A Boy with a Dream
As Larry’s fiancée told a reporter, “When he went up into the clouds and heard engines of planes, and he couldn’t see them, and they couldn’t see him, he went ‘oh my goodness.’” You could say that was the understatement of the year. But before we get to that part, here’s the backstory…
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Larry Walters, a truck driver from California, was born in 1949 and always wanted to be a pilot in the United States Air Force. He spent his childhood fantasizing about airplanes. And as soon as he was old enough, in 1967, he enlisted in the military; he was ready to jumpstart his career as a pilot. But that’s when he received devastating news.