Ageless Aviation dream flight

Eight gentlemen from the Wyoming Pioneer Home will be taking the flight of a lifetime on Saturday, June 24 as they take to the skies with Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation (AADF).

The volunteer based organization is dedicated to honoring seniors and the U.S. military’s veterans living in long-term care communities across the country.

Their only mission, “Giving Back to Those Who Have Given.”

The eight former military men taking this flight will include Al Jackson (Navy, 1943-1946), Lester Nielsen (Army, 1944-1946), Bob Saltz (Army, 1952-1954), DeWain Raasch (Army, Purple Heart, 1950-1953), Lloyd Harris (Navy and Marines, 1941-1946), Earl Wallace (Army, 1946-1960), Bob Keith (Army, 1952-1954) and Milton Schenk (Air Force, 1966-1967).

Flights are taken in vintage, open cockpit bi-planes from the WWII era.

The first Dream Flight was given in 2011 in Oxford, Miss. That year, they provided 50 flights. Things grew by leaps and bounds and in 2015 they provided 646 flights.

One of the additional flights the group does is a Century Dream Flight for those over 100 years old. They have flown six people over 100, with the oldest being 102.

The veterans from the Pioneer Home will begin their flights around 9 a.m. at the Hot Springs County Airport.