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Gordon H. Root, a Mustang Pilot Not To Be Forgotten: Honoring a Rochester, NY P-51 Mustang Pilot Lost Too Soon

Vintage Aviation News

JUNE 7, 2025

In 1941, Gordon enrolled at Page Airways, a flight school and flying service at Rochester Airport. Government’s Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP)—an initiative to prepare civilian pilots for potential military service as tensions in Europe escalated. As one associate recalled, “We considered him one of our best pilots.

Pilot

Pilot Horizontal Stabilizer Ferry Flight Cockpit

Unusual Queens: Top 10 coolest special mission Boeing 747s

Aerotime

JANUARY 15, 2025

The pilot would bank the 747 away from the rocket, and after five seconds, it would ignite and take the payload the rest of the distance into orbit. It flew 70 of the 87 ferry missions, including 46 of the 54 post-mission ferry flights from Dryden to the Kennedy Space Center. But in 1989, the SCA got a sister.

Cargo

Cargo Ferry Flight Tail Horizontal Stabilizer

Aviator Connection

Gordon H. Root, a Mustang Pilot Not To Be Forgotten: Honoring a Rochester, NY P-51 Mustang Pilot Lost Too Soon

Unusual Queens: Top 10 coolest special mission Boeing 747s

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