"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:Hqulk.228225$TT4.45450@attbi_s22:

This was to be the year of the great attendance crash at Oshkosh.
With GA flying down 50% in many parts of the country, attendance at
other major fly-ins down, and record gas prices, it was only natural
to assume that Airventure attendance would plummet, too. Even Tom
Poberezny referred to it in his introductory remarks on the first day
of AirVenture.

Well, we're just back from 7 glorious days camped with our planes, and
I'm here to tell ya that Airventure attendance was UP this year, with
on-field airplane camping full by Monday night, and thousands of
drive-ins camping in Camp Scholler! The crowds on the grounds and in
the exhibit hangars were constant, and all of the vendors I queried
were pleasantly surprised by their strong sales. Without exception,
NONE of them expected to come close to last year's numbers...but match
them they did.

But I'm ahead of myself. Let's start at the start:


Barf.


Bertie