American Scene

IN FLORIDA: OLD BIRDS FLY AGAIN ON A SPARKLING WEEKEND DOWN IN FLORIDA, SOME PEOPLE WHO CARE PASSIONATELY FOR WORLD WAR II AIRPLANES -- "WARBIRDS," THE DEVOTEES CALL THEM -- PUT ON A SHOW. ON FRIDAY THE P-51S AND THE C-46S AND THE B-25 BOMBERS CAME RUMBLING INTO TITUSVILLE OUT OF A FLAWLESS SKY (YOUR FAVORITE PAINT-AND-FENDER MAN COULDN'T SPRAY A BETTER ONE), AND ON SATURDAY 13,000 PEOPLE PAID TO WATCH THEM ALL FLY. IT WAS A SWEET, INNOCENT EXERCISE, FOR THE CROWD AS WELL AS THE PILOTS, AND NOSTALGIA CLUNG TO THE AIR LONG AFTER THE LAST LANDING,

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