July 12, 2003

The Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival

This 1941 Vultee BT-13 "Vibrator" Navy basic flight trainer attracted close-up views at the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival on Saturday, July 12, 2003.

The Lima Lima Flight Team performed with their Beech T-34 Mentor aircraft for "Heroes and Legends - Celebrating a Century of Flight" at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport.

Sgt. Kerry English with the 82nd Airborne Division prepared to touch down after her parachute jump from a UH-1 Huey helicopter at the air festival Saturday.

Paul "Hot Rod" Stender demonstrated his jet-powered Port-O-John at the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival.

Federal Express displayed a Boeing 727-100 jet for visitors at the air show.

Joe Rice, 3, left, and his brother, Jake Rice, 4, of Bloomfield, Mo. sat in the cockpit of a Boeing 727-100 which Federal Express had on display for the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival Saturday.

A World War II-era F4U Corsair with its inverted gull wing flew with smoke Saturday at the air festival.

An FA-18 Hornet prepared to land after thrilling the crowd at the Heroes and Legends air show.

Yellowbook One flew upside down during its aerobatic routine at the air festival.

Alexis Ann Smith, 3, of Cape Girardeau shaded her eyes as she watched the Yellowbook aerobatic airplane perform Saturday at the air festival.

Fans of aviation turned out to celebrate a century of flight at the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival.

Red smoke trailed three members of the 82nd Airborne Free-Fall Team from Fort Bragg, N.C. as they set up for landing at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport.

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