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Captain Knight brings his father's remains home 52 years after saying goodbye to him

Captain Knight brings his father's remains home 52 years after saying goodbye to him

Old Aug 8, 2019, 4:15 pm
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Captain Knight brings his father's remains home 52 years after saying goodbye to him

A heartwarming story about the arrival of an OAK to DAL flight:
Global News - Dallas airport passengers silently salute the return of a fallen hero (August 8, 2019)

And the twitter thread documenting the arrival as it happened:
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Old Aug 8, 2019, 7:16 pm
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Southwest’s Facebook page has the story from the son’s point of view.

And somebody needs to stop cutting onions around here.
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Old Aug 9, 2019, 7:10 am
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Watched the video on TODAY show this morning. Really tugs at your heart.

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Old Aug 9, 2019, 2:56 pm
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Colonel Knight, a Major at the time, flew the last USAF single propeller attack aircraft, a Douglas A-1E Skyraider, when he was shot down over Laos. We used to call them “Spads” in Vietnam in 1965. Notice these ex-Navy aircraft still have tailhooks. (Articles have mentioned he was flying a ‘jet’ - nope.)
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Originally Posted by JDiver
Colonel Knight, a Major at the time, flew the last USAF single propeller attack aircraft, a Douglas A-1E Skyraider, when he was shot down over Laos. We used to call them Spads in Vietnam in 1965. Notice these ex-Navy aircraft still have tailhooks. (Articles have mentioned he was flying a jet - nope.)
Thanks for this. That's a lot of ordnance!

"It was able to lift truly freakish weapons loads, greater than that of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress." - Air Force Times
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Old Jan 3, 2020, 7:00 am
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Interview with the son:

https://www.airspacemag.com/airspace...z0YgQ0N0HTPF3c
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