An airhead at an airshow

The blue Helldiver – a WWII single-engine dive bomber – was taxiing placidly down the runway when its wing abruptly dipped. The airplane came to a halt at an unsettling angle. Its right wheel had strayed off the paved runway and onto its border, which had been turned into mush by a lengthy spate of monsoon-like rains.“This is wonderful,” I thought. “That’s exactly the kind of...