The Aurora State Airport played host on August 18 to nine Oregon U.S. military veterans, aged 72 to 96 years old, who had the chance to fly in a 1942 Boeing Stearman open-aired, two-seater bi-wing airplane — the same make and model used to train aviators in the 1940s.
The flights were made possible through funding provided by the Vital Life Foundation, a Milwaukie-based nonprofit that supports causes and resources that help seniors, the Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation, a nonprofit founded in 2011 that honors seniors and U.S. military veterans living in long-term care facilities, and Sport Clips, the haircut salon that caters to men and boys.
“Vital Life serves to provide meaning and vitality in the lives of seniors, and that’s exactly what today was all about,” said Ann Adrian, the foundation’s executive director. “Each and every one of these senior veterans dedicated a portion of their lives to serving our country and it’s so important that they are recognized for doing so.”
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