Gillespie Life
Jacob Brodbeck Day to celebrate 157th anniversary of first flight
Crosswind Aviation will commemorate the first flight by the Father of Aviation, Jacob Brodbeck on Sept. 20, 1865, as his great-great-grandson, Rick Brodbeck will take to the skies in a 1940 Stearman Biplane. “The meticulously restored Boeing PT-17 World War II trainer is owned and piloted by Steve