LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT BY COLLIN CALLAHAN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY DAVID TULIS S ometimes it's the smallest decisions that make the biggest difference in our lives. That's certainly the case for Jason Capra. During a long drive home from an airline ground school course in 2015, he got tired of the interstate and ventured onto the backroads of Ohio. He rounded a corner and found himself at an airport, and towering above a row of hangars was the torn and tattered silver tail of a Douglas DC-3. To say the airplane was in rough condition would have been an understatement. Capra put his hand on the cowling of the derelict airplane and said, " I'm going to do something to save you. You deserve more than this. " Jason Capra, left, formed a nonprofit to purchase, restore, and operate a dilapidated warbird. A chance encounter brings a DC-3 back AOPA PILOT / April 2023 59 BELOW: VINTAGE WINGS INC.