ANOTHER VINTAGE AIRCRAFT HAS ARRIVED AT SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT FOR TOURS AND FLIGHTS THIS WEEKEND.
DOUG ROZENDAAL IS A PILOT WITH THE COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE WHO HAS BROUGHT IN A WORLD WAR TWO ERA A-T-6 SINGLE ENGINE PLANE:
OC……….WHITNEY ENGINE. ;15
THE PLANE HAD A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN TRAINING SOME OF THE FIRST FEMALE PILOTS TO FLY DURING WORLD WAR TWO:
OC………THE B-29. :25
BESIDES THE A-T-6, YOU MAY STILL BOOK A FLIGHT ON THE B-29 FLYING FORTRESS BOMBER THIS WEEKEND.
CHARLIE MYRTUE OF SMITHLAND AND HIS BROTHER WILL BOARD THE B-29 NICKNAMED “FIFI” SATURDAY MORNING.
CHARLIE IS FLYING PARTLY IN HONOR OF HIS FRIEND NORMAN STICKNEY WHOSE PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN IN WORLD WAR TWO:
OC………….FAR TO QUALIFY. ;16
AIR MUSEUM DIRECTOR LARRY FINLEY SAYS THEY ARE ALSO HOSTING A BIG BAND DANCE AT THE MUSEUM ON SATURDAY NIGHT:
OC…….ON SATURDAY NIGHT. :19
PROCEEDS FROM THE EVENT BENEFIT STEM EDUCATION EFFORTS.
