Falcon Field Airport

102-year-old WWII pilot trainer treated to honor flight at Mesa airport

Pilot Ed Newburg of Grounded No More, veteran Leroy Krauss and others after the flight in the World War II bomber trainer Cessna AT-17 Bobcat.

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Marine Corps veteran Bruce Brorsen (second from right) was taken on an honor flight in the nonprofit’s Cold War-era Romanian fighter bomber trainer with pilot Anthony Anger (second from left).

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From left are the Cold War era Romanian fighter bomber trainer and the Cessna AT-17 Bobcat.

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Prior to the flights, pilot Anthony Anger of Grounded No More speaks about veterans Leroy Krauss (sitting) and Bruce Brorsen.

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Veteran Leroy Krauss views an AT-6 Texan — the type of aircraft he flew to train pilots during World War II — at the Commemorative Air Force Museum — Airbase Arizona in Mesa.

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Veteran Leroy Krauss studies a Stearman plane, which he learned to fly in during the 1940s, at the Commemorative Air Force Museum — Airbase Arizona in Mesa.

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The World War II bomber trainer Cessna AT-17 Bobcat at Falcon Field Airport in Mesa. (Video by Richard H. Dyer)

Video by Richard H. Dyer

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