A pilot made an emergency landing at Hickory’s airport Wednesday afternoon ... he returned from flying supplies to storm-damaged Avery County in the North Carolina mountains, State Highway ...
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On Sunday, Jeff Holowienko, a local pilot, flew a plane loaded with supplies from the Chautauqua County Airport in Jamestown to the Avery County Airport in Spruce Pine, N.C., 50 miles from Asheville.