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Triple Double:
A Serial Airplane Rescuer Saves Two Skymasters
by Matthew McDaniel
The story is as old as the art of piloting. That first encounter with aviation which sets into motion a lifetime of aeronautical pursuits. For Dr. Per Anderas (known to his friends as “Pepe” or simply “Pep”), that encounter happened at the tender age of six. He and his older sister (age 8) were born in Chile to Swedish parents but were raised in Peru (where their parents were missionaries). Wanting a good education for their children, Per’s parents put them into a Beech 18 in the jungles of Peru and sent them off to a distant boarding school where they would join their two older sisters. That first experience of flight overshadowed any trepidation Pep had about the trip. In his own words, he “fell hopelessly in love with airplanes!”
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