EUGENE, Ore. — You don’t see this every day: a piece of aviation history landing at the Eugene Airport Tuesday morning.
It was the 1952 Douglas Skyraider’s flight facilitated by the Soaring by the Sea Foundation, a group dedicated to the preservation of planes like this, honoring veterans, and inspiring future aviators.
This new plane flew in the Vietnam and Korean wars before being sold to the French military for service in Algeria…