AVIATION DAYS TICKETS ON SALE

Tickets now are on sale for the Aviation Days air show May 9-10 at Municipal Airport.

Tickets are $3 per person, ages 5 and older. Tickets are available at Schnucks, JCPenney, and the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce office on North Kingshighway. Tickets purchased at the gate on the days of the show will be $5 each. Gates will open at 10 a.m.

The air show will feature the U.S. Navy Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron flying F/A-18 Hornet strike fighters.

The Blue Angels will perform each afternoon. The show also will include the Peterson-Krier Aerobatic Team both days, hot-air balloon races and parachute drops. Also scheduled is an A-10 Warthog aircraft demonstration and an F-117 stealth fighter fly-by.

Several static aircraft will be on display, including T-34 trainers and Hughy and Cobra attack helicopters. Civilian aircraft also will be on display. Spectators are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.