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From Page A1 What: Collings Foundation Wings of Freedom Tour
Where: The Wings of Freedom Tour will be on dis-
Elmer Shildt Jr., of Lit- play at Carroll County Regional Airport in Westmin-
tlestown, Pa., said he comes ster
out every year to check out When: Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
the planes. Monday 10 a.m. to noon.
Shildt, 64, an Air Force vet- Details: For plane tours and event information, call
eran who helped load bombs 410-591-3315 or visit www.wingsoffreedom-md.org
onto B-52 bombers during
the Vietnam War still retains
the love of airplanes he’s had about the bombers and their foundation, said he loves fly-
since he was a child. crews. ing the powerful fighter
Beyond being in awe of the Now when the 69-year-old plane that is considered one
planes Shildt enjoys the op- sees the planes he can’t help of the greatest planes ever
portunity he has to interact but to think about those that built.
with the dwindling number flew the missions or kept the “All these bruises on my
of World War II veterans that planes in the air during the right arm are from when they
come to see the planes each war. twist it to try to get me to fly
year. “They had a job to do and it. They don’t have to twist
“I love to talk to the people they did it,” he said. very hard,” Eberhardt said.
that used to fly [the planes] The guests weren’t the
and work on them,” he said. only ones having a good Reach staff writer Adam
Phil Buddemeyer, of Cock- time. Bednar at 410-751-5908 or DAVE MUNCH/STAFF PHOTO
eysville, said his interest was Stuart Eberhardt, who vol- adam.bednar@carrollcoun Visitors check out a B-24 parked at Carroll County Regional Airport in West-
peaked by a television show unteers to fly the P-51 for the tytimes.com. minster Friday as part of the Wings of Freedom Tour.
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