Friday evenings show was interesting.  The gates opened up and the spectators mingled in and out of the static aircraft displays and vehicle displays located on the North end of the runway.  A few planes took off and did a small show of sorts.  There was a plane that had pyrotechnics from the wings after the sun went down.  There was also a good display of fireworks and then the infamous "Wall of Fire" put on by the Blastards.  This is a truly amazing sight where approximately 1500 feet of jet aviation fuel mixed with diesel fuel puts up literally a wall of flame you can feel some 2500 feet away.

Saturday the crowds began to pour into the static vehicle and aircraft displays in record numbers.  When the show started, the spectators remained on the runway side of the taxi way for the show and from what we saw, it was a large number of airplanes.  The show started out with the usual format of Tora Tora Tora followed by the allied forces ramping up in the trainers of WWII including the bi-planes, and T6's.  It was at this point one of the Boeing PT-17's was taking off and had an engine malfunction not allowing maximum power.  It made it off the runway and gained a bit of altitude (40') then veered away from the runway and over a house where it lost all power and fell into a front yard of a home.  The pilot and copilot were injured slightly and the plane was pretty beat up.  It landed in the trees of the front yard and simply let itself down to the ground and into the homes garage.  No injuries were reported from the home as it was empty at the time.  This put a damper on the show as the fire/rescue trucks were dispatched and an overall delay of about 2 hours.  By the time the show started back up, a significant number of spectators had left.

The show continued but on a limited scale.  The planes continued their format of ramping up the trainers and into the bombers.  A Vietnam re-enactment was scheduled but was cancelled due to time restraints.  The WWII re-enactment was held in spite of the accident.  The F15 demonstration was always welcome.

Sunday was about the same.  Very hot and very windy.  The crowds appeared a bit less then Saturday and they seemed to arrive a bit later.  This time however, the FAA mandated all spectators be behind the rope barriers on the far side of the taxi-way.  At this time, most of us took the liberty to start disassembling our static displays.  The show followed the same format as Saturday but in it's expanded/original format.  The WWII re-enactments were very good as was the Vietnam re-enactment.  A few glitches were had on both but it was a good display anyway.  The B2 bomber was magnificent to see.  At the conclusion of the airshow, most everyone had packed up and was ready to leave.

To give you an idea of who and what was there from the club, we counted the following: