First flight for Erhard girl

Published 11:51am Monday, September 13, 2010

Nine-year-old Elizabeth Bigelow from Erhard gets help buckling her seat belt from pilot Mark Haberer as she prepares to take her first flight in an airplane Saturday afternoon at the Fergus Falls Municipal Airport as part of the Patriot Day celebration in remembrance of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks hosted by local pilots for the Young Eagles.

  1. Tim Klinger

    Thanks Mark, my kids had a blast.

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