But it was nothing compared to the landing.
Ralph Large took off in a small plane, but he landed with a parachute.
Jumping out of the plane fulfills a skydiving dream he's had since he was a teenager.
The high-flying experience was a part of an early Father's Day gift.
Large jumped last weekend along with his daughter and granddaughter.
Large tells the Herald-Journal of Spartanburg it was "a wonderful feeling."
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