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Disabled children get free airplane rides

 

More than 20 children, some facing terminal illnesses, did something on Saturday that most people never do in an entire lifetime: Fly a plane.

Flying Vikings, a nonprofit organization based in Central Texas, hosted the event at Skylark Field in Killeen, using several small airplanes to provide rides for the children and their parents.

"What we do is take kids who are chronically ill or physically disabled for free airplane rides, and the best part is we make them become the pilot," said Paul Hansen, executive director of Flying Vikings. "We give them the controls."