>> my buddy, kirk, who's been building this air control tower back here, he's been doing it for the past year and a half. i hadn't come out to check it out yet, so he wanted me to come and see it, so we decided to conveniently come and check it out the day the honda grand prix was going on. >> the honda grand prix is an open wheel indycar race and portions of the airport, including east-west runway, become part of the actual race course. >> the tower provides a perfect view to watch the race, so dave decides to bring his camera along. >> we were on top of the tower on the roof and i was just shooting just footage of, like, everything that was around, and then i noticed that there was a bunch of these old warplanes that were taxiing over here on the runway and they were about to take off. >> sometimes we'll do air shows in between races or during the main race. in this case, this was like the event that kind of kicked the race off. >> i was getting the plane as it was coming in to land, it didn't really seem out of the ordinary to me. >> but the plane is in trouble. its engine stalls.