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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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Honor and Humility

Local WWII veteran reflects on act of courage

Robert “Bob” Maxwell pauses at the door of Bend Senior High School and takes off his World War II hat and stores it under the seat of his shiny red walker. Inside, large black and white drawings of Salvador Dali, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King Jr. encircle the cafeteria and in an adjacent corner, […]

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