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Self-taught 100-year-old Harmar pilot put wild ...

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Self-taught 100-year-old Harmar pilot put wild in blue yonder

By Danielle Bolt, FOR THE VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH
Monday, March 29, 2010
Last updated: 5:10 am

Amelia Earhart may have given him a few rides to the airport, but he didn't need to ride her coattails to fly into a world record position.

John Hicks of Harmar celebrated his 100th birthday on Friday and reminisced about his courageous adventure across the United States in a one-passenger Aeronca C-2 plane, a k a, a "Puddlejumper."

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