Alex takes us on a historic WWII C-54 Skymaster plane ride and talks to pilot John Cotter about what it means for him to fly "That's All Brother" in the place of heroic veterans.
War two history has landed in lexington.
The douglas c-47 skytrain aircraft.... called 'that's all, brother'... is here through the weekend.
The aircraft led 800 planes in the airborne invasion of normandy on june 6, 19-44... otherwise known as d-day.
Abc 36's alex king takes us for a ride.
John: "everybody asks what's it like to get to fly that's all brother and these airplanes that represent such a milestone in our history and it's just an honor."
When john cotter pilots 'that's all, brother'... he says he thinks of the soldiers who had to fly the airplane into combat during world war ii.
John: "this airplane represents the history of folks granfathers, grandmothers, crew chiefs, all the people that worked and flew and maintained these airplanes."
'that's all, brother' served through the end of the war in europe, including the airborne invasion of germany called operation varsity.
Reva grantham plans to ride in the airplane on sunday.
Her father was a world war ii veteran... reva: "he served in the philippines and he went into the philippines and fought his way through the jungle on the way up to milan and actually fought... i get emotional about this fought house to house like we did over in fallujah and so it was very difficult fighting."
And she served in the army for 24 years... as a german linguist.
Now she enjoys spending her time learning about these planes and their importance in history.
Reva: "i have flown on miss mitchell which is a b25.
I flew on the b17 texas raiders here in lexington and then i've been on the b24 diamond lil and then i've been on the b29 fifi which was also here and i did the bombardier" she urges everyone to visit these aircrafts and learn about the history... so that we don't forget the sacrifices of the veterans who once flew in them.
'that's all, brother' will be at the aviation museum of kentucky at blue grass airport until sunday.
In lexington, alex
C-47 World War 2 Aircraft available for rides at Terre Haute Regional Airport