Verona resident Nahldean Knebel celebrated her 101st birthday on Oct. 7 with her first-ever plane ride at Morey Airport in Middleton. According to a news release, it was a calm, beautiful fall day as Knebel’s plane flew over the Isthmus to see the Wisconsin State Capitol and Camp Randall stadium. Knebel lived downtown Madison while attending beauty college in the early 1940s.