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It brought tears to my eyes : Local WWII veterans ride in vintage plane to honor their service
It was all thanks to Dream Flights, a non-profit group that travels the country flying veterans in the plane at no cost. Author: Keely Lovern Updated: 2:40 PM PDT August 3, 2021
HOLLAND, Mich. It was the memory of a lifetime for local WWII veterans at the West Michigan Regional Airport Tuesday morning.
Six veterans ranging in ages from 94 to 103 each took a ride in a 1942 Boeing Stearman, the same airplane used to train military aviators in the 1940s.
It was all thanks to Dream Flights, a non-profit group that travels the country flying veterans in the plane at no cost.
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