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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PDProps, post: 302107, member: 2156&quot;]My wife&#039;s Grandfather flew an A-29 and a B-29 I believe. </p><p><br /></p><p>My grandfather was also in the RCAF but was stationed in Manitoba, Canada (which might possibly be the furthest one could get from any front).</p><p><br /></p><p>Uncle was my Dad&#039;s uncle. My father always wanted to fly helicopters but it was the 60s, and would have had to go to the US to learn, which of course would have meant Vietnam, so he stayed in Canada, did fire tower duty and spent his youth working for the Forestry Service flying around in bush planes.</p><p><br /></p><p>My father read <i>Young Bush Pilot</i> by Jack Hambleton and it changed his life, and fueled his love of the north and small planes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will have to track down Candy Bombers. I read <i>The Right Stuff </i>as a kid, but think it deserves a re-read.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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