his Grandfather helped fly the first KC-10, tail number 79-0433. He was on its last Flight. Master Sgt. Paul Stoshak

Leo Hazell, a test flight engineer, was deeply involved in McDonnell Douglas’ development of the KC-10 and actually flew on that first tanker when it made its first flight.

When the time came for the 79-0433 to be retired and permanently preserved at the AMC Museum in Dover, his grandson, Master Sgt. Paul Stoshak had the opportunity for one final flight, taking the plane his grandfather helped to develop to its final destination.when the time came for the 79-0433 to be retired and permanently preserved at the AMC Museum in Dover, he had the opportunity for one final flight, taking the plane his grandfather helped to develop to its final destination.

“It was absolutely surreal,” Stoshak said of that last trip from McGuire to Dover. “I was thinking about him the whole flight down there. Just memories rushing back and being a kid in the airplane. And then not only that, but just all the great times that I’ve had on the KC-10, just flying around all over the world.

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