St Louis Air Show

The St Louis County Fair also included the St Louis Air Show. The air show downtown on the 4th July had been cancelled this year & so other than the show at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, this was the only other event near St louis that I knew about.

The show included the three-ship dog fight “TinStix of Dynamite” with Jim LeRoy, Rich’s Incredible Pyro & Jurgis Kairys as well as the returning Red Baron Squadron. The red Baron Squadron is sponsored by Red Baron Pizza, which is a really yummy frozen pizza which, after cooking, tastes as good as delivered pizza - it's not so good when frozen though :) The pilots were on hand to sign autographs & there was free pizza all day at the red Barron wagon.

The planes flying this year included F4U-5N Corsair solo & the commemorative Air Force B25 & TBM Avenger fly-by. There were also a number of military aircraft demonstrations & fly-bys, including the USAF T-6A Texan II Demo team with Heritage flight, F/A-18 Demo team with Legacy flight, A-10 'Tankbuster' Demo Team (with wicked pyrotechnics which made the ground shake!), 3 Ship Heritage Flight with the A-10, QF-4 Phantom & P-51 Mustang, the AV-8B Harrier, & F117 Stealth plane. There were also quite a few static aircraft displays as well.