McDONOUGH — Retired Navy pilot Capt. Steve Seal got the opportunity of a lifetime last month when he was invited to fly in an internationally known air show.
Seal, 61, first attended the AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisc., in 1997 as a fan, but never dreamed he’d have the chance to participate in “one of the world’s premier aviation events.”
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