOWAGIAC (WOOD-AM) - The search continues in the Dowagiac area for a missing 83-year-old man and his self-built aircraft.

Both went missing late Sunday morning.

Authorities say the single-propeller, polished aluminum plane had no electronics and limited modern technology.

Flight records show that Richard Martin of Marcellus planned to fly the plane for about an hour, but it never returned.

Martin left his phone at the hangar.

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