Graham Cutis-Lashley, 3, hangs out on the taramak in his aviator jacket Saturday morning in front of the C-54 'Spirit of Freedom'. Graham is the youngest member of the EAA, chapter 960 (Experimental Aircraft Association). The aircraft was part of the Berlin Airlift program that brought food and supplies to Berlin residents cut off by Soviet occupants in 1948. The plane, still in service, has been transformed into a museum and travels to airshows. It is known as the 'Berlin Candy Bomber' made popular by it's pilot Co. Gail S. Halvorsen, USAF (ret.) who was called 'Uncle Wiggle Wings' by the Berlin children because he would wiggle the plane's wings to let the children know he was going to do a candy drop where bars of chocolate and such tied to little parachutes were tossed out of the plane as it flew over. The historic plane is on display at Dillon's Aviation at the Pitt County Airport.
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