Artist's commentary
"Daybreak found them on the flight line," LIFE reported. "Farley's last-minute checks were painstaking. At last everything was shipshape." Larry Burrows—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
"AT THE FIELD. Just before take-off, Hoilien and Farley give their bird a stem-to-stern going over. The crew chief found a kinked fuel line, which may have led to an engine fire."
"Daybreak found them on the flight line. Farley's last-minute checks were painstaking. At last everything was shipshape."
Image 9/29 of the photos of Larry Burrow's 'One Ride with Yankee Papa 13'.
The April 16, 1965, issue of LIFE Magazine is free on Google Books - https://books.google.com/books?id=RlMEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
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