At 88 years old, Frances Dahlke had already lived a full life surrounded by family, faith, and decades of memories. But one experience had always eluded her: flying on an airplane.
That changed last Sunday when Dahlke boarded a flight out of La Crosse, Wisconsin, for the very first time. Sitting in first class and gazing out at the clouds, she wasn’t just another passenger. The man in the cockpit was her grandson, Alex Shupe.
