Heading north (actually NE) on I-275, heading into Tampa late yesterday, I hear a loud roaring and see a brownish smoke plume up ahead on the left. As I got closer, I looked left between the two buildings framing the south end of the St Pete International Airport and see three tail pipes of F-104 Starfighters, in a V-Formation set to roll. The flames from the flight lead’s afterburner still showing.

And me without the tools to make sure you don’t think this is but another “sea story.”