Jay Honeck wrote:

Pretty weak, wasn't it?

Discovery persistently talks down to its audiences; their science shows
are similarly insubstantial, IMO.


I guess what bugged me most was that their "coverage" could have been filmed
at ANY airshow, anywhere. There was nothing "Oshkosh-specific," which --
when you consider how truly unique EAA and the Oshkosh experience are -- was
truly bizarre.

And that's exactly the problem you would have with air racing on TV.
They would spend 95% of their time explaining what you are seeing, how
an airplane flies, how even the slighest mistake means instant death,
etc, every single telecast. As a hockey fan I have experienced this
first hand with ESPN. Air racing would be 1000 times worse.