Imagine getting a bird's eye view of the Iowa State Fair , zipping through the air, wind whipping across your face. From their trapeze rigging thirty five feet up, that's the view April and Justin Chodkowski have seen six times a day.

The Chodkowskis are the troupe leaders of the Flying Royals, a traveling group of elite trapeze artists hailing from all across the Americas and Europe. The husband and wife duo performed all around the world as Catcher and Flier starting in 2009, but it wasn't until 2018 that the Flying Royals were formed.

During a stint with La Nouba, a now closed Cirque du Soleil show at Disney Springs in Florida, the pair was approached by someone who wished to revive the criss-crossing trapeze act that is now synonymous with the Royals. More: Need fair info? The Io

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