Flights are great places to meet interesting people. Yesterday, I was sitting next to an actual Tuskegee airman! He was a Washington, DC native and had wonderful stories of the city in the old days. He talked about dirt roads in DC (it wasn’t always paved!) and large canopies of trees that have since been cleared. It made the two hour flight much shorter.

The trainer used during WWII was a Stearman, a single engine tail dragger. There weren’t many opportunities for pilots after the war, so many left the military. We talked quite a bit about flying, what else would pilots talk about?

The Tuskegee airmen were recently honored for their service during world war II. As many are aware, they were not given the credit they were due years ago. Even though they were officers, some were even court martialed for entering officer facilities! From what I was told, the movie was an accurate depiction of the times.