‘Right stuff’ pilot comes to Early College

By Scott Wallace

Contributing writer

  • Capt. Wayne Roberts speaks with students and faculty in the aviation class at Tri-County County Early College High School on Feb. 11. In the foreground is a model of the Lockheed-Martin C-130 Hercules cargo plane that Roberts helped develop. He also flew it into the history books at a Great Britain airshow in 2018, when he became the only pilot to take that plane through a complete loop. Photo by Scott Wallace
    Capt. Wayne Roberts speaks with students and faculty in the aviation class at Tri-County County Early College High School on Feb. 11. In the foreground is a model of the Lockheed-Martin C-130 Hercules cargo plane that Roberts helped develop. He also flew it into the history books at a Great Britain airshow in 2018, when he became the only pilot to take that plane through a complete loop. Photo by Scott Wallace
Editor’s note: To see footage of that historic loop-de-loop, go to an online search engine and type in “C-130 loop.”     Peachtree – Capt. Wayne Roberts – a retired U.S. Navy/Lockheed test, the only…

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