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The Aviators

By Francisco Alvarado October 12, 2006

The sun shone bright and hot just before noon on a perfect July 4 when 35-year-old Samuel Sax took off from Tamiami Airport in his 1946 Globe Swift. There wasn't a dreary storm... More >>>

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Walter Orth (left) helps Samuel Sax with his radio-equipped
helmet

Sax and his buddies roll the CJ-6 onto the tarmac

Best friends Gary Pope (left) and Samuel Sax have been
flying together for sixteen years

Three war birds soar above Tamiami Airport during the Wings Over Miami air show earlier this year

Miss America is one of three fully restored Texan
World War II-era training jets on display at Tamiami Airport

Walter Orth reviews a flight plan

Even though flying frightened her, Betty Amos Righetti
never kept her husband Tom from his hobby

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Miss America is one of three fully restored Texan
World War II-era training jets on display at Tamiami Airport

Jacqueline Carini

Miss America is one of three fully restored Texan World War II-era training jets on display at Tamiami Airport

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