News-Sun Staff Report A Hobbs man was injured in an airplane crash on Friday the Texas Department of Transportation reported. On Monday, Texas DPS sergeant Steven Blanco reported Dennis Harrington, 70, of Hobbs, was in stable condition at the Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa, Texas after crashing his Piper PA22 TripAcer airplane at around 7:18 p.m., Texas time, on Friday. …

Dr. William Frances Wright Jr. of Hobbs piloted his first solo flight about three years before Sally Fields took to the air, and that was a long time ago, as baby boomers will remember. He’s still flying, but the Flying Nun only flies in reruns. Honored last week with the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration’s most prestigious award, …