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Video: My Metal Mistress at Texas Antique Airplane Fly-In

By General Aviation News Staff · October 17, 2017 ·

Smitty Smith of FunPlacesToFly.com sent us this video he shot at the 2017 Texas Antique Airplane Fly-in in Gainesville, Texas, which was held Oct. 13-14.

He explains: “We flew a completely restored 1956 Cessna 172, named “My Metal Mistress,” to the fly-in. There was a huge variety of antique airplanes on display. One of the best fly-ins around!”

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