. >> reporter: glenn hutton, a former army radio mechanic is abount to take a flight through time. >>: hutton soared over grand island nebraska in the open cockpit of a 1940 stearman biplane an aircraft that trained military's aviators and helped win the second world war. >> it literally takes them out of their apartment and back to the sky. >> reporter: darryl fisher was flying a restored steer man home to oregon with his father in 2011 when they decided to make stops along the way to give senior citizens a quick ride on the vintage plane. >> something happens in that process that changes the attitude, the energy and their outlook. >> reporter: stunned by the reaction, he started a now foundation for what he calls dream flyers. >> thanks for your service to our country. >> reporter: on memorial day in lakeville, minnesota he will give his 1,000th flight. 88-year-old mary be dose husband charles served in the coast guard, as his widow she took a flight this week. she had one carry on, the faded love letters he wrote to her while at sea. the flight may be short but the effect undeniabl