Honor Flight recipient gets plane ride   webmaster | 09/27/13
Ted Sanderson, a World War II veteran, and Honor Flight
recipient of the Madera Rotary Club, received a flight of a
different kind when he climbed into the open cockpit of a World
War II trainer, Monday. The aircraft, a Stearman biplane owned
by local pilot Bill Hoffrage, was used extensively for flight
training of fighter and bomber pilots throughout the war.
Sanderson, 93, was a member of the U.S. Army’s glider airborne
infantry and fought across Europe during the war. He and
Hoffrage took off and headed to the west side of the county.
“We buzzed a couple of German silage trucks,” said Hoffrage.
Returning to Madera, they flew over the old courthouse before
following State Route 99 and returning to the airport. Sanderson
was all smiles as he climbed down from the wing of the
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