Buzzing off the runway onto the grass, Covington resident Willie Williams slowly parked his blue Zodiac in a long line of Cessnas and biplanes at Saturday’s Cracker Fly-in at Gainesville's Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport. Its two passengers in the bubble cockpit were separated greatly by experience: While Williams, the pilot, has been in aviation since the boom of the World Wide Web; his passenger, Brandon Ferrell, was enjoying his second time flying. “The first time was just overwhelming, just the fact that we could get this big thing to lift off the ground,” said Ferrell, an Atlanta firefighter.
Veterans, first-timers take to skies at annual Cracker Fly-In