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Does flying an airplane have a positive effect on Alzheimer's sufferers?

"What airplane are we flying?"

This was at least the fifth time that my stepfather asked that question as we drove to the airport, where I had booked a Cessna 172 for a local flight. This wonderful man, a world-renowned scientist who earned his private pilot certificate later in life, has Alzheimer's disease. While he is genuinely happy most of the time, he also cannot remember anything that happened even minutes before. Except, it seems, when it comes to aviation. 

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Matt Thurber
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