On Wednesday, May 9, 2018, Mary Peltola, an Alaska House Representative, tragically lost her husband Joe in a plane crash near Big Lake, Alaska. Joe Peltola, a commercial pilot and lifelong Alaskan, was flying as the sole occupant of a small airplane when it crashed in heavy fog. Joe Peltola was 68 years old. He […]
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A kid posed with his pilot dad in an airplane. Almost 30 years later they recreated the photo
30 years ago: [Image of an adult-aged man posing with a young boy in the cockpit of a plane] 30 Years Later: [Image of an adult-aged man posing with an adult-aged man in the cockpit of a plane]
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