Look above the Seattle waterfront about noon Friday for a glimpse of the past.
In honor of D-Day’s 70th anniversary, a trio of museum-owned North American P-51 Mustang fighter planes — one of which actually flew in the D-Day invasion — is scheduled to soar over communities from Bellingham to Olympia between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
“It’s our way of paying respect,” said John Sessions, founder of the Historic Flight Foundation, based at Everett’s Paine Field.
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Photo by Mike Harbour, FlightJournal.com
