Ready For Take-Off
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Day
23
Month
March
Year
1949
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The end of World War II returned a large contingent of Army and Navy fliers to their Ann Arbor homes and helped boom private flying in this area. Here Richard Vreeland, 20, of 5885 Geddes Rd., who spent a year as an Army air cadet, is shown gassing up his plane at the Ann Arbor Airport. A small aviation enthusiast, his 11-year-old brother-in-law, David Black, of 252 N. Devonshire Rd., aids him in "topping off" a wing tank. Vreeland purchased the war surplus Army training ship a year ago and plans to fly it down to Cuba next winter, where he hopes to operate as a commercial pilot.