The BN2B-26 Islander is a rugged piston powered aircraft and a stalwart of FIGAS fleet due to its exceptional Short Take-off and Landing (STOL The Falkland Islands Government has signed a Letter ...

He earned his wings in April 1944, later serving as a First Lieutenant in the Ninth Army Air Corps piloting a B-26 Medium Bomber. “We had a couple madmen in the world then,” said Long.