PAUL BENDIGO MAKES SOLO FLIGHT ON 16th BIRTHDAY
Paul Lynn Bendigo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bendigo, Clarks Valley, celebrated his 16th birthday by solo flying a Piper Cherokee at Clarks Valley Airport Friday afternoon and received congratulations from flight instructor Stewart Shadle of Tower City.
Bendigo is an 11th grade student at Williams Valley High School and is a teen member of Pennsylvania and International Flying Farmers.
Shadle is a former employee of American Flyers and is licenses by the Federal Aviation Administration as a commercial pilot with instructor, instrument, twin engine and aircraft mechanic ratings.
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From the West Schuylkill Herald, July 6, 1972, via Newspapers.com.
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