Flying a biplane is a throwback experience from the first decades of the last century, when barnstormers roamed the country, landing in open fields and wowing crowds who had never seen an airplane ...
BARTLESVILLE -- History and heroism are winging their way to Bartlesville soon for the 16th annual Biplane Expo. The largest annual gathering of biplanes in the world opens at Frank Phillips Field in ...
BELLEVILLE, MI – From plane rides to interactive exhibits, a Michigan flight museum shows visitors the state’s place in American air travel. The Michigan Flight Museum in Belleville, formerly the ...
The concept still demonstrates its strong, lightweight structure and excellent maneuverability at low speed. Many people are aware—consciously or instinctively—that the world’s first successful ...
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) – Eight senior veterans took to the skies above Wittman Regional Airport as Dream Flights returned to northeast Wisconsin, offering flights in a fully restored WWII-era biplane.
This 1944 Stearman is one of six restored WWII-era biplanes used to honor senior military veterans with Dream Flights. Founder Darryl Fisher flew this plane to give the very first Dream Flight to a ...
Local veterans fulfill lifelong dreams with a special flight experience, thanks to an organization dedicated to honoring those who served our country. Army veteran Joe Finneran, 75, took to the skies ...
BATAVIA, Ill. (WLS) -- A special effort to honor veterans for their service took flight Wednesday. Four veterans from Batavia were treated to rides in an open-cockpit vintage biplane at the DuPage ...
(WHTM) — Have you ever wanted to fly in a World War II plane? Four veterans in York County got to experience that today. Dream Flights is an organization that finds veterans living in assisted living ...
Aging veterans are given flights in a 1940s biplane. The rides are a way of saying thanks. Ruth Hartman, who is 82 years old and diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, came to the Camarillo Airport in a ...
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. — Terry Martin had the chance to see McMinnville in a unique way: flying thousands of feet above the town in a biplane. He was among the veterans who caught a plane ride at the ...
SO MUCH. GIVE A THUMBS UP. JOE FINNERAN IS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF. IF YOU’RE READY, WE’RE GOING TO GET GOING. THE 75 YEAR OLD SERVED AS AN ARMY MEDIC IN VIETNAM, BUT TODAY, FOR TAKEOFF. HE’S COPILOT IN ...