Coincidentally:
17 Dec is the 91th birthday of Don Fairbanks, CFI with a dozen ratings, who won a few trophies in his Knight Twister "White Knight" in the 1970s.
But Don had other "trophies" in his record too - tail gunner in a B-24 that dropped OSS personnel and supplies over occupied Europe during "the big one". [IMG]
http://www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.or...ctober2009.pdf[/IMG]
(edit) Don's still in good health, still attends the local aviation heritage society meetings, & He shared a piece of his birthday cake with me. Happy landings, Sir!