10/08/2026
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐞, 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬.
More times than not, you can hear the roar of the engine before you actually see the Vans RV-8 plane that resembles a sleek sports car. Those on the ground marvel at the pilot’s flying ability and enjoy the spur-of-the-moment air show.
His name is Mo Meeker. He began flying at 16 and 64 years later, at age 80, continues to consider the sky his playground...
Full story in this week's Rappahannock Record: https://rrecord.com/local-aviator-entertains-the-northern-neck-from-the-clouds.