Most pilots avoid thunderstorms, Wayne Sand welcomed them
Wayne Sand with a Cessna 182 on Tuesday, March 24. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Whether facing gunfire, lightning, hail or freezing rain, Wayne Sand willingly flew into conditions most pilots would go through great lengths to avoid.
Now 85, the Vietnam veteran, pilot, aviation weather expert and author has spent most of his life in the sky. Although he saw combat, he devoted his career to studying severe weather effects on aircraft and teaching pilots how to navigate it.
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