Airborne now
Saturday July 12th 2025, 9:20 pm
Filed under: Family

Richard’s Uncle Bill was laid to rest today at a good old age.

Many decades ago, he really wanted to be a pilot in the Navy but was told he was too tall.

Where there’s a will…

So he had a buddy sit on his shoulders all night long to compress his spine, went in in the morning, got measured at exactly the upper limit, and he was in.


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How crazy that that worked!

Comment by ccr in MA 07.13.25 @ 1:40 pm

Wow! One very determined pilot. I’m guessing he had lots of stories and fond memories for Richard. A good old age sounds nice.

Comment by DebbieR 07.14.25 @ 10:43 pm



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