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Archive Home > 2005 > April > 03 > Flying like an Eagle

Flying like an Eagle

After making it to the NFL, a Prineville star decided to soar

By Bill Bigelow / The Bulletin
April 3, 2005

PRINEVILLE - Days of the week sometimes become a blur for a busy commercial airline pilot. But for decades, during the fall of the year, Capt. Darrel Aschbacher always knew when it was Friday night.

"I'd be flying, maybe Boston to San Francisco," he recollects, "and down below you....

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