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| By Leo Cachet |
The 2007 Cape Girardeau Air Festival featured two acts, sadly, we will never see again. One was the Red Baron Stearman Squadron and their slow, beautiful aerobatics in four noisy Stearman biplanes. The other was the airplane to helicopter human transfer of stuntman Todd Green, who tragically lost his life performing this exiting maneuver in 2011. This show was yet again a great show to witness a variety of warbirds along with other top-tier acts. These included: Skip Stewart, the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, the U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet, John Mohr and his unbelievable Stearman act and even a man demonstrating a jet pack. Again, this show was very well organized, and no one left disappointed - which always makes for a great Aero Experience. Here is what I saw at the 2007 Cape Girardeau Air Festival:
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| By Leo Cachet |
The Cape Girardeau, MO Air Festival is returning this year after a two-year absence from 2011 - 2012. I thought it would be nice to take a look back at a few
of their previous shows in anticipation of what we might see at this year's show.
I'll start with 2006. This show featured The Aeroshell Aerobatic Team, Skip
Stewart, Paul "Hot Rod" Stender and his jet truck, Franklin's Flying Circus, the
U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division Screaming Eagles, and Bill Leff performing his night
show among many others. The A-10 Thunderbolt II performed and flew a Heritage Flight with a P-51
Mustang, and there was a great variety of warbirds on the ground and in the air.
It was a very good show for a small market event. Here are some scenes from this great Midwest Aero Experience:
