PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest

Kristie · October 19th, 2006, 01:05

I think the air-fest is going on this weekend isn't it? anyone going???

Maximillian_Jenius · October 19th, 2006, 01:28

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Originally Posted by Kristie

I think the air-fest is going on this weekend isn't it? anyone going???

I've never even heard of it...it's annual?

phoenixflyer · October 19th, 2006, 03:34

it is annual.. however this year its at goodyear... the blue angels arrived today 10/18 for the show this weekend

Maximillian_Jenius · October 19th, 2006, 03:44

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Originally Posted by phoenixflyer

it is annual.. however this year its at goodyear... the blue angels arrived today 10/18 for the show this weekend

What..??? The Blues are in town??? Didn't know PHX had airshows!!!

phoenixflyer · October 19th, 2006, 05:48

http://www.goodyearballoonandairspectacular.com/

Kristie · October 19th, 2006, 12:41

oh that's right.. it's in goodyear... i forgot... i thought it was glendale! haha

yea, the event is annual...they do a pretty good "light up the balloons" at night...i liked it when it was out at westworld, but then westworld got stupid and lost the bid.

Maximillian_Jenius · October 19th, 2006, 15:54

So anyone goin? I have to do OT again this Saturday and get off at 3pm. Which is when the Blue Angels perform...sucks!

So if I go it might be Sunday.

Hootie · October 19th, 2006, 23:34

I would go, but Im already commited to going hiking. Looks like fun though!

Livestrongcjm · October 20th, 2006, 17:15

I may go on sunday

dvtpilot · October 21st, 2006, 02:04

I think I'll head there around late morning on Saturday...busy all day sunday with family. Looking foward to it though. Anyone else showing up on Sat?

Champcar · October 21st, 2006, 20:01

Dont go, huge waste of time and money.

juskl · October 21st, 2006, 21:24

I went on Friday (technically the rehearsal). Blue Angels were awesome as was every plane that went up on Friday, but for the love of god bring an air pack (dust issues huge). Goodyear dropped the ball big time on this show. Instead of putting it near the main area, they shoved the event down towards the south hangars in a very large and moondust like field. You have to park in another lot that, outside the event and get brought in by a trailer (hayride type). Great when they didn't wet down the field and everyone is covered in dust going to the event.

It is lovely when you want to grab a beer, or food, or soda and as you are paying, one of the event vehicles goes driving by and lauches a large dust cloud up in the air and into your very expensive (8 dollar beer)....... It has turned more into a town fair than anything. Again though, the show was great (though I left after the Blues....anything else would have seemed slow and anticlimatic at that point).

Champcar · October 21st, 2006, 22:30

Its a Carnaval with the Blue Angles. VERY few static displays, more for kids, not pilots.

Doug Taylor · October 21st, 2006, 23:10

Overseeding the lawn in the back yard. Hours and hours of fun.

dvtpilot · October 21st, 2006, 23:13

I guess I'm glad I wasn't able to make it today judging from these comments!

Kristie · October 22nd, 2006, 00:05

oh my..normally a city can get into trouble with the state for not taking environmentally friendly standards into account. They should have put hay down to keep the dirt at bay but depending on how large the area was, goodyear probably doesn't have the money yet to pay for that type of expense...altho the fine for evading dust control could be high too.

i guess it's a good thing we didn't go either.. altho i do miss seeing hte balloons!

Doug Taylor · October 22nd, 2006, 00:08

Oh man, flying dust and hay, I'd be catatonic about now.

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...

Maximillian_Jenius · October 22nd, 2006, 00:56

Still wondering why it's not held at Luke?

Doug Taylor · October 22nd, 2006, 00:58

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Originally Posted by Maximillian_Jenius

Still wondering why it's not held at Luke?

Luuuuuuke...

Maximillian_Jenius · October 22nd, 2006, 01:32

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Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

Luuuuuuke...

"I am your father..."

Doug Taylor · October 22nd, 2006, 01:43

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Originally Posted by Maximillian_Jenius

"I am your father..."

Noooooo!

meritflyer · October 22nd, 2006, 01:51

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Originally Posted by Maximillian_Jenius

"I am your father..."

I cant back that up..

N422NM · October 22nd, 2006, 01:57

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Originally Posted by phoenixflyer

When we got there you could hardly breathe from all the dust!

All you needed was a camel and it would have been like your native land, eh ? I gotta go make some tacos now...LOL

phoenixflyer · October 22nd, 2006, 03:14

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Originally Posted by N422NM

All you needed was a camel and it would have been like your native land, eh ? I gotta go make some tacos now...LOL

a camel... and maybe a towel... for my head. ( it was relatively warm today)

dont forget the beans!

