Now that is an achievement. We have been slowly avoiding the Airshow format
that has to have a Harrier, or F16's busting my eardrums or a jet powered
truck drag race.
Way back when EAA was about Experiemental Aviation. Now John Deere and Ford
get higher billing and more up front space than the homebuilts. The latest
notice from EAA about this years Oshkosh almost didn't mention anything
about the homebuilts. They even promote the LSAs as a method of driving
down the cost of aviation. Hoo Hah. Most of them are for more than
$100,000 and have similar restrictions to a certified ship.
I wish some one would get the EAA logo from EAA and let them have the WBAME:
Worlds Biggest Airshow and Marketing Event. They continue to try to be
something for everybody and have a vague everything focus..
We will be there this year but I sure don't like to drive 2500 miles to have
my ears damaged. Hell one of the best shows I've seen was the guy with the
Taylorcraft that sheds an aileron... He doesn't need 1000 watts.
We have been tending to go to just fly-ins where the personal aircraft are
more the central theme. It is rare that we are subjected to 200db noise
levels there.