PARKER RATHBUN ⟫ HIGH SKY WING PILOT, COMMEMORATIVE AIR FORCE (NAKAJIMA BN5 REPLICA, T-6, PT-19)

“Flying Tora is so fun!” At just 22 years old, Parker Rathbun is one of the newest in a long line of warbird pilots who have been a part of the Commemorative Air Force’s (CAF) iconic “Tora, Tora, Tora” flight demonstration, a living history lesson that brings to life the events of December 7, 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Last April’s Great Texas Airshow at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph marked Parker’s debut with Tora, flying one of the CAF’s three replica Nakajima BN5 “Kate” torpedo bombers. The CAF’s BN5s are part of the group of Kate replicas originally built for the famed 1970 movie, “Tora, Tora, Tora!” Fifty-two years later, seven of the nine T-6 Texan-based replicas created for the film remain, having created a lot of…

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