On September 22 & 23 an assortment of prop aircraft, afterburning jets, and jet trucks took center stage just outside of Memphis, Tennessee at the Millington Municipal Airport for the 2007 Mid-South Airshow.

  The 2007 Mid-South Airshow was one of the very few shows in North America with two major jet demonstration teams, with the USN Blue Angels and Canadian Snowbirds both performing at the same site. The show also was chock-full of highly entertaining acts. The US Army Golden Knights completed their competition-style parachute jumps. The A-10 West Team flown by Major Brian “Stitch” Willits took the A-10 Warthog to the edge of its envelope. Brad Hood in P-51 Shangri-La joined the A-10 for the USAF Heritage Flight.

  Also on the schedule was John Klatt’s Staudacher 300 in brightly painted in Air National Guard colors. A special treat was seeing award-wining aerobatic pilot Sean D. Tucker performing with his son, Eric Tucker. They both flew together in a tandem performance.  Lee Lauderback flew his solo performance in his World War II P-51 Mustang, and the Red Baron Pizza Squadron and Red Eagle Air Sports performed their formation routines.

  The ground show had the Shockwave Jet Truck driven by Kent Shockley blaze down the runway. On a slightly slower pace, the Big Foot monster truck crushed cars in its wake. Joey Sanders in the T-6 “Big Red” and Skip Stewart in his Pitts amazed the crowd with high flying acrobatics.

  The 431 Air Demonstration Squadron better known as The Canadian Snow birds took to the air flying nine CT-144 Tutors in a graceful and dramatic fashion. The Snowbirds awed the crowd with amazing formation changes and solo cross-overs.

  The Snowbirds’ American counterpart, the Blue Angels, with their trademark Blue and gold trimmed F/A-18 Hornets, ended the schedule with their performance. As always the USMC C-130 Fat Albert begin the show with it low level take off and even treated the

Saturday crowd to a JATO take off. The Blue Angels completed a quicker pace and certainly louder performance than the Snowbirds. Having both teams at the same show was like getting two shows for the price of one.