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Gainesville man passes on love of flying to his sons, and now his grandson
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Sam Manzo, right and his grandfather, Tony Manzo, push the Stearman biplane out of the hanger for Sam’s solo flight. - photo by Tom Reed
While some men bond over Monday night football and muscle cars, the Manzo family has forged a unique kinship centered around flight plans and takeoffs. The family’s shared loved for aviation began when Tony Manzo, the patriarch of the Gainesville family, was a kid in the 1940s. "Ever since I was a kid, I was interested in airplanes," Manzo said.