HUTCHINSON, MINN. – The skies rained tears from heaven just hours before show time at Hutchinson Municipal Airport, Hutchinson, Minnesota, August 7th. A crowd of several thousand friends, family and fans turned out in honor of local air show performer, Joe Dooley, who passed away December 25, 2009 from cancer at age 56. The air show was held to celebrate the dedication of the airport terminal building, naming it the “Joseph P. Dooley Terminal.”
Featured performers included Dooley’s friends: Darrell Massman in his Panzl S-300; Doug Rozendaal in the CAF Redtail P-51 Mustang; Susan Dacy in the Super Stearman “Big Red;” Jim “Fang” Maroney in his de Havilland Super Chipmunk; and Mike Keenum in his Hawker Sea Fury “Riff Raff.” Phil Dacy and Jim Faber, announcers; Scott Duck, air boss.