Up, up and away the biplane way

Up, up and away the biplane way

Residents of Village Concepts Retirement Communities of Burien could check one more thing off their bucket list by taking a flight in a 1942 Boeing Stearman biplane on July 10.

The flights were part of Village Concepts’ Project Bucket List to enrich their residents’ lives and grant lifelong dreams. Each biplane passenger took a 15 or 20-minute flight 1,000 feet above Renton in the open-cockpit plane, courtesy of Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation, a Carson City, Nev.-based non-profit organization that has made more than 3,000 Dream Flights honoring seniors and U.S. military veterans in long-term care facilities.

Taking the flights out of Renton Airport were several veterans, including Delbert Lainer and Ron Miller (Air Force), Louise Ashby, who was a nurse for the Navy, and Jordan Perrine, who served in the Army.