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Thursday, December 28, 2006
By AARON AUPPERLEE Staff Writer
DAGGETT - Actor Patrick Swayze and his wife, Lisa Niemi, made a precautionary landing at the Barstow-Daggett Airport after they lost power from their plane's right engine on Wednesday.
"It's great to be back in Daggett," Swayze said. "I've flown a lot of training here."
Swayze, who has been flying for 15 years, said he flew in and out of the Daggett airport while filming the 1995 film "Tall Tale."
According to Alan Hamm, the owner of the airport, Swayze's twin-engine Cessna 414 experienced engine trouble en route from Van Nuys to New Mexico. The plane's right engine lost power, and Niemi landed the plane with only one engine.
"With a 46-knot cross-wind, she greased it," Swayze said of the landing. "We stayed totally calm and professional, like a unit in the cock-pit, and nailed it."
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DANG IT IN DAGGETT
Staff photo by Aaron Aupperlee
Patrick Swayze stands outside his Cessna 414 at the Barstow-Daggett Airport with his dogs Lucas and Gabriel on Wednesday. Swayze’s wife, Lisa Niema, landed the plane in a 46 knot headwind after the plane lost its right engine.