U.S. Marine Capt. John Sax was 8 years old when he fell in love with flying while growing up in California during the 1990s.
A family friend invited him as a child to ride a Yak-52 monoplane. Since that day, John surrounded himself with all things aviation, going to the Reno Air Races, aviation museums and airplane simulator buildings whenever he could.
“He lived and breathed flying and aviation,” Columbus resident Amber Sax, John’s widow, told the Ledger-Enquirer. “Flying was his first love. His passion for it was contagious. Anyone that talked to John knew this is what called to his heart.”…