The dark mutterings of a former mild-mannered reporter for a large metropolitan daily newspaper, now living in obscurity in central Indiana.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Indy 500 flyover
I always get choked up at the National Anthem and the flyover.
This year it was a pair of WWII-era P-51 Mustangs, an A-10 Warthog and an F-16. Just found this photo taken from one of the Mustangs.
The F-16 pilot must have been throttled way back to keep pace with the two propeller-driven fighters.
The P-51 has "invasion stripes," a paint scheme used by U.S. fighters in Europe from D-Day until the end of the war to minimize losses from friendly fire.
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