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60th Annual Fly-In of the
International 195 Association

Sept 19-23, 2007
Stearman Field (Benton airport)
near Wichita, KS

For the 80th anniversary of Cessna Aircraft, and the 60th anniversary of it's first all-metal airplane -- the 190/195 -- the International 195 Association held its annual fly-in near Cessna's hometown (Wichita), at Stearman Field in nearby Benton. For five rollicking days, round-engines and tailwheels swarmed around the region, and the airfield was a rainbow of grandly painted aluminum statuary -- frequently springing to life for a dance in the traffic pattern -- as old friends met, and new friends were made.
    Every kind of plane flew by, from the Pitts Special, to a Bell helicopter to the B-2 stealth bomber -- and just about every kind of single-engine Cessna. The airfield's namesake planes, big Stearman biplanes, gave open-cockpit rides while smoking the field. Big names and small melted together as equals. Aircraft parts, and knowledge, were swapped -- great lies, too! Food, frolicking, fun, and flying! Fabulous!

Sept. 22, 2007, at the International 195 Assn. Fly-In (see above), 99-year-old Mort Brown -- famed as one of the world's most experienced pilots -- arrives at the controls of one of his favorite aircraft, an especially historic Cessna 190/195.

Generations ago, Mort flight-tested more of these planes than any other pilot -- and more Cessnas, of every kind, than anyone else, ever. Nearly a century old, this guy still knows how!

MORT BROWN,
Historic Cessna Aviator, Flying Again!
Click photo for more pix and text on Mort's flight, this very special plane, and Mort's surprising co-pilot. (R. Harris photo)

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