
Aerial images by Brian Groppe. Omlie cover photo courtesy Memphis Public Library.
Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's — well, it's actually quite a few stunt planes, performing aerial gymnastics as part of this year's Memphis in May 901Fest. We thought the images were a good way to wish our readers a "Happy Fourth of July!" — and also to introduce our July cover story on Phoebe and Vernon Omlie, Memphis' "First Family of Flight."