By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The Sound of Speed Air Show will host a number of historic planes at Rosecrans Memorial Airport this weekend as the show hosts its first ever Warbird fly-in.
Executive Director of B-29 Doc Josh Wells says this year's airshow will provide some different ways to view these historic planes.
"They'll be able to get up inside and crawl through them experience first-hand and up close get one on one with these warbirds," Wells tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "You can fly in them, you can just go through the cockpit and the ground tours, it's a way for people to really appreciate and learn about the history of our nation and the men and women that serve our country."
Wells says what will make this show unique from others is the opportunity to be able to crawl into and experience these planes in a different way
"Get up close and personal, again you can fly in them there will be four or five airplanes there that can be ridden in for ticket price," Wells explains. "It's just something that's very unique, very interesting, and we hope will be inspirational to future aviators."
The Sound of Speed Airshow will run July 14-17th at Rosecrans.
Wells says five different World War Two era planes will be a part of the first ever Warbird fly-in at the air show.
"We've got the B-29, the B-17, and the B-25, the B-25 Berlin Express will be there, it's an immaculately restored aircraft it resembles the Doolittle Raiders airplane that took off from the aircraft carrier to deliver the first attack on mainland Japan," Wells says. "We'll also have a couple of smaller airplanes there, a T-6 Texan."
The show will also feature a couple Kansas City based planes that will be at the airshow as well as a few Birddogs L-2 and L-9 series airplanes.
You can find more details on the Sound of Speed air show Facebook page HERE.
