Resident Bob Adkins recounts flying stories comic and tragic in “Panhandle Pilot,” a self-published book now available in Haines.

According to Adkins, his manifest has included lunatics, movie stars, drunken roughnecks and one provocative woman who, as solo passenger, started undressing in mid-flight. “A lot of crazy stuff happens. Flying involves people and people can be weird,” he said in an interview.

Adkins worked in Haines 22 years as a school principal and teacher but…