Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Leroy Manor served as a pilot in WWII and planned the Son Tay Raid in Vietnam. He died just four days after his 100th birthday.
From the non-nuclear powered flattops of the Forrestal, Kennedy and Kitty Hawk to the Enterprise, Nimitz and the Ford classes, Capt. Cassidy "Dudley" Norman has hooked them all.
Hamilton is going to fly the plane just as WWII paratrooper re-enactors plan to stage an airdrop over Frederick, Oklahoma. The event is part of a celebration planned for Hamilton by the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team and will depart from World War II-era Frederick Army Air Field from an original wooden hanger.