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Article: OHIO AIR SHOW FEATURES WORLD WAR II MUSTANGS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 3, 2007
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The National Guard issued the following news release:
By Senior Airman David Conrad121st Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
James Denman was one of the first to arrive at Ohio's Rickenbacker International Airport for the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends, a four-day air show hosted in conjunction with Air Force Heritage Week held Sept. 27-30.
Denman set up his chair six hours before the first plane took off. "I just want to make sure I hear their engines as they take off; I've really missed that sound," Denman said. With the roar of those engines came a flood of memories.
Under the wing of a P-51 Mustang, Denman's mind wandered to his wife, old friends, and a life as a P-51 mechanic in the ...