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That was Jack Rousch making that pass at Port Columbus.
I just happened to be there to see it. I was shuttling rental cars back to Rickenbacker. There were 2 Mustangs, Old Crow piloted by Rousch, and another Mustang that he recently sold, but I didn't catch the name or the new owner.

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The original "Old Crow" was flown my C.E. "Bud" Anderson of the 357th FG. He was a triple ace in WWII and Chuck Yeager was HIS wingman. I have met this fine American on several occasions and his stories will blow your mind. His recount of each kill is incredible. See his awesome web site . You can spend hours on it. It is very well done.

BTW, he and his son flew a combat sortie together in Vietnam. His son is a retired Viper driver here in the valley.

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Thursday was good news and bad news. It rained. We needed the rain, but the airshow didn't.
Today was nothing but blue skies and sunshine.
Arriving at dawn, this is what I saw coming in, static displays for the show.
C-130, C-17 and C-5A
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Parked out on the tarmac, 2 F-15 Eagles

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Thunderbirds
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F-22 Raptor Demo Team
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Big warbirds. B-17 Flying Fortress

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British Lancaster bomber

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The CRAZY HORSE P-51 summer home for years was Latrobe airport. You could always tell when CH was in the air. It makes the most wonderful noise...BKH https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif

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P-38 Lightning. There are 2 of them here, one flying and this one, "Glacier Girl" that is static.

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P-40 War Hawk, aka Flying Tiger.
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Starting to get real busy on the tarmac, making unobstruced pics hard to take.

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Now for the Mustangs. Lots and lots of Mustangs. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif 100 Mustangs take up a lot of space. Here are some selected shots. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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More Mustangs

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A few more for the die hard fanatics.

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Finally, some live action parting shots:
P-47
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P-38
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http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...sfriday047.jpg
Last one.
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