My grandpa in front of the plane he flew in World War II. He is 97 now.

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image showing My grandpa in front of the plane he flew in World War II. He is 97 now.

SonOfQuora on October 4th, 2020 at 20:10 UTC »

Other fun facts: he grew up dirt poor. His first time being in an airplane was during a training flight. After finishing his military career, he went on to get a Ph.D. and then worked at NASA. He had all types of model planes and space shuttles at his house. I spent my summers with him and my grandmother. He loved those old-timers WWII (and cowboy) movies. I'd watch them all the time with him.

TheWizirdsBaker on October 4th, 2020 at 20:13 UTC »

Corsair pilots had an 11:1 kill ratio. gg

panon69 on October 4th, 2020 at 20:18 UTC »

Is this at the Udvar-Hazey center?