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Catch-A-Cardinal completes first journey, begins another

Catch-A-Cardinal completes first journey, begins another

Catch-A-Cardinal

We brought the 1977 Cessna Cardinal we're refurbishing for this year's sweepstakes back to its temporary home in Georgia following a great debut at the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Florida. Now, our team is hard at work bringing the airplane back together for its first flight. We started the reassembly process by riveting in the floorboard that hundreds of enthusiastic pilots signed during the fly-in. You can watch a video of pilots signing the floorboard and read about this week's restoration efforts online.

May 4, 2007

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