Veterans’ dreams take flight

Ready for liftoff

  • After her flight, Army veteran Emily Johnson waits for a Dream Flights hat signed by pilot Hunter Stuckey. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
    After her flight, Army veteran Emily Johnson waits for a Dream Flights hat signed by pilot Hunter Stuckey. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
  • From left, Hunter Stuckey, Gayle Linkenhogen, Sam Carter, Dottie Carter, Maggie Cardona, Michaeleen Conner, Emily Johnson and Don Cole after the flights. (Photo courtesy Sport Clips.)
    From left, Hunter Stuckey, Gayle Linkenhogen, Sam Carter, Dottie Carter, Maggie Cardona, Michaeleen Conner, Emily Johnson and Don Cole after the flights. (Photo courtesy Sport Clips.)
  • The Oaks resident Maggie Cardona poses by the WWII era plane. (Photo courtesy Sport Clips)
    The Oaks resident Maggie Cardona poses by the WWII era plane. (Photo courtesy Sport Clips)
    On a brisk November morning at Georgetown airport’s Cutter Aviation hangar, veterans and their spouses from The Oaks Gracious Retirement Living waited anxiously for their Dream Flight. Sponsored by Georgetown-based company Sport Clips, Dream Flights thanks veterans for their service by offering a free flight in a bright yellow, two seater World War II era plane used for training p...

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