Most of the time, we hung around to help each other and didn't leave the
field after a routine. Everybody usually has a few issues with aircraft,
equipment, and security as well and can use a hand. It was quite common for
me to fly a show, park the airplane, run over and hold the poles for Art
Scholl's inverted ribbon pickup, or handle a phonograph for Scotty McCray.
I can remember taking the mike more than once to announce for someone who's
narrator was ill or couldn't make it for some reason.
Hangar space was usually crowded, and a P51 or an F8F can get a mite heavy
to push around in tight places. Help was always appreciated, and the gang
always was there to pitch in.
When we weren't flying, there was usually a safety meeting going on
somewhere we had to attend or even preside over, and many of us had
concurrent on and off site obligations to attend via the sponsoring
authority for a show.
Seldom did either myself or any of the other airshow pilots I knew and know
now simply fly a demonstration and leave the field.
There's a great deal that goes on behind the scenes at a show site that the
spectator never sees :-)
Dudley Henriques

"Don Hammer" wrote in message
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My answer is they leave the airport after they do their routine. Same
as professional pilots when they get home from a trip. They don't
hang around the airport to watch planes fly.