54: The Boy Who Loved to Fly

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

History, Society & Culture

4.9 • 40.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2017

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

He flew into history - thanks to a nervous mother with an old-fashioned name.

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0:00.0	Some folks don't stop until they find the truth.
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0:14.9	This is the way I heard it.
0:22.7	The nervous mom with the old-fashioned name
0:25.6	was getting the hard sell from her 12-year-old son.
0:28.7	Please, mom, you gotta let me go.
0:30.8	It means the world to me.
0:32.0	Captain Davis is the best pilot ever.
0:34.4	He says it's safe.
0:35.6	Please, mom, please.
0:38.3	Paul's mother ran her fingers over the metal rivets
0:41.4	on the Waco biplane and shook her head.
0:43.7	The very idea that such a machine might actually take flight
0:48.0	was hard to imagine.
0:49.5	But Doug Davis was indeed an accomplished pilot
0:53.0	and his confidence was undeniable.
0:55.6	I've done this a thousand times, man.
0:57.6	I'll have him back in no time.
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