Taking the Cannon River by (barn)Storm - Adventure in a World War II Biplane
PT-17, 1941 Sometimes I say to myself "I want to do something different", and then I think of what that means. In this case, it meant getting up in the air, but I wasn't sure if that was skydiving, hot air balloon, oh wait, how about a World War II biplane. Sometimes random searching on the internet can yield great surprises, and that's how I came across Jeff Peterson and Twin City Barnstormers down in the Northfield area. I made my way down to Stanton Airfield which was used during WWII to train pilots for the war, it's on the National Register of Historic Places as a matter of fact, and it operates as a private airfield. When I booked my flight, I chose between flying over the town of Northfield or Cannon Falls and Lake Byllesby and the Sogn Valley. I picked Cannon Falls. You can also do add-ons: different flight patterns, or landings for a little more adventure, or you can pick a more acrobatic afternoon (like flying upside down). Not today, although