I took a ride with an elite Columbus stunt pilot. Here’s what I learned

If you told me at the beginning of this summer that my internship at the Ledger-Enquirer would involve doing nosedives and loop-the-loops in a 55-year-old airplane, I would have laughed.

But that’s exactly what I found myself doing July 30 at the Columbus Airport — and that’s where I met renowned aerobatic pilot Marty Flournoy.

As the sun set and veins of lightning streaked across the sky, I sat in one of the original Pitts Specials, a light biplane designed during World War II…

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