A P-47 Thunderbolt (top) passes a P-40 Tomahawk during maneuvers at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Eli Tometz, 4, gives the thumbs to his father, Tim, while sitting in the cockpit of a 1949 BT-13 at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Flying a YAK-55 and a YAK-18T, Bud and Ross Granley make a “X” from smoke during a performance at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. The duo are father and son. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

A plane trails smoke as he exits a formation at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Steven Bennett side slips his Christen Eagle biplane at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Smoke trails as pilot Vicky Benzing performs aerial maneuvers at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

A P-47 Thunderbolt (top) passes a P-40 Tomahawk during maneuvers at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Nathan Gerhards, who flew in from Salem, Oregon, describes aerial maneuvers to his father, Ralph, at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

A young girl pretends to be flying as a P-40 Tomahawk plane taxies by during the 50th Annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

While sitting in the cockpit of the Grumman TBM-3E Avenger “Ida Red,” pilot Michael Kopp gets his plane ready as another plane performs at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Jay Burrows watches aerobatics as he sits by his Mustang II experimental plane at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Flying a YAK-55 and a YAK-18T, Bud and Ross Granley fly in formation during a performance at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. The duo are father and son. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Unaware the National Anthem has started, Brenda Cavoretto photographs Ashley Mckinney posing in a 1940s outfit while Jessica Van Wyk stands at attention at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Laura Junjek reads under the wing of a 1947 North American Navion at the 50th annual Arlington Fly-In at the Arlington Airport on Saturday. Laura and her husband Bill flew in from Renton. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)