PHOTO GALLERY: Southern Heritage Air Foundation Spring is in the Air Day

Published 3:51 pm Saturday, March 25, 2017

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Ali Grace Cook sucks the head of a crawfish during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday.(Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Jody Campbell pours seasoning into a pot boiling crawfish during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Dan Fordice poses for a photo with Bob Sauls in front of a 1943 AT-6 Texan WWII Trainer plane during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday.(Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Crawfish is poured onto plates during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Dan Fordice checks the weather conditions during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Crawfish shells pile up on a plate during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday.(Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Attendees eat crawfish during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Award Winning Author Robert Matzen speaks to attendees of the Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Crawfish is poured onto plates during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Ali Grace Cook sucks the head of a crawfish during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

World War II Veteran David Harvey tours the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum during Spring Is In The Air Day on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Tim Gober opens the hanger doors during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Dan Fordice taxis out a 1943 AT-6 Texan WWII Trainer plane for rides during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Kevin Crawford is helped into a1935 Model WACA Classic open cockpit bi-plane by Dan Fordice before a ride during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Jordan Polk climbs into a 1935 Model WACA Classic open cockpit bi-plane before a ride during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Tim Gober, left, and Dan Fordice push a 1935 Model WACA Classic open cockpit bi-plane for rides during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum in March 2017. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

A 1935 Model WACA Classic open cockpit bi-plane flies over the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Jody Campbell stirs crawfish during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

Award Winning Author Robert Matzen autographs books during Spring Is In The Air Day at the Southern Heritage Air Foundation Museum Hanger on Saturday. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

(Brandon O'Connor/Vicksburg Post)

Southern Heritage Air Foundation hosted the Spring Is In The Air Day at the SHAF Hanger on Saturday. The day featured all you can eat crawfish, museum tours, plane rides and a meet and greet with Award Winning Author Robert Matzen.

About Courtland Wells

Courtland Wells is a staff photographer at The Vicksburg Post. He is a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in Photojournalism. Following graduation, he started at The Vicksburg Post in the fall of 2016. Courtland has won numerous awards through the Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors and the Mississippi Press Association. His work has also been featured in the New York Times and Washington Post as well as other national publications. Courtland is a member of the Vicksburg Young Professionals.

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