EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012: Aeroshell Team Brings Style and Grace to Midwest Aerial Extravaganza

By Fred Harl

The Aeroshell Team, renown aerial artists flying their red and white North American Texans with unparalleled style and grace, again delighted the massive EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2012 crowds during day and evening airshows.  Airshow fans in the Midwest get to see the Aeroshell Team perform at several venues (Columbia, MO and St. Louis, MO) each year before EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.  After 25 years, the team only gets better each show.  Words can't adequately describe the sound of the Wasp radial engines and the sight of the four red and white Texans swirling as one, filling the sky with thick, white smoke.  Here is some of what we can look forward to in July: