I was there on the last Friday, from early morning until around 3:30. When
I left in the afternoon, the parking lot was better than 3/4 full - it
looked about the same to me as last year for the same day. I left part way
through the airshow, I've seen enough airshow stuff that it's not a big draw
for me. After more than 8 hours out in the sun, I was ready for a nice
cold beer, and off-site they were substantially less than $6 (small) and $9
('large').

A good number of fly-in aircraft, including the homebuilts. The warbirds
were a little more sparse than last year, LSA's were well represented.
Though I didn't run through a checklist, I didn't see any of the major
players missing (Cessna, Piper, Cirrus, etc.). Van's didn't have their new
sport aircraft on display this year, but were busy as always. They told me
last year it was a long trek for them from Oregon, and they weren't sure if
they were going to keep doing it. The exhibition tents were crowded when I
peeked in - but it was midday, so I'm sure a lot of people were just
escaping the heat for a while. The economy being what it is, I don't think
cutting back on this type of targeted exposure is in any
manufacturer/distributor's best interest right now.

Ultralights were fairly busy when I was over there - they had five in the
air doing circuits.

It was pretty much as I expected, though the turnout (flying and driving)
was higher than I expected this year. I enjoyed it, but after having been
to more than a few of these (various locales) I don't spend more that a day
at any of them anymore. For me the main enjoyment is seeing what other
people are building and how they do it, as well as keeping up with what's
new in engines, avionics, etc.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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So...did anyone attend this year? How was it?

First time I can ever remember not seeing ANY mention of the event in this
newsgroup.