Looking Back on the 2019 Cape Girardeau Air Festival: USN Blue Angels and Much More

By Fred Harl

The 2019 Cape Girardeau Air Festival was an outstanding Midwest Aviation event held last May. The Aero Experience team was on site to view the practice airshow as well as the static display aircraft flying throughout the day. Here we look back on the activities on the Friday before the airshow with some new material from the archives. The Aero Experience thanks Cape Girardeau Regional Airport management, Cape Aviation, Cape Copters and all those who worked to prepare this great Midwest Aviation event. Their hospitality and professionalism made our visit enjoyable and productive.

A-10C Thunderbolt II, 442nd FW, Whiteman AFB, MO

The U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team

Commemorative Air Force Goodyear FG-1D Corsair

Thom Richards flying the TP-40N American Dream

Commemorative Air Force P-51D Mustang 

John Fester's T-28A Trojan and Flagship Detroit Foundation DC-3

Tin Stix of Dynamite act with Skip Stewart, Gary Ward and Shockwave Jet Truck

...and the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron!