Buckle up! Donald Muncy, a U.S. Navy veteran who served in World War II and the Korean War, was one of eight veterans to soar 1,000 feet in a restored WWII-era open-cockpit biplane.
Muncy was among those honored and now, at 100, he is eligible for a second Dream Flight, a privilege reserved solely for cen- tenarians. After signing Muncy’s Dream Flights baseball hat, Fisher removed his own and asked Muncy to sign his. Seven additional veterans from The Ohio
Masonic Communities’ Springfield Mason- ic Community were honored with Dream Flights, including Bruce Doering, 74, a U.S. Air Force veteran who served during the Vietnam War, Lynn Swinger, 86, a U.S. Navy veteran, and U.S. Army veterans Jack Riley, 91, Bob Browning, 64, John Roby, 75, Tony Perone, 88, and Dale King, 90, a Korean War veteran. More than 100 friends, family, residents,
team members and leaders from The Ohio Masonic Communities gathered to celebrate the 6,000th Dream Flight, in ad-
dition to Pam Swan, Director of Military Relations and Business Development at Veterans United Home Loans, a Dream Flights’ partner since 2021 and volunteers from Sport Clips, Dream Flights’ primary sponsor since 2014. Dream Flights are always free thanks to
the generosity of Sport Clips Hair Cuts, Veterans United Home Loans, American Airlines, Argentum, American Health Care Association/National Center for As- sisted Living, Discovery Senior Living, and corporate sponsors, donors and individual donations. Tax-deductible donations and sponsorship opportunities are available at
dreamflights.org/donate/. Dream Flights pilots, who primarily fly
for major airlines and are active duty or re- tired military veterans themselves, volunteer their time to fly veterans in the country's
largest fleet of restored/fully operational Stearman bi-planes. The mission is also supported by more than 50 additional volunteers, including operations, training, scheduling, maintenance, IT, and PR/mar- keting professionals.
About Dream Flights Dream Flights is a nonprofit dedicated to honoring the service, sacrifice and stories of America's senior veterans by providing them with a life-changing experience: an open-air flight in the cockpit of one of Dream Flights’ fleet of fully restored WWII-era Stearman biplanes. From its founding in 2011 to today, the organization has honored more than 6,000 veterans and seniors with free Dream Flights. Follow @DreamFlightsOrg on social media.
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