US top gun pays flying visit

[GreatAmerican]

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In the United States Navy fighter pilot Lieutenant George Schmuke might be called “Euro”, but his hometown is still Nelson. </p>

<p>With dual citizenship in the United States and New Zealand, the 27-year-old former Nelson College student winged his way through four years at the US Naval Academy then two years at navy flight school to pilot Hornet fighter jets…

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