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Haines pilot a kind soul who was ‘a lot of fun to fly with’

There will be a celebration of Sam Wright’s life Aug. 24 at the Chilkat Center in Haines. Wright, 78, volunteered to fly Coastal Air Service owners Hans Munich and Tanya Hutchins home from Juneau to Yakutat on July 20. They never arrived. The search for Wright’s 1948 Beechcraft Bonanza was suspended three days later.   Haines […]