Taking flight at the Lancaster Airshow
A 1942 WWII Boeing Stearman open cockpit bi-plane from the Capital Wing of the Commemorative Air Force will be available for "warbird rides" at the Lancaster Airshow in Lititz this Saturday and Sunday.
The all-volunteer non-profit aims to keep WWII warbirds flying to honor the thousands of men and women who built, flew, and serviced the aircrafts.
"This beauty is called a steerman and it was built by the Boeing airplane company back in 1942," said pilot Lee Fox. "Its main purpose was to train aviation cadets who were learning how to fly."
Guests of the airshow will be able to take a ride in the sky with warbird rides.
"A warbird ride is a 30-minute experience from the time you meet the pilot, get in the cockpit, we start the engine. [It's a] 15 to 18 minute flight and then we come back," explained Pete Ballard, the warbird rides coordinator.
"An open cockpit plane like the Stearman... I like to say you know you're alive when the wind is going through your brain!" said aircraft maintainer Randy Jennings. "You experience history, you smell it, you feel it, you touch it."
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