i went to an event something like this at west houston (lakeside iws)
maybe a year ago as i was considering dumping the cash to get into
flying but it was bent a bit more to military toys although i remember
they had some major motorcycles and boy-toy things limited to what
they could do with all those wives around although some wives might
wonder if him gettin a girlfriend would be cheaper!

this is just one of those great ideas whose time has come.

if you really want to identify cases of arrested development with cash
how could you improve upon the targeting of pilots? what better place
to sell high end toys than an airport?

haven't seen the hughes movie, kinda savoring the idea of it, but i'm
real up on the story and also old enough to remember when airfields
were regarded, in the community, as green cathedrals where only very
special and frequently crazy monks could go. the news; papers and
radio, were filled with the latest, fastest and all the names &
pictures. some of that allure or panache or whatever you call it still
attaches to things aviatish and airports are profiting from that by
producing or welcoming events like those y'all described.

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dan