Military fly by
By David Hoover
Above: CW2 Pilot Elam Alumbaugh (far right) and two other Chinooks approach Carthage from the southwest. Other personnel were Helicopter 1 (middle): CW2 Allen Grhardt, CW3 Eric Wilczynski and Flight Engineer SSG Dennis Gyer; Helicopter 3 (far left): CW3 Tommy Grove, CW2 Chad Cutlik and Flight Engineer SGT Jack Pope.
Carthage Press
Sat May 03, 2008, 07:24 PM CDT
CARTHAGE, Mo. -
Carthage native and CHS graduate Elam Alumbaugh and many of his family members experienced a once-in-a-lifetime event Saturday afternoon.
Alumbaugh, CW2 Pilot with the Florida Army National Guard, was transporting one of three CH-47 Delta Chinook helicopters from Fort Sill, Okla., to Rochester, N.Y., for delivery to the New York National Guard. The course the helicopters were taking just happened to allow Alumbaugh to fly over Carthage and more specifically the family business of Alumbaugh Construction Co.
“We were only about 15 miles off course,” Alumbaugh said. “This was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience and it was a lot of fun.”
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