<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=052BPd_0wB61tXu00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=052BPd_0wB61tXu00" width="1024" height="768" >Editor’s note: Reporter Kyle Meddles filed the following first person account of being offered a flight in a T-6 Texan during a fly-in at the Union County Airport.—On Oct. 5, I attended the Oktoberfest fly-in at the Union County Airport. The event featured a wide array of different aircraft as well as a German food truck.Around an hour into the event I figured I would grab some bratwurst and head home, until I was spotted by Airport Authority President Steve Koenig. He thanked me for coming out and paused for a moment. “You want to fly?” He asked. I agreed, and shortly found myself signing a waiver under a tent out on the runway. At the same time, a T-6 Texan thun…</div></body>

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— On Oct. 5, I attended the Oktoberfest fly-in at the Union County Airport. The event featured a wide array of different aircraft as well as a German food truck. Around an hour into the event I figured I would grab some bratwurst and head home, until I was spotted by Airport Authority President Steve Koenig. He thanked me for coming out and paused for a moment. “You want to fly?” He asked. I agreed, and shortly found myself signing a waiver under a tent out on the runway. At the same time, a T-6 Texan thun…