Air Power Tour in OKC features some of America’s oldest aviation

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Some of America’s oldest aviation machinery is on display for Oklahomans to see at Wiley Post Airport throughout Labor Day weekend. It’s the Air Power Tour hosted by the Commemorative Air Force, featuring planes eight decades old that are still in tip-top shape and able to fly.

You can hear the sound of freedom firing up on the tarmac as those propellers start turning.

“It’s one thing to see these in a museum or static display, but it’s a whole ‘nother feeling to hear the engines start up and the smell, that smoke,” B-29/B-24 squadron unit leader Burney Baskett said…

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