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Middletown Pilot Flies Fleet 1 to Hamilton in Daredevil Run
Middletown resident Jim Jones and partner Ken Eckard undertook a seven hour seat-of-the-pants flight in a 1929 Fleet 1 from Winchester to Hamilton Ontario. Facing oil fouled vision and a 30 degree compass error, they landed at Niagara Falls in formation with two DeHavilland Chipmunks before guiding the craft into a World War II air show. The mission ends with a museum donation and plans to repaint the plane.
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Middletown
Niagara Falls
Jim Jones
Winchester
Hamilton
Ontario
Jones
Canadian Warbird Heritage Museum
Florida
United States
Buffalo
N.Y
Hamilton Museum
Texas
Ken Eckard
Inwood
Eckard
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
New York
Dunkard
Museum
Niagaara Falls
Fleet 1
Chipmunks