The D-Day Squadron, a full squadron of WW2 C-47s (known as the "Gooney Bird" or "Dakota") that will be returning to Normandy, France for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, announced a new collaboration with Kota Longboards®. Kota, a custom longboard manufacturer, has developed a unique, limited-addition board exclusively for the D-Day Squadron. The manufacturer will donate $50 of each board sold to the squadron in support of their efforts to return to the skies over Normandy to commemorate one of the most seismic historical events of the 20th century.
"Honor, integrity, service and courage form the core of our daily mantra," explained Mike Maloney, Founder of Kota Longboards. "When we heard about the D-Day Squadron's attempt to bring living history to the beaches of Normandy to honor those who served, we wanted to do our part to help in any way we could."
The D-Day Squadron plans to fly 21 restored C-47 and DC-3 (the civilian version of the C-47) aircraft across the North Atlantic to join with its European counterpart, Daks over Normandy. Together, these groups will fill the skies over Normandy on June 5th 2019, and will participate in multiple events on June 2nd-5th at Duxford Airfield in the United Kingdom and from June 5th-9th at Caen-Carpiquet Airport in Normandy, France. These events serve as a testament to the sacrifice of so many 75 years ago and honor the citizen soldiers that fought against tyranny.
"The Greatest Generation is quickly leaving us, and we need to honor them in every way we can," declared Moreno Aguiari, Executive Director of the D-Day Squadron. "The 75th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion is one of our last, best opportunities to recognize what these airman, soldiers and sailors did while a few of them still remain. But to accomplish this feat requires dedicated logistics, such as fuel, maintenance, insurance, survival equipment and support services to name a few. Kota Longboards generous contribution puts us one step closer to putting C-47s once again in the skies over Normandy."
Click HERE to purchase the D-Day Squadron longboard. If you're one for everything longboards, skateboards and skating in general and you can't miss out on the next big thing related to skating you may look into getting one of these limited edition D-Day Squadron boards, you might also want to check out some new innovative products that could change the way in which you skate for good, we're talking about the electric skateboards and longboards that are suddenly being manufactured as a new craze, you're able to find the best electric skateboards available with a simple search online or at your favorite board manufacturers site, however, there isn't any word of Kota designing their own electric longboard just yet!
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