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wls3
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New Smyrna Beach Balloon and Sky Fest last weekend.
Rain on Saturday but blue sky on Sunday.
Warbirds included; a couple Mustangs, a TBM, and the Collings Foundation Corsair.
Several T-6/SNJ also.

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TBM-3 "She's the Boss"
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Does that last Mustang have a tinted canopy????? Bet that wasn't cheap! :shock:
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"Does that last Mustang have a tinted canopy"

Polarizing filter on camera lens created that effect.

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What is it with blue Mustangs? :vom: :vom:
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Mike wrote:
What is it with blue Mustangs? :vom: :vom:

Don't like your tone there :axe:

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Does that last Mustang have a tinted canopy????? Bet that wasn't cheap! :shock:

Nothing is cheap on a Mustang. :D

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51fixer wrote:
Mike wrote:
What is it with blue Mustangs? :vom: :vom:

Don't like your tone there :axe:



Yeah! You tell him Rich! My grandfather was a member of the 352FG Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney (support staff) :supz:


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Blue, Green, Red, checkered boarded, they still are Mustangs..... :wink:
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"Blue, Green, Red, checkered boarded, they still are Mustangs"

I'm good with that.

Here is something a bit different, an older shot of a marker on airport grounds.
Lots of history everywhere.

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51fixer wrote:
Nothing is cheap on a Mustang. :D

Truer words have never been written here!

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wls3 wrote:
"Blue, Green, Red, checkered boarded, they still are Mustangs"

I'm good with that.

Here is something a bit different, an older shot of a marker on airport grounds.
Lots of history everywhere.

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Wow! Never knew he lived there in New Smyrna.
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