Thunder on the Lakeshore Airshow, Manitowoc, WI June 2-3, 2007
Story and photography by Robert Bell
The weather at Manitowoc was unusual this year to say the least.
On Friday, it was foggy, and on Saturday heavy rain interrupted
the show. The flying after the weather cleared was well worth
the wait. The access allowed by the airshow producer, Curt Drumm,
and by the airboss, Wayne Boggs, is why this show is still one
of my favorites.
Performers included Patty Wagstaff, John Mohr, Steve Oliver, Dale "Snort"
Snodgrass flying the P-51 "Excaliber", Fowler Big Dog Cary in
the T-33, and Bill Blank in his Super Decathlon. The military
was well-represented by the F/A-18 demo team and the F-16 East
Demo Team.
After the airshow on Saturday, the weather was perfect for taking
pictures, so I hung around and got some more photographs which
included the B-25 "Pacific Prowler", a T-33 owned by Paul
Koeppeler, and an FM-2 Wildcat owned by Mike Gillian.
