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The Glory Days of Flying

From vomit cleaner to budding pilot in the days before WWII

One day, back in West Haven, Connecticut, in 1941, living on my grandfather’s farm, an Aeronca “Flying Bathtub” came swooping over me. I was helping my uncles and grandfather bring in the hay on a sweet summer day, and the last thing I thought would happen was a buzz job by that pot-bellied flying machine. […]

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Sights From Above Bend

What it looked like to fly in a Ford Tri-Motor airplane

In this week’s Outside section, the Source covered the Fly The Ford tour that is currently making a pit stop in Bend. I got the chance to fly in the Tri-Motor on Thursday, and when I say it was an awesome experience โ€“ that might be underselling it.   While the “Tin Goose” was a giant […]

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