N'Awlins Air Show 2007, Part 2

We took Sippy to this this weekend. Great time. Saw the F-22 doing some cool flying. The Thunderbirds were great and having one go supersonic over your head is one of the greatest and most thrilling things in the world.

Only thing I could have wished for were some more planes on the ground for the kids to be able to crawl around in.

Makes no sense to me they are not continuing the show. Really, in a time when recruitment is down and the image of the military is not always the greatest, why would you cancel a surefire recruitment and great PR tool? The people there want to be there, and the kids there probably want to be around airplanes. There are your future mechanics and pilots and god knows what else.

Also, it is a chance for the troops to see they are truly appreciated by people from all walks. It is has got to be a nice morale booster to have kids in awe of you and adults telling you thank you for all you do.

Random fact, whose veracity I am not sure of, I read this weekend that more people attended air shows in 2006 than attended NASCAR and NFL events combined. I know this weekend the one here had almost 89,000 people and nearly 100,000 people attended the 2007 Wirefly X Prize Cup which is almost in the middle of nowhere New Mexico. The Red Bull Air Races attract crowds of over a million people in some locations over the days of the races.

So why not keep this going? People want to go. They want to be there. It is a true positive event.