Paso Robles locals are remembering the 81st anniversary of D-Day in a big way at the Estrella Warbirds Museum.

Local veterans boarded an honor flight in remembrance of the historic day.

Laurie Zanoli-Smoot has planned the event on D-Day for the last two years, allowing veterans to enjoy a flight over the Central Coast, then have a warm homecoming.

The tradition was started as a way to give veterans who could not take a proper honor flight to Washington, D.C. a way to still receive recognition.

The second annual D-Day legacy flight took off from Paso Robles on Friday. Nineteen veterans were honored with a flight onboard Betsy's Biscuit Bomber, a C-47 plane that was used during World War II.

“This is something I am doing to honor the veterans because it was Sherman's passion," said orga

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