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“We’re asking airmen to strap into jets that their grandfathers, fathers and now they are flying, and it is time for a reset,” said Doug Birkey, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

She acknowledged that it was still "not enough" and promised a "special plan for our grandfathers and grandmothers."

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

She said her brothers, aunties, cousins and both her grandfathers had taken part in the past.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

His grandfathers worked as a railroad cook and a schoolteacher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

I could tell he was eager to avoid any mention of psychiatrists or dead grandfathers.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs