Meet the 98-year-old pilot and veteran still fascinated with flying

From The Dakota Scout's partners at the Aberdeen Insider

Aberdeen veteran Percy Grote prepares for a ride in a Stearman biplane, the same plane he learned to fly as a cadet with the U.S. Army Air Corps. (Photo courtesy of Ward Schumacher)

Percy Grote spent less than two and a half years as a pilot, but that short stretch reinforced a love of flying that lasts to this day.

Grote, 98, grew up in Aberdeen and has …