Richard (Dick) Proenneke - Twin Lakes Plane Crash
In memory of Dick Proenneke 1916 - 2003
In the spring of 1976 Proenneke flew the "Arctic Tern" back to Twin Lakes from Iowa. This was to be his most mobile year, because he had the float plane all season, yet he almost died for that mobility.
On the way "outside" to Iowa in early October, Proenneke crashed his plane between Sheep Mountain Lodge and Glennallen and was seriously injured.
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After spending time in the hospital in Anchorage he spent the fall of 1976 and winter of 1977 rehabilitating himself at his brother's home in Lynwood, California. He returned to Twin Lakes in June 1977 and resumed his vigorous life of hiking and canoeing, gradually regaining his strength.