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Local boy becomes 56th Pilot for a Day

910th Airlift Wing Commander Colonel James D. Dignan (right), conducts the oath of enlistment with Bruce Cellars (left), here, Oct. 30, 2013. Bruce came to Youngstown Air Reserve Station where he was enlisted as the 56th Pilot for a Day and an honorary 2nd Lieutenant. Bruce’s day included a base tour, high-speed taxi down the flight strip in a C-130H Hercules aircraft, a tour of the base fire department that included the chance to control a crash response truck water cannon and escort service in a Marine Corps Humvee, provided by the Marine Corps Reserve center here. The 910th Airlift Wing pilot for a day program began in 2000 to help bring a ray of sunshine into the lives of children being treated for chronic or life threatening conditions. U.S. Air Force photo by Mr. Eric M. White

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Pilot for a Day and honorary 2nd Lieutenant Bruce Cellars (left) sits in the flight engineer's chair of a C-130H Hercules aircraft, as U.S. Air Force Reserve Capt. Jonathan Blackann, a 757th Airlift Squadron pilot, explains the controls here, Oct. 30, 2013. Bruce came to Youngstown Air Reserve Station where he was enlisted as the 56th Pilot for a Day and an honorary 2nd Lieutenant. Bruce’s day included a base tour, high-speed taxi down the flight line in a C-130H Hercules aircraft, a tour of the base fire department that included the chance to control a crash response truck water cannon and a Marine Corps Humvee shuttle, provided by the Marine Corps Reserve center here. The 910th Airlift Wing pilot for a day program began in 2000 to help bring a ray of sunshine into the lives of children being treated for chronic or life threatening conditions. U.S. Air Force photo by Mr. Eric M. White

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Local boy becomes 56th Pilot for a Day

U.S. Air Force Reserve Technical Sgt. Charles Runnion, an Aircrew Flight Equipment Craftsmen with the 910th Operations Support Squadron, explains how a parachute works to Pilot for a Day and honorary 2nd Lieutenant Bruce Cellars here, Oct. 30, 2013. Bruce came to the Youngstown Air Reserve Station where he was enlisted as the 56th Pilot for a Day and an honorary 2nd Lieutenant. Bruce’s day included a base tour, high-speed taxi down the flight strip in a C-130H Hercules aircraft, a tour of the base fire department that included the chance to control a crash response truck water cannon and a Marine Corps Humvee shuttle, provided by the Marine Corps Reserve center here. The 910th Airlift Wing pilot for a day program began in 2000 to help bring a ray of sunshine into the lives of children being treated for chronic or life threatening conditions. U.S. Air Force photo by Mr. Eric M. White

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Local boy sworn in as 910th's 56th Pilot for a Day

Published Oct. 30, 2013
By Eric M. White
910AW/PA

YOUNGSTOWN AIR RESERVE STATION, Ohio -- Please see photos and cutlines to the right.