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I Hate Him...
... but in the kindest, most envious, "wish I were him" kind of way. You see, the wife and I just got back from a beautiful morning out on the Road King. I'm wheeling it into the garage, and what should fly over? A B-25 Mitchell replete with invasion stripes. So, while the wife and I are out enjoying one of our "extravagant toys", Mr. Paul Allen is out enjoying one of his. We live on the south approach to Paine Field, where Mr. Allen maintains his squadron of vintage warbirds, along with a very well put together museum. We get to see his toys fly over quite often during the nicer weather. The bastard...
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Jeff - Maybe he will take you up with him sometime? Sounds like he found a good way to the holiday traffic coming back into the city from all directions?
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There's a seat for every butt, and, well, his seat happens to be a bit nicer than most. 
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Slight tangent....in the histories I've read I've not seen anything reporting that the Luftwaffe ever copied the invasion stripes for purposes of deception. Just popped into my mind reading your post Jeff.
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B-25s are sooo much more beautiful in person than they ever appear in images.
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The movie Catch 22 actually saved many of the B-25s that are flying today, 18 planes were scrounged up from around the country and made flyable for filming in Mexico. Random photo.
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