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Hunter Moody started flying at 14 years old and was the force behind a history of aviation for the Dalton City family.

•October 5, 2016•

By Emily Stutzman
For the News Progress

“Flying is a romance, an adventure, and here’re the guys that practically wrote the book on it. I can’t overemphasize the fact that it was a pleasure and honor to know both of them.” This is how Bob Waddell, of Illiopolis, describes the Moody brothers, Hunter and Humphrey.

Born in the small town of Dalton City, Illinois, the sons of Edward and Ethel Moody, the brothers were avid aviators from a young age. The older of the two, Hunter, showed an interest in flying at age nine, inspired by Charles’ Lindbergh’s non-stop flight across the Atlantic to Paris.

At the age of 14, he began taking flying lessons and soon learned to fly the Tri-motor Ford airplane his father bought him for the price of $185, receiving his pilot’s license at the age of 16.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.