Lynden is known for responding to emergencies. In a recent case, a pilot made an emergency landing on Etolin Island, AK with no landing strip and a windshield covered with oil. The pilot radioed for help and was flown to Ketchikan for medical assistance, leaving the damaged plane behind. A few days later a helicopter arrived, lashed it onto the skids and flew it to the Wrangell Airport where it was dismantled and loaded onto an Alaska Marine Lines flat.
Driver Doug Schwartz worked with the plane's owners to get it to the port for shipment on an Alaska Marine Lines barge going to Juneau. The customers were extremely appreciative of Doug's help with the unusual move and wrote in their feedback card, "Thank you, Doug, for your expertise and quick service. You were invaluable. We hope to never have to ship an airplane again!"
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