Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Jason LaFontaine, a 1988 graduate of NRHS, stands on the tarmac in Anchorage, Ala. on Tuesday. He has logged 18,000 hours in the air throughout his career as a pilot.
Sometimes, childhood dreams really do come true.
Jason Lafontaine graduated from New Rockford High School in 1988 with dreams of becoming a pilot. Decades later, there aren't many places on Earth he hasn't flown to.
According to LaFontaine, his earliest memories of wanting to be a pilot stem from a local crop duster near Bremen, who "used to buzz us all the time." He began admiring pilots ever sin...
