Jack Hallett is a hero don't try telling him that but his record speaks for
itself he was 21 when Pearl Harbor was attacked the next day he signed up with
the US Army Air Corps flying combat missions in many different fighters p38
P 39 p-40s p-47s just about every fighter we had just about Jack always
wanted to fly the p-51 Mustang in the war he thought it would get him favored
with the ladies not that he needed any help but in his late 90s the Mustang
still eluded him until the Collings Foundation
pilot with a bucket list alright Jack here we go
I'm ready!
as colleagues foundation pilot Fred Bauer makes tf-51 D Mustang Toulouse Nuts
stocks roared a life from the runway at Leesburg Florida Jack is all grins
this moment he's waited a lifetime for does not disappoint
they form up with another airplane to get some air-to-air shots and Jack's
grin steals the show and it gets even bigger as this combat flyboy takes the
stick of his dream machine
stop it rolls tarragon
they roll and loot together in the Florida sky
Jack would go on to earn the rank of major and be awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross all these decades later he's still got it and flying still has
him
as he's greeted with the hero's welcome in New Smyrna Beach like his passion for
these old warbirds his smile will not soon fade
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