>> And now, Rob On The Road,
exploring Northern California.
Rob Stewart: Look at that!
That is the Patriot's Precision Jet Team at the
California Capital Airshow.
We're taking you to Mather Airport on Rob On The Road.
Look up!
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Steve it's so nice to speak to you today,
tell me about your plane.
Steve Hinton: Well I'm here with our P38 Lightening from
Planes of Fame in Chino, California,
and it's just one of 10,000 Lightenings they built in
World War II if you can imagine from the beginning
of the war to the end of the war,
that 4 or 5 year segment, they built
10,000 of these out of Lockheed, Burbank,
and this airplane is just one of 7 flying P38 left
in the whole planet.
Rob Stewart: Just one of 7!
Steve Hinton: That's it, yeah,
we're really lucky to even have this thing.
Rob: You are known all across this country for,
for what you do, what makes you the proudest though
of what you do?
Steve Hinton: Well I just enjoy, I enjoy the,
well for me, I love rebuilding airplanes,
I love physically getting my hands on them,
and I love talking to the, the people that worked on
them, and the people that built them,
the people that flew them,
Rob: but then...
our interview was cut short,
by the surprise arrival of a legend of another kind...
Steve Hinton: Well where did you fly them?
Blake Senter: Where? Steve Hinton: Yeah.
Blake Senter: South Pacific. Steve Hinton: South Pacific,
what fighter squadron were you in?
Blake Senter: Japan, I was on my way to Japan when
they dropped the bomb, and that's why I'm still alive.
Steve Hinton: You're still alive, yeah, no kidding...
Rob: World War II P38 pilot Blake Senter was brought to
an emotional reunion with his past.
And the type of fighter he flew in, 70 years ago.
Steve Hinton: Nice to meet you.
>>: It is bigger than I imagined, yeah, it is.
Steve Hinton: I've met four or five guys here that
are sharp as a tack.
Couple guys I swear could jump right in this thing,
and unfortunately he can't, but I mean, even at 90,
90+ years old- isn't that crazy?
Steve Hinton: That's where the wheels go,
when the wheel retracts that where it goes.
Guns are on the nose.
>>: On the nose! Oooh...
Wanna go underneath there?
Rob: What does it, I just have to ask you what does
this make you feel being... Blake Senter: So proud.
Rob: I have to say how honored I was to see you
walk around this plane and look at it,
and I know you don't see it from the perspective that I
see it, but I just, it's so touching to see you here.
Blake Senter: I'm going to tear up here...
Rob: Huh?
Blake Senter: I'm about to tear up here.
Rob: So am I.
Blake Senter: Thank you very much!
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Rob: Thank you
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