Trouble with the right main gear forced the pilot of a vintage
F-86 to bring the fighter in for a gear up landing Saturday during
the River Region Air Show at Maxwell AFB near Montgomery, AL.
The unmistakable baritone of a Packard Merlin engine splits the
sky above Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, and hundreds of necks
crane to see the unmistakable silhouette of a North American P-51D
Mustang flash by. "P-51 Mustang, the Cadillac of the sky!" some
"Empire Of The Sun" fan shouts excitedly. Cadillac of the Sky?
Yeah... in Cadillac's dreams.
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