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

Yep! I made the obligatory one day visit from my home in Tarpon Springs,
only about 50 miles west of Lakeland.

Not much going on for the likes of the homebuilders/ultralighters such
as myself who used to spend all week there. Paradise City was dead as a
doornail. Wind was down and still never saw more than a couple of trikes
or powered parachutes in the pattern at any time.

In the main flyby pattern over the main runway, nothing but fast
turboprops. Glass Cockpits and Kerosene have taken over SnF.

Many unoccupied outdoor display booths. Attendance way down on Wednesday.

What a shame...I well remember when 20 MiniMaxs would show up and do battle
in the u/l pattern....at the same time.

Bob Moore