Cape air festival receives awards

The Cape Girardeau Air Festival has received two marketing awards at a conference in Orlando, Fla.

The International Council of Air Shows presented the air festival with a first-place award in the small air show category for its radio advertisement that was produced by Jason Parker at Withers Broadcasting. The air festival also won second place for its sponsorship proposal package.

"This is actually a very prestigious award, especially considering that we took first and second in these two categories between all small air shows throughout the United States and Canada," said Bruce Loy, the festival director and manager of the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport.

The air festival also received national recognition in the February issue of "Kitplanes" magazine.