Crowd's spirits soar along with airplanes, temperatures
By Amy F. Reiter
Sunday August 12, 2007
Heather Coit
Wing walker Jenny Forsythe dazzles the crowd below as she takes to the sky with her father and pilot, Bob Essell.
RANTOUL – It was a hot day at the old airbase on Saturday, as the planes looped and swooped, signaling the opening of the first Chanute Air Festival.
Despite temperatures also swooping high at 90-plus degrees, a few thousand spectators braved the heat, shunned the shade and turned their eyes to the sky to catch a variety of small aircraft doing death-defying stunts.
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