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A crop duster in a World War II trainer plane gives the rides of his life in Nebraska

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Takeoff

Scott DeLong (left) waves from the cockpit after takeoff with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in front of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program.

Ageless Aviation

Nebraska crop duster Scott DeLong with a veteran in Texas after a flight offered by Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation. He volunteered so he could fly the old trainer planes and grew to love meeting the veterans and hearing their stories.

Scott DeLong (right) prepares to takeoff with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in front of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program.

Jann and Scott DeLong of Geneva pose next to one of Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation's vintage PT-17 Stearman airplanes that Scott flies to give veterans and other senior citizens rides. Jann serves as crew chief, listening to the veterans stories and documenting their rides in photos.

Scott and Jann DeLong (left) with a crew of Sports Clips employees and a veteran in Texas after a free flight offered by Ageless Aviation where the DeLongs volunteer their time.

U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest (left) of Lincoln and Scott DeLong wave from the cockpit after landing in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program. 

Scott DeLong (left) waves from the cockpit after takeoff with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in from of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program. 

Scott DeLong (right) waves from the cockpit as he taxies with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in front of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program. 

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It was raining on the day a pilot from San Antonio came up to Nebraska to give rides in his old airplane.

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Photos: Ageless Aviation plane

Takeoff

Scott DeLong (right) prepares to takeoff with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in front of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR

Plane

U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest (left) of Lincoln and Scott DeLong wave from the cockpit after landing in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program. 

FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star

Veteran

Scott DeLong (left) waves from the cockpit after takeoff with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in from of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program. 

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR

Ageless Aviation

Scott DeLong (right) waves from the cockpit as he taxies with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in front of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program. 

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR

Ageless Aviation

Scott DeLong, a crop dusterAgeless Aviation

COURTESY PHOTO

Ageless Aviation

Jann and Scott DeLong of Geneva pose next to one of Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation's vintage PT-17 Stearman airplanes that Scott flies to give veterans and other senior citizens rides. Jann serves as crew chief, listening to the veterans stories and documenting their rides in photos.

COURTESY PHOTO

Ageless Aviation

Nebraska crop duster Scott DeLong with a veteran in Texas after a flight offered by Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation. He volunteered so he could fly the old trainer planes and grew to love meeting the veterans and hearing their stories.

COURTESY PHOTO

Ageless Aviation

Scott and Jann DeLong (left) with a crew of Sports Clips employees and a veteran in Texas after a free flight offered by Ageless Aviation where the DeLongs volunteer their time.

COURTESY PHOTO

Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation

Fairview Manor activities director Sara Sherman consults with pilot Tim Newton as they studied the local weather before postponing flights for local veterans in a 1942 Boeing-Stearman biplane at Fairmont State Airfield on Tuesday.

ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star

Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation

Kenneth Mayberry (left), who flew helicopters in combat in Vietnam, talks with retired Marine pilot Kevin Erker at Fairmont State Airfield on Tuesday. Erker was one of two volunteer pilots who brought the 1942 Boeing-Stearman biplane to Fairmont.

ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star

Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation

Veterans who live at the Fairview Manor in Fairmont and their family members watch pilot Tim Newton of San Antonio taxi a 1942 Boeing-Stearman biplane at Fairmont State Airfield on Tuesday. Five veterans were scheduled to go for rides in the plane through the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation, but weather in the area kept the plane grounded.

ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star

Takeoff

Scott DeLong (left) waves from the cockpit after takeoff with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in front of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program.

FRANCIS GARDLER, JOURNAL STAR

Dream Flights

World War II veteran and Tabitha resident Fred "Fritz" Clark, 91, gets a ride in the front seat of a 1942 Boeing Stearman -- the very aircraft used to train military aviators in the 1940s -- before takeoff during an Ageless Aviation Dream Flight on Wednesday at Silverhawk Aviation. A Purple Heart recipient, Clark was a machinist in the U.S. Navy and served in the South Pacific from 1942-1945 before his ship was sunk by the Japanese. He was rescued from the water by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and transported in a Boeing Stearman. The Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 2011 to honor U.S. military veterans and family members living in long-term care facilities. To date, the foundation has provided more than 1,500 Dream Flights nationwide. 

KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star

Dream Flights

WWII veteran and Tabitha resident Fred "Fritz" Clark, 91, thanks volunteer pilot Capt. Mike Sommars (left) for the ride in the 1942 Boeing Stearman -- the very aircraft used to train military aviators in the 1940s -- following an Ageless Aviation Dream Flight on Wednesday at Silverhawk Aviation. A Purple Heart recipient, Clark was a machinist in the U.S. Navy and served in the South Pacific from 1942-1945 before his ship was sunk by the Japanese. He was rescued from the water by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and transported in a Boeing Stearman. The Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 2011 to honor U.S. military veterans and family members living in long-term care facilities. To date, the foundation has provided more than 1,500 Dream Flights nationwide. 

KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star

Riding on air

GracePointe resident Clayton Wailes, 89, takes in the view from a 1942 Boeing Stearman, the aircraft used to train military aviators in the 1940s. The Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation provided flights Wednesday in Lincoln for veterans living in long-term care facilities.

KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star

Fairmont

FAIRMONT, NEB. - 5/22/2015 - Ninety-nine-year-old Alfred Krupicka gets a hand climbing in for a flight in a 1940 Stearman PT-17 on Friday, May 22, 2014 at the Fairmont State Airfield. Krupicka was one of 7 area veterans set to fly with the Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation, a non-profit organization established and dedicated to honoring seniors and United States military veterans and providing free "dream flights" in the same biplane that was used to train flyers during World War II. Krupicka, who served in the Coast Guard following the attacks on Pearl Harbor, was just 5 days short of his 100th birthday. ERIC GREGORY/Lincoln Journal Star

ERIC GREGORY/Lincoln Journal Sta

Dream flights

Volunteer pilot Mike Sommars takes a Fairmont area veteran for a flight in a 1940 Stearman PT-17 on Friday at the Fairmont State Airfield. Seven area veterans were set to fly with the Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation, a non-profit organization established and dedicated to honoring seniors and United States military veterans and providing free "dream flights" in the same biplane that was used to train flyers during World War II.

ERIC GREGORY/Lincoln Journal Sta

Ageless Aviation

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. George E. Smith's grandchildren help support him as he walks at the Fairmont State Airfield on Sunday. Several veterans from the local Fairview Manor are scheduled to ride an airplane Monday morning after wind delayed their planned Sunday flight, but Smith's declining health will keep him grounded.

LAUREN JUSTICE/Lincoln Journal Star

Ageless Aviation

George Smith's daughter had hoped he could add a 2014 entry to this flight log book, which he last updated in 1945.

LAUREN JUSTICE/Lincoln Journal Star

Ageless Aviation

Darrell Hougland (right) is one of three veteran residents of Fairview Manor who are set to take part in Ageless Aviation Dreams Flights on Monday at the Fairmont State Airfield.

LAUREN JUSTICE/Lincoln Journal Star

Veterans

Fairmont, Neb.-05/18/2014-Veteran residents of Fairview Manor wait to see if they will be able to take a ride in the Boeing Stearman as part of the Ageless Aviation Dreams flight May 18, 2014 at the Fairmont Air Base. LAUREN JUSTICE/ Lincoln Journal Star

Journal Star file photo

Fairmont

Fairmont, Neb.-05/18/2014-(left to right) Darryl Fisher, founder of Ageless Aviation Dreams, with veteran residents of Fairview Manor Warren Voss, Richard Smith, and Darrell Houghland pose for a photo in front of a Boeing Stearman as part of the Ageless Aviation Dreams while waiting for the winds to die down May 18, 2014 at the Fairmont Air Base. The winds were determined to be too high to fly Sunday evening but the flight is rescheduled for the morning of Monday, May 19. LAUREN JUSTICE/ Lincoln Journal Star

Journal Star file photo

Reach the writer at 402-473-7218 or clangekubick@journalstar.com.

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Takeoff

Scott DeLong (left) waves from the cockpit after takeoff with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in front of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program.

Nebraska crop duster Scott DeLong with a veteran in Texas after a flight offered by Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation. He volunteered so he could fly the old trainer planes and grew to love meeting the veterans and hearing their stories.

Scott DeLong (right) prepares to takeoff with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in front of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program.

Jann and Scott DeLong of Geneva pose next to one of Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation's vintage PT-17 Stearman airplanes that Scott flies to give veterans and other senior citizens rides. Jann serves as crew chief, listening to the veterans stories and documenting their rides in photos.

Scott and Jann DeLong (left) with a crew of Sports Clips employees and a veteran in Texas after a free flight offered by Ageless Aviation where the DeLongs volunteer their time.

U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest (left) of Lincoln and Scott DeLong wave from the cockpit after landing in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program. 

Scott DeLong (left) waves from the cockpit after takeoff with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in from of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program. 

Scott DeLong (right) waves from the cockpit as he taxies with U.S. Air Force veteran Walt Forrest of Lincoln sitting in front of him in the 1940s-era Boeing Stearman in September at Crete Municipal Airport. DeLong gives rides to veterans as part of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation program. 

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