Though he never piloted his own plane during his time in the military, that hasn’t stopped 85-year-old David Derickson from taking to the skies as a passenger in small planes over the years. On Saturday, however, the retired U.S. Army Sergeant was given the chance to soar in a plane unlike any other. Derickson was one of eight Covenant Village of Turlock residents who cruised the skies last weekend in a cherry red 1942 Boeing Stearman – the same airplane used to train military aviators in the 1940s – thanks to the efforts of the Ageless Aviation Dream Foundation.