Flying That’s All Brother To Normandy: What It Was Like

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Key Takeaways:

  • Doug Rozendaal (D-Day Squadron) flew a 75+-year-old airplane across the Atlantic to France and back.
  • The flight presented significant challenges compared to typical cross-country flights.
  • The video details the preparation and experiences of this transatlantic journey.
  • An engine problem forced an unscheduled landing in Oshkosh.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYnFX0AYD7o&t=5s

Flying the Atlantic in a 75-year-old plus airplane isn’t like a cross country for the $50 hamburger. In this AVweb video, D-Day Squadron’s Doug Rozendaal tells AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli what it took to fly to France and back. And how an engine problem grounded the airplane at Oshkosh.

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