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Raywin Raaflaub's 90th Birthday Celebration 21 August 2020
Raywin's wish was to fly on his birthday...
so we did.... out of Lake Simcoe Regional Airport
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Wally Capsticks, Raywin Raaflaub, and Gerry Peppler
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Raywin Raaflaub, Mark Tobin and Sherry Tobin-Green
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Joep Diening with the C150 to take Raywin Raaflaub on a local flight
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Mark Tobin and Raywin Raaflaub
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Joep Diening with friend Bill Byrick taxiing in a C150 to take Raywin Raaflaub for his birthday flight.
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Gerry Peppler, Raywin Raaflaub and Wally Capsticks
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Joep Diening & Raywin Raaflaub ready for Ray's flight
in Joep's son's C150
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Joep and Raywinn..finally airborne
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Flying over Orillia - Raywinn's Home Town
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Joep Diening & Raywinn Raaflaub at the refuelling point after Ray's flight around the Orillia area
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Seeing Orillia from a Different Perspective
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Raywin Raaflaub, Gerry Peppler and pilot Joep Diening walking into the terminal after Ray's flight
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Raywin Raaflaub with his 90th Birthday flight certificate after flying around the Orillia area
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Bill Byrick, Bill Sergeant, Wally Capsticks, Raywin, Mark and Sherry Tobin Green, Joep Diening, and Gerry Peppler
celebrating Raywinn's 90th Birthday, 19 Aug 2020
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