Dear, dear. From today's paper...

Two men in a Czechoslovakian fighter-trainer jet disappeared minutes after
taking off from Boeing Field yesterday, prompting rescue teams to scour the
area between Seattle and their destination in Lewiston, Idaho.

A search for the single-engine L-39 registered to Rocky Stewart of Hollister,
Calif., was launched by the aviation emergency services division of the state
Department of Transportation.

That effort, based at Bowers Field in Ellensburg, was suspended at nightfall,
spokeswoman Nisha Hanchinamani said.

The two men left Boeing Field shortly before noon, and by 11:58 a.m. had
radioed a Seattle air traffic controller to say they were experiencing control
problems. The plane later disappeared from radar, said Tom Peterson, WSDOT
Aviation Emergency Services Coordinator.