WWII T6 planes paint hearts across PCB sky

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Pilots flying in the Gulf Coast Salute Air Show didn’t miss a chance to brag on their aircraft this weekend.

For those who saw a heart in the sky during the air show, it was likely the two T6 planes who painted it there.

Pilot Chris Thomas said these plane’s engines are on the national historical registrar and that they were the primary aircraft to train pilots during World War II and the Korean War.

Thomas and his partner performed aerobatics throughout the air show.

“Ultimately we’ll put a big heart in the sky, that’s how we safely separate and then we’re gonna to do a posing maneuver which is where we’re going to come at each other doing some loops and rolls,” Thomas said before taking flight. “And then we’ll do a pretty dynamic exciting rejoining in front of the crowd.”

Thomas said he flies in around 20 air shows each year and that this was his first time in Panama City Beach.

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