CAPT. KUNIETSU SAKURABA

Capt. Kunietsu Sakuraba, a former managing director of Japan Airlines, chairman of Japan Aircraft Pilot Assn. and one of Japan's best known pilots, died Jan. 25 of cancer. He was 71. Sakuraba graduated from Japan's National Flight Academy and joined JAL in 1954. Before entering management, his...

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