Cape Girardeau Air Show - Sunday

Laura Simon

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Around 5,000 attend the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival Sunday, June 20, 2010.

A member of the U.S. Navy adjusts the collar of her colleague as the Blue Angels soar past Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the Cape Girardeau Air Exhibition. (Laura Simon)
Skip Stewart performs aerial acrobatics Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
The Blue Angels fly in formation over the crowd Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
Judy Scott, right, speaks with Bill and Marian Green under the wing of her C-47 from WWII Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)

The Blue Angels fly in formation during a loop Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
A Blue Angel takes off during Sunday's air show routine at the Cape Girardeau Airport. (Laura Simon)
Charles Brawley, left, hands out cold towels as Carson Spies sprinkles his mother Lisa with his, and his sister Delaynie uses hers on her neck Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
The Blue Angels' C-130 "Fat Albert" flies over the crowd Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
The Blue Angels' C-130 "Fat Albert" takes off Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)

Franklin Daniel of Edyville, Ky. checks out the inside of a T-45 Goshawk Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
John Wiegand and Beverly Morgan of Marion ,IL read over U.S. Navy literature Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
the Blue Angels' Cdr. Greg McWherter claps as he passes the crowd Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
Vistiors to the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival seek refuge from the sun under the wing of the Air Force's ANG 11652 Sunday, June 20, 2010. (Laura Simon)
Amanda and Kyle Franklin waive to the crowd after their "Pirated Sky" routine Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
Ray Sanders of St. Louis watches the air show from underneath a T-45 Goshawk with Adam Anderson and Shaun "Buzz" Roessner Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
The Blue Angels prepare for takeoff Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
Gary Weed and Paula Stevener of Matthews, Mo. try to beat the heat with cold towels Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the final day of the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
Three-year-old Kayden Crooks and his father Andrew watch the skies for the Blue Angels as they stand in front of a cooling fan at the Cape Girardeau Airport Sunday, June 20, 2010 during the Cape Girardeau Regional Air Festival. (Laura Simon)
Visitors to the Cape Girardeau Air Festival pass through a cooling mist from a fire hose Sunday, June 20, 2010. (Laura Simon)