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An Oshkosh engagement

By Janice Wood · August 3, 2010 ·

Brandon Scott, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, proposed to his girlfriend at Oshkosh, during a flight on EAA’s B-17 “Aluminum Overcast.”

According to a report at EAA.org, Scott, a member of the 147th Aviation Regiment of the Wisconsin National Guard, wanted his proposal to be unique. “From what I was told by the flight crew, this had never been done before,” he is quoted in the report, which you can read here.

By the way, she said yes.

About Janice Wood

Janice Wood is editor of General Aviation News.

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