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phoenixflyer · October 22nd, 2006, 00:15

To say that goodyear dropped the ball is the understatemnt of the year! We got there around 2:30 today.... and found that that the ONLY way into the show is to board a school bus from the parking lot...... the line was over 2 hours long! we left... and watched the blue angels from a parking lot at the end of the runway... (which turned out to be a better vantage point, as the blue angels flew directly overhead) after the blue angels flew we waited for awhile to get on the bus to take us in..

When we got there you could hardly breathe from all the dust! One of the first vendors when walking in was my school, which had one of their sr22 on display, however they were made to park it in the dirt... (when i say dirt... i mean loosly packed dirt with about 2 inches of dust on top of it) The wings of the airplane were literally brown as was the interior (I wanted to take a picture of this, however my camera had dead batteries)... That airplane is going to have to be gutted to clean all the dust from it. (wheel bearings, and avionics especially!)

There were VERY few static aircraft on display... I was happy to see the B-17 sentimental journey... (It too was in all that dust). The only performers we saw were the blue angels (from outside the airport), and the guy who does aerobatics at night with fireworks on his wings. Both were awesome.

The line for the busses exiting the show was nothing more then TOTAL DISORDER.

I am very disappointed this year.... after such a good show last year at glendale. I dont think i will go nextyear if it is at goodyear!

Oh well... *sigh* i guess luke days is only 4 months away...

October 22nd, 2006, 00:15	#18
phoenixflyer Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 106	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest To say that goodyear dropped the ball is the understatemnt of the year! We got there around 2:30 today.... and found that that the ONLY way into the show is to board a school bus from the parking lot...... the line was over 2 hours long! we left... and watched the blue angels from a parking lot at the end of the runway... (which turned out to be a better vantage point, as the blue angels flew directly overhead) after the blue angels flew we waited for awhile to get on the bus to take us in.. When we got there you could hardly breathe from all the dust! One of the first vendors when walking in was my school, which had one of their sr22 on display, however they were made to park it in the dirt... (when i say dirt... i mean loosly packed dirt with about 2 inches of dust on top of it) The wings of the airplane were literally brown as was the interior (I wanted to take a picture of this, however my camera had dead batteries)... That airplane is going to have to be gutted to clean all the dust from it. (wheel bearings, and avionics especially!) There were VERY few static aircraft on display... I was happy to see the B-17 sentimental journey... (It too was in all that dust). The only performers we saw were the blue angels (from outside the airport), and the guy who does aerobatics at night with fireworks on his wings. Both were awesome. The line for the busses exiting the show was nothing more then TOTAL DISORDER. I am very disappointed this year.... after such a good show last year at glendale. I dont think i will go nextyear if it is at goodyear! Oh well... sigh i guess luke days is only 4 months away...