WWII Pilot gets an RV ride for his 86th Birthday

This morning I had the privelege of giving an RV ride to John Vogl. He is a resident of Sunrise Senior Living where Sandi works. His wife Cam wanted to get John a ride an airplane for his birthday and she knew that Sandi and I were pilots and had our own plane. Of course, any reason to take someone for an RV ride is a good one. Sandi's boss turned it into a big PR stunt and had the local media out for the flight.

The list of airplanes that John has flown is long and enviable. Starting out with a Stearman PT-17 and includes the P-51 Mustang. The flight was great, I handed over the controls right after take-off and took them back on short final. In the 30 minutes of flying we did, we didn't spend more than a few minutes in level flight. He was having a blast doing all sorts of turning and banking, climbing, descending just having a great time.

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