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For the 80th anniversary of Cessna Aircraft, and the 60th anniversary of it's first all-metal airplane -- the 190/195 -- the International 195 Association held its annual fly-in near Cessna's hometown (Wichita), at Stearman Field in nearby Benton. For five rollicking days, round-engines and tailwheels swarmed around the region, and the airfield was a rainbow of grandly painted aluminum statuary -- frequently springing to life for a dance in the traffic pattern -- as old friends met, and new friends were made.
Every kind of plane flew by, from the Pitts Special, to a Bell helicopter to the B-2 stealth bomber -- and just about every kind of single-engine Cessna. The airfield's namesake planes, big Stearman biplanes, gave open-cockpit rides while smoking the field. Big names and small melted together as equals. Aircraft parts, and knowledge, were swapped -- great lies, too! Food, frolicking, fun, and flying! Fabulous! |
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Sept. 22, 2007, at the International 195 Assn. Fly-In (see above), 99-year-old Mort Brown -- famed as one of the world's most experienced pilots -- arrives at the controls of one of his favorite aircraft, an especially historic Cessna 190/195. |
MORT BROWN,
Historic Cessna Aviator, Flying Again! 
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| Click photo for more pix and text on Mort's flight, this very special plane, and Mort's surprising co-pilot. (R. Harris photo) |
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