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NC27249er's 85th Birthday
Greetings fellow Skinny Boid fans. Last Saturday 8-23-2025, was the 85th birthday of our Porterfield. The day happened to coincide with the August Fly Day at The Heritage flight Museum at Skagit Regional Airport (KBVS), where my wife Suzi and I volunteer. The museums executive director Greg Anders, son of Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, was gracious enough to offer for us to park our airplane in the museums hanger during the event. We were very honored! It was a very special and memorable day for Suzi and I.
If you are in the pacific northwest and have the opportunity, the museum is a wonderful destination. Their main focus is honoring veterans, the Apollo 8 mission, and the preservation of some amazing flyable US military aircraft.
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Permalink Reply by Tom Porterfield on
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the Porterfield looks right at home there.
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Permalink Reply by Mark Shayne
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This photo is my favorite of the day. It has my sweet wife Suzi looking on, as her Porterfield rests at the event. Suzi's grandfather was the original owner back in 1940 with a co owner. Sometime in 1941, they sold the aircraft and Suzi's grandad joined the Army and became a flight instructor. He trained many pilots in Boeing PT-17's and Fairchild PT-19's at Hancock Field, near Santa Maria, California for the United States war effort.
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