October 19th, 2006, 01:05	#1
Kristie Big Chief's Woman Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 17,709 Blog Entries: 3	PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest I think the air-fest is going on this weekend isn't it? anyone going??? __________________ Wife of a Delta B767 ER F/O jetgirls.net

October 19th, 2006, 03:34	#3
phoenixflyer Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 106	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest it is annual.. however this year its at goodyear... the blue angels arrived today 10/18 for the show this weekend

October 19th, 2006, 05:48	#5
phoenixflyer Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 106	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest http://www.goodyearballoonandairspectacular.com/

October 19th, 2006, 12:41	#6
Kristie Big Chief's Woman Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 17,709 Blog Entries: 3	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest oh that's right.. it's in goodyear... i forgot... i thought it was glendale! haha yea, the event is annual...they do a pretty good "light up the balloons" at night...i liked it when it was out at westworld, but then westworld got stupid and lost the bid. __________________ Wife of a Delta B767 ER F/O jetgirls.net

October 19th, 2006, 15:54	#7
Maximillian_Jenius Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: KPHX, KFFZ, KIWA Posts: 18,662	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest So anyone goin? I have to do OT again this Saturday and get off at 3pm. Which is when the Blue Angels perform...sucks! So if I go it might be Sunday. __________________ Rear Admiral www.gayviator.com Maximillian Pegasus

October 19th, 2006, 23:34	#8
Hootie Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Zona Posts: 1,159	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest I would go, but Im already commited to going hiking. Looks like fun though! __________________ Whatever happened to catching a good old fashioned passionate ass whooping?

October 20th, 2006, 17:15	#9
Livestrongcjm Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 21	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest I may go on sunday

October 21st, 2006, 02:04	#10
dvtpilot Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 496	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest I think I'll head there around late morning on Saturday...busy all day sunday with family. Looking foward to it though. Anyone else showing up on Sat?

October 21st, 2006, 20:01	#11
Champcar Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: ROC Posts: 2,196	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest Dont go, huge waste of time and money. __________________

October 21st, 2006, 21:24	#12
juskl Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 252	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest I went on Friday (technically the rehearsal). Blue Angels were awesome as was every plane that went up on Friday, but for the love of god bring an air pack (dust issues huge). Goodyear dropped the ball big time on this show. Instead of putting it near the main area, they shoved the event down towards the south hangars in a very large and moondust like field. You have to park in another lot that, outside the event and get brought in by a trailer (hayride type). Great when they didn't wet down the field and everyone is covered in dust going to the event. It is lovely when you want to grab a beer, or food, or soda and as you are paying, one of the event vehicles goes driving by and lauches a large dust cloud up in the air and into your very expensive (8 dollar beer)....... It has turned more into a town fair than anything. Again though, the show was great (though I left after the Blues....anything else would have seemed slow and anticlimatic at that point).

October 21st, 2006, 22:30	#13
Champcar Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: ROC Posts: 2,196	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest Its a Carnaval with the Blue Angles. VERY few static displays, more for kids, not pilots. __________________

October 21st, 2006, 23:10	#14
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,830 Blog Entries: 1	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest Overseeding the lawn in the back yard. Hours and hours of fun. __________________ Doug Taylor http://76school.flyblog.com (old!) http://30west.flyblog.com (updated 11/28)

October 21st, 2006, 23:13	#15
dvtpilot Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 496	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest I guess I'm glad I wasn't able to make it today judging from these comments!

October 22nd, 2006, 00:05	#16
Kristie Big Chief's Woman Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 17,709 Blog Entries: 3	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest oh my..normally a city can get into trouble with the state for not taking environmentally friendly standards into account. They should have put hay down to keep the dirt at bay but depending on how large the area was, goodyear probably doesn't have the money yet to pay for that type of expense...altho the fine for evading dust control could be high too. i guess it's a good thing we didn't go either.. altho i do miss seeing hte balloons! __________________ Wife of a Delta B767 ER F/O jetgirls.net

October 22nd, 2006, 00:08	#17
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,830 Blog Entries: 1	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest Oh man, flying dust and hay, I'd be catatonic about now. __________________ Doug Taylor http://76school.flyblog.com (old!) http://30west.flyblog.com (updated 11/28)

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...

October 22nd, 2006, 00:56	#19
Maximillian_Jenius Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: KPHX, KFFZ, KIWA Posts: 18,662	Re: PHX - Glendale Balloon/air-fest Still wondering why it's not held at Luke? __________________ Rear Admiral www.gayviator.com Maximillian Pegasus

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