A 97-year-old World War II veteran from the U.S. Army Air Corps got a chance to experience the exhilaration of flying again last week when he and fellow vets traveled to Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling for a “dream flight” aboard a 1943 Boeing Stearman.
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