Gene Fischer and Michael Herget (left), both from Alexandria, inspect the C-47 transport plane Photo by Shirley Ruhe/The Connection
Disappointed visitors searched the sky at Dulles on Saturday, May 9, hoping for a break in the weather. Gene Fischer and Michael Herget (left), both from Alexandria, inspect the C-47 transport plane, the only aircraft able to make it to the Victory Day fly-in at Udvar-Hazy Center due to the low cloud ceiling. More than 20 planes had been scheduled to fly in from Culpeper and Manassas after the WWII flyover on the National Mall on Friday. Fischer and Herget consider themselves aviator buffs for over 40 years and remember being at Dulles in 1972. Herget said his sister works at Udvar-Hazy and her husband works on restoration there as well. Steve Daner (right) from Reston is a regular volunteer at the museum working in Visitor’s Services.