88-year-old former pilot gets back in the cockpit, thanks to community

Monday, October 1, 2018
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) -- Meet the 88-year-old who saw his dream come true as he stepped into the cockpit Monday afternoon.

After close to 30 years, Peter Klein of Upper Moreland, Montgomery County got a chance to get back in the pilot seat at Doylestown Airport.
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Peter's first job, at the age of 14, was at the old Flying Dutchman Airport in Northeast Philadelphia. He got his license at the age of 16.

It was a pastime of his for more than forty years, and he says he missed it.

When the staff at Wesley Enhanced Living, where Klein lives, heard that he dreams of piloting a plane almost every night, they made it happen.

The staff enrolled him in the retirement community's WEL Wishes program, designed to help senior residents fulfill their lifelong dreams.
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And so on Monday, Klein "unretired," as they say, from flying - back up in the air once again, flying around for about an hour.



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