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No Traces ...(Continued from Page 1)northeast and never reached its destination. It carried Arctic Pacific airlines pilot Eddie Olsen and a well-known Fairbanks resident, Guy Rivers. ,Provided LinkOlsen h^d been flying for Alaska Freight Lines to provide the company a'link with their Arctic hauling contract since Wright's disappearance.Another SA-16 was scheduled to take off from here later today, after a flight test, for the Peel river plateau where Olsen’s plane was headed.The radius of search for Olsen’s ship is twice that of the missing Wright craft. The Trayelaire had seven hours of fuel when it xeft Eagle which could put it anywhere within a 600 mile range of the small Alaska community. Wright’s flight range :was Oftly 2bout 300 miles from Eagle.7jOng Range PlaneTomorrow the rescue squadron will send a. long-range SC-54 into the search. Similar to the DC-4, it can ; remain in the .air. from 10 to 11 hours 'and .will' be -able to continue flying on into the night.Plan SearchA search planned for last night by a DC-3 from Wien Alaska Airlines was halted due to mechanical difficulties. A record number of observers volunteered for the flight and many were turned away as apprehension for the safety of the four men intensi-ties..Seven-bush pilots are Ln the search1’ basing their operations at Eagle.SitHoSELd ment ■prove!Alask;L. F sentat Home agenc: --descvworkdevelcSit with ■ that blight tions,’: said.Fedrenewavailalgageother are bi tion.”Durveloprother Sitka that a able flt;eratm’i “By gram ; new \ he adcommiof the that oed in '—* r
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Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Fri, Jan 13, 1956
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