Victor Gackowski, a disabled man, takes his first flight in a model Piper Cleshee airplane. – Vintage Photograph

On August 19, 1999, Victor Gackowski, a disabled man, took his first flight in a model Piper Cleshee airplane. Radley Dave Fleming, 11/3/99, captured the moment Gackowski achieved a lifelong dream of flying a plane. Gackowski had been interested in aviation since he was just five years old.On August 19, 1999, Victor Gackowski, a disabled man, took his first flight in a model Piper Cleshee airplane. Radley Dave Fleming, 11/3/99, captured the moment Gackowski achieved a lifelong dream of flying a plane. Gackowski had been interested in aviation since he was just five years old.

Dimensions: 16.5 x 23.6 cm

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