Military veterans take to skies in WWII-era biplane; ‘bucket list’ trip for one
MARTIN COUNTY — Carl Cole, 99, smiled wide Thursday seated in front of pilot Darryl Smith in a World War II-era biplane at Witham Field in Stuart. The propellor engine on the blue-and-yellow Boeing Stearman fired up, and they were off for a brief flight around the area. “It was an amazingly smooth ride ……