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If you haven’t marked it on your calendar yet, we’re currently in New Orleans where the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit is open to the public at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Stop by the Flightline First FBO for this free event, and see some additional exhibits from the National WWII Museum that will be on-site for our event.  Next stop…Turner Field in Atlanta!  For our complete events calendar, click here.

Pilot Doug Rozendaal taking off from Mississippi flying the P-51 Mustang into New Orleans.

Pilot Doug Rozendaal taking off from Mississippi flying the P-51 Mustang into New Orleans.

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