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wrote in message oups.com... I passed on the trip this year. I heard that attendance numbers were way down. You guys that were there, what did you see? Bob An acquaintance of mine who I understand is the head of aircraft parking operations indicated that this year's aircraft parking seemed to equal last year's, and last year was huge... We had this conversation on Thursday, when I ran into him in the Homebuilt Camping area... KB |
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I passed on the trip this year. I heard that attendance numbers were
way down. You guys that were there, what did you see? I thought it was less consistent than last year. Sunday/Monday were HUGE, with mob scenes everywhere. By Wednesday, though, people started to leave, and -- unlike last year, when SpaceShipOne, Global Flyer, and Glacier Girl provided long-term draws -- the place just continued to empty out throughout the week. By Friday, our area of the camping area (just north of the arrival end of Rwy 9) was sparsely populated. By Saturday, it was a ghost town -- and the expected new weekend arrivals never materialized in numbers strong enough to require "in-filling" out by us. (The areas by the showers, on the South side of Rwy 9/27, did stay full all week.) Now, of course, on the weekend is when the vast majority of the DRIVE-IN crowd shows up, so the grounds were still VERY busy. But the North 40 was quite peaceful by then -- which, quite frankly, I thoroughly enjoyed. Fewer lines at the showers, never a wait for a potty. Nice! -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Jay Honeck" wrote:
(The areas by the showers, on the South side of Rwy 9/27, did stay full all week.) Not really. We were in row 546, two rows west of the shower building (a great spot by the way), and there was some open space beginning on Wednesday. By Thursday when we left, there was a lot of open space. I don't know if anyone filled it in later in the week. Mike |
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That area filled in by Friday evening. Nick and I walked the length of the
N40 Friday afternoon and there were only a few spots open on the south side of 9/27 and the area around the showers was completely full. A vast contrast to the area on the west end of 9/27 which was nearly completely open. Jim "Mike Adams" wrote in message news:bFfzg.17256$Nv.4432@fed1read10... "Jay Honeck" wrote: (The areas by the showers, on the South side of Rwy 9/27, did stay full all week.) Not really. We were in row 546, two rows west of the shower building (a great spot by the way), and there was some open space beginning on Wednesday. By Thursday when we left, there was a lot of open space. I don't know if anyone filled it in later in the week. Mike |
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A couple of exhibitors I talked to said it had been slowly declining the last few years, but that they thought it was up this year. YMMV. |
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("Mike Granby" wrote)
A couple of exhibitors I talked to said it had been slowly declining the last few years, but that they thought it was up this year. YMMV. Tram "back-seater" said he thought this year's first weekend (+ Monday) had more people traffic then last year's first weekend (+ Monday). Mid-week ...."much" less. Montblack |
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"Montblack" wrote in message ... ("Mike Granby" wrote) A couple of exhibitors I talked to said it had been slowly declining the last few years, but that they thought it was up this year. YMMV. Tram "back-seater" said he thought this year's first weekend (+ Monday) had more people traffic then last year's first weekend (+ Monday). Mid-week ..."much" less. Montblack Hey Montblack did you find the parking boards I left by the porta-potties over by the Hilton? Thanks for their use. They came in handy because I had to move the airplane by hand a couple of times to let some Mooneys squeeze by. Our parking rows were too close together. Joe Schneider 8437R ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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I suspect some of the people who left at mid-week were getting nervous about
all of the weather rolling through. I sat under my wing several times praying no micro-bursts or hail hit the field. -- Best Regards, Mike http://photoshow.comcast.net/mikenoel "Montblack" wrote in message ... ("Mike Granby" wrote) A couple of exhibitors I talked to said it had been slowly declining the last few years, but that they thought it was up this year. YMMV. Tram "back-seater" said he thought this year's first weekend (+ Monday) had more people traffic then last year's first weekend (+ Monday). Mid-week ..."much" less. Montblack |
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"Mike Noel" wrote: I suspect some of the people who left at mid-week were getting nervous about all of the weather rolling through. I sat under my wing several times praying no micro-bursts or hail hit the field. Indeed. One looked at my buddy on Wednesday morning convinced me that he had had all the fun he could stand after being soaked two nights in a row and trying to finish sleeping sitting in the airplane. He looked like a drowned cat. Hated to miss the party, but it was the better part of mercy to take him home. Naturally, the forecast rain for Wednesday failed to materialize. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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Hey Montblack did you find the parking boards I left by the porta-potties
over by the Hilton? Thanks for their use. They came in handy because I had to move the airplane by hand a couple of times to let some Mooneys squeeze by. Our parking rows were too close together. When I left Friday morning the were sitting in the back of the tiedown rental gator. Two sets, one white, one unpainted. I brought my set home for use next year. |
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