Tuskegee Airman in P-51 Mustang on runway of Columbia Regional Airport

May 28, 2011 | 6:24 p.m. CDT

Pilot Doug Rozendaal waits for the signal to enter the runway in a P-51 Mustang Tuskegee fighter plane, which is part of the Commemorative Air Force during the 23rd annual Salute to Veterans Airshow at Columbia Regional Airport. "It's a great story of rising above the situation you find yourself in," says Rozendaal of the Tuskegee Airman.