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BONANZAS TO OSHKOSH |
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From Larry Gaines, May 30, 2002
I had a very special treat today. I flew a reporter and photographer from Stockton to Livermore today so they could ride back to Stockton in the Collings Foundation's B-17. I asked the pilot if we could fly back as a flight of 2. He asked about my formation experience and soon we were briefing a flight. It's not very far from LVK to SCK , but I flew about 15 or 20 minutes on the wing of a B-17 bomber! Join-up was a piece of cake. Keeping station had me thinking about my Dad flying through flak and worrying about ME 262 jet fighters. I broke off on base leg to land on a parallel runway. The photographer said he got some great shots of my Bonanza with a whole bunch of Boeing wing in the foreground. I can't wait to see them. The pilot is a check pilot for the FAST program and knows Vernon Ricks. |
