Archibald News

After all the rain the past few weeks, Twin City Dragway was packed with racers and fans enjoying the great weather during the final Bayou Classic races.

The following is a reprint of a column that was originally published in Gambit. It just gets better all the time.

When the pilot of the twin-engine Beech aircraft passed out and died mid-flight, passenger Doug White of Archibald, Louisiana, took over the plane and landed it safely: "We've had situations where passengers land airplanes before, but this is the first time I actually heard a controller actually tell the passenger to push this button and turn this ...

A Louisiana man with limited flying experience managed to safely land a two-engine turboprop on the weekend after the plane's pilot died suddenly.