Young copilot takes a turn in the cockpit of Miss Montana when the C-47 visited Polson Saturday to raise funds for the North Lake County Library's renovation effort. (Kristi Niemeyer/Leader)
August 20, 2023
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August 24, 2023 midnight
Miss Montana lifts spirits and raises funds for local library
“If this airplane could talk the stories she could tell …” As families climbed aboard the shiny silver bird, sat in its cockpit and admired its red-tipped propellers and frisky Miss Montana logo, author and pilot Bryan Douglass recounted the DC-3’s resurrection to a rapt audience seated in a hangar at the Polson airport.