Fallen but Not Forgotten Series: On the Maine Road

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If this were like any other summer, Everett Worcester would be up there right now, 1,000 feet above the treetops. He would wave down at his neighbors from the open cockpit of the biplane he built with his own two hands. And his delighted neighbors would wave back at the 67-year-old aviator in his sheepskin flying hat, his old- fashioned goggles and, yes, his white silk scarf flapping against the oh-so-blue sky.

But this is not like any other summer.

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Fallen but Not Forgotten Series: On the Maine Road

"So," Everett said, holding out his hand in greeting to a recent visitor to his home with the landing strip in the backyard, "you came all this way to meet the guy who walked away from a plane crash?"

That's right, sir.

"Then you've got a sick sense of humor," Everett replied with a chuckle. "Follow me."

Up the grassy landing strip he walked, past the small blueberry barrens where a handful of local teenage...

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