From AvFlash newsletter:

TWO OLD TIMERS MEET AGAIN....
What do you expect someone just three months shy of his 102nd birthday
would be doing on a summer morning in Wisconsin? Well, if you're
talking about Ralph Charles, he would be flying a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor
... again. The EAA invited Charles to take their prized bird around
the pattern a few times during AirVenture, and while it was fun, it
wasn't anything new for Charles. Captain Charles -- test pilot and
theater organist -- flew a Tri-Motor for TWA 10 hours a day for three
years back in the 1930s. After deplaning from the Tri-Motor at
Oshkosh, Charles told AVweb, "Handled the same way, same old thing."
He recounted flying his first solo in 1922 and earning his pilot's
license in 1928, and told of regularly seeing Charles Lindbergh at the
airport.

...AND AGREE TO SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR
During WWII, Charles became a test pilot, flying the Navy's Curtis
Helldivers as they came off the factory floor. Each had to be flown
for two hours before they were delivered to the war effort, and it was
Charles putting the time on them. After the war, his flying ended.
"My wife made me quit flying," Charles told AVweb. "I quit for 50
years, but then when she passed away, the first thing I did was get
another airplane. Once you get flying in your system, you can never
get it out." He flies an Aeronca now, but would like to take the
controls of a space shuttle. "I told some friends when John Glenn went
up, 'Hey, if you want an old guy, take me.'" While Charles may never
get to fly an actual shuttle mission, he has flown the simulator, and
"I could land it, yeah." He is the country's oldest pilot and shows no
signs of slowing down. Keep on keeping on, Captain Charles, and we'll
see you the same time next year.

NOTE: Be sure to check out AVweb's images of Captain Charles at:
<http://www.avweb.com/oshkosh/osh2001/gallery6>;.