Veteran Kansas pilot battling cancer experiences unforgettable glider flight near Yoder

YODER, Kan. (KWCH) – A central Kansas man took the experience of his life Friday, an unforgettable second that could possibly be his final flight. The Kansas Hovering Affiliation is internet hosting the 2022 Commonplace and 20-Meter Multi-Seat Nationwide Glider Competitors on the Sunflower Glider Port close to Yoder by way of subsequent Thursday, June 16. However Friday introduced a pleasant shock for 76-year-old Invoice Linn, a veteran pilot who has type-3 lung most cancers.

The nationwide glider competitors close to Yoder lasts 10 days, however on Friday, one thing particular was within the air, a bucket-list expertise for Linn. The flight was his first experience in a glider in practically 4 a long time.

“it was great, completely great,” Linn stated.

Douglas Dutton, the chief two pilot for the glider competitors in Yoder stated flying in a glider is an expertise not like every other.

“Its a blast. You stand up there and circle with the birds,” he stated. “It’s quiet, it’s peaceable, it’s easy. You end up with no motor going up.”

Dutton, an in depth good friend to Linn, stated he stopped to see him just a few weeks in the past and will inform Linn was “very melancholy.”

“He would love an opportunity to go fly in a glider yet another time,” Dutton stated.

If Friday’s flight was Linn’s final, he stated he’s grateful for all the nice occasions flying introduced him by way of the a long time.

“If this was my final flight, thanks pricey Lord for getting me nearer to you, trigger each time I am going up, I’m shaking his hand, saying hiya and thanking him for this excellent reward He has given me,” Linn stated.

The 2022 Commonplace and 20-Meter Multi-Seat Nationwide Glider Competitors

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