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Korean War veteran flies in B-29 airplane
Sunday, August 20, 2017
85-year-old Ken Geiter of Janesville flew in a B-29 airplane, the same model he flew in the Korean War, on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport.
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Ken Geiter, an 85-year-old Korean War veteran, smiles as Bill Hickox, left, provides his pass to ride the B-29 airplane and reveals that Geiter will sit in the same seat in the plane he used to sit in while serving in the U.S. Air Force on Saturday, August 19, 2017, at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville.
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The B-29 airplane soars above the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport while transporting riders on Saturday in Janesville.
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101-year-old Thomas E. Haas, left, who helped build the first B-29 airplane, meets Ken Geiter who flew one in the Korean War at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville.
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Ken Geiter makes a quick phone call to his wife to let her know he is about to ride along in a B-29 airplane.
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Ken Geiter of Janesville smiles as he approaches a B-29 airplane, the same model of plane he flew in the Korean War, before boarding for a ride Saturday, August 19, 2017, at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville. Geiter especially loves the sound of the plane's engine.
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A group receives instruction and background history before boarding the B-29 airplane.
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Ken Geiter looks up at the wings of the B-29 airplane on his way to the back entrance that will lead him to his seat, the same part of the plane he sat in while flying a B-29 in the Korean War.
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Ken Geiter holds onto a ladder that leads into a B-29 airplane before his ride Saturday, August 19, 2017, at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport in Janesville.