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Paul Welke assists a disabled aircraft near Traverse City, 1993

Also Paul Welke emergency landing-gear assistance

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TypeEvent
Date1993-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Date
1993-09
Kind
Rescue
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
aviationtransportationemergency-managementcommunicationcommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Island Airways Director of Operations Paul Welke returned toward Traverse City to assist a nearby aircraft whose landing gear had failed. The aircraft landed without further incident after the pilots and a ground technician worked out a manual deployment procedure.

Evidence limits

The Beacon account does not identify the disabled pilot or provide an accident investigation record; it is a contemporary newspaper report and commendation.

Sources

  1. Reports that Welke returned toward Traverse City to help a pilot whose landing gear failed, and that the tower credited him and the other pilot with manually deploying and locking the gear. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1993-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the aviation assistance report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Paul Welke assists a disabled aircraft near Traverse City, 1993”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-paul-welke-flight-assistance-1993/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1993, “Paul Welke Is a Heck of a Pilot!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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