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Rodriguez was a co-pilot (rear) in a L-39 jet that is believed to have gone down in Lake Michigan. Don Schaller (MP # 22541) was the front pilot. They were the only two men aboard. The jet left Cherry Capital Airport at 6:30 pm and went off radar at 6:47 pm just south of the Fox Islands. Rodriguez was a flight instructor at Northwestern Michigan College since the 70's.