To all -

This is rather important. I need my Internet Sherlock Holmes's to get busy and find me an important clue to the "extrajudicial rendition" Zundel saga, also known as political kidnapping.

I am willing to put up a reward of $1,000 for the first person who can discover a verifiable connection between the charter plane that took Ernst from Canada to Germany on March 1, 2005 and other rendition flights - that is, planes transporting kidnapped prisoners to what is called "black sites".

Ernst had written to me several times alerting me to the HUGE scandal presently shaking the German government, making some guilty suspects scurry for cover. This scandal pertains to governmental foreknowledge at the highest level of what is known as "terror taxis" - planes that transport kidnapped victims to "black sites" where prisoners are being tortured.

There is some information to be found on German websites that actually claim that Mannheim is suspected of containing such a torture site on an American base located there. Furthermore, it seems to be well documented that Germany actually had hundreds of flight stop-overs of planes transporting such extrajudicial rendition victims heading for other countries now known to have "black sites".

Although Ernst's treatment in Canada fits the UN and various human rights groups' definition of "torture" - the light in his ice-cold cell never turned off, starvation rations, no medical or dental attention, repeated physically humiliating treatment by the guards etc. - is my belief that Ernst escaped worse torture in another country only because he is a high profile activist known and respected all over the world and there was some initial bureaucratic confusion as to his final destination - Canada or Germany!

As a preliminary "search mission", I next discovered through FOIA documents what seemed to be the plane's registry info. It was listed as CGLBB / Challenger 604. Initially it was claimed to have cost the Canadian taxpayers a hefty $50,000. Later media reports then claimed up to $130,000 - which still appears to be a tame estimate of the actual rental cost of that plane - see below!

A friend of mine found additional information. His summary is listed below. He thinks that the plane's registry is actually C-GLBB ; Canadair CL-604 Challenger 5465.

Here is what my volunteer sleuth found out:

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I could not find a direct link between CIA flights and that aircraft. I did however find quite a bit of info and some photos of that particular aircraft. It seems that the aircraft was originally privately owned and does not necessarily have a listed owner - although it seems that it was available to at least two different leasing agents JAZZ and Skyservice: See below:

You sent me this call sign designation, I think it is actually this one = C-GLBB ; Canadair CL-604 Challenger 5465
(http://www.acarsonline.co.uk/aclink/archives/aircraft.txt)

Note that the Challenger 604 5465 - airplane does NOT have an assigned owner. According to Wikipedia JZA airlines [which you can see if you look for the above Challenger 604 5465, is JAZZ airlines out of Canada.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICAO_airline_designator_(J)) Air Canada Regional.

Here is some interesting financial info about JAZZ airlines, but you’ll need a bean counter to go through it, it means little to me.

C-GLBB 1717 GS0001 (Challenger 604 Skyservice Aviation)
Here is a photo of this small jet airplane:
http://www.berlin-spotter.de/focus/crj200.htm

I BELIEVE this might be a photo of the plane you are interested in, Bombardier CL-604 C-GLBB with a different call number, but when this photo was taken, Skyservice rather than JAZZ owned the plane. The terms Challenger and Bombardier are interchangeable as they are essentially the same aircraft.
(http://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/Challenger604/)

This plane however does NOT come up when photo accessed.
Canadair CL-604 Challenger LX-FAZ

HERE is another photo of C-GLBB TE - no owner designation.
http://www.planepictures.net/netshow.php?id=343126

Here is some more info on this plane, it was in Scotland when the above photo was taken [May 22 2005]. It is listed as "privately owned," rather than owned by Skyservice or JAZZ.
(http://www.planepictures.net/netsearch4.cgi?srch=Private+-+Bombardier+Aerospace&stype=airline&srng=2)

C-GLBB ; Canadair CL-604 Challenger ; Bombardier Aerospace was spotted on 22 Dec 2002 in Kortenberg Belgium.
(http://www.luchtzak.be/forums/ebbr-general-aviation-spotting-t5141,start,60.html)

Here are 6 Photos of the same plane with destinations mostly in Switzerland, France and Austria:
(http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=C-GLBB&distinct_entry=true)
[Please note - this airplane apparently has NEVER had an owner - it remains unmarked]

This is Skyservice's FEES. If Skydservice rented this plane out to Canada to transport Ernst, it cost the Canadian taxpayer - assuming it was held overnight and rented for 48 hours - at least $264.000.
(http://www.rsvpair.com/viewPlane/8607.html)

Here is a webpage in German about CIA Flights
(http://worldcontent.twoday.net/topics/CIA+Flights/)

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Can anybody take this further? There must be an owner of that mysterious plane. There must be flight records. I wouldn't know where to start.

Thank you in advance.

Ingrid Zundel