The shortened Wichita Flight Festival is under the city’s management this year, presenting 1 p.m. air shows Saturday and Sunday at Jabara Airport and an evening air show and concert Saturday night. In a welcome acknowledgment of the community’s economic state, the festival also is free. That should allow more people in this aviation-crazy town to check out the aerial acts, displayed airplanes and exhibits. The festival’s organizers were right to try to keep the tradition going, and even make career assistance available at the event. Wichita’s role in aviation’s past and present are always worthy of celebration.
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If it’s free to the people who attend, taxpayers must be paying for the cost?
It’s called corporate sponsorship, JWink.
Taxpayers aren’t on the hook for everything.
“the festival also is free.”
STILL not interested.
Parking out, walking in and rubbing elbows with the rubes? Pass.
“Studemax” reminds “JWink” _-
“It’s called corporate sponsorship….”
And bully for them.
Except for how their business model has produced a perpetual boom-and-bust economy for Wichita. And while they own the industrial infrastructure to produce innovative technologies based around capturing and controlling the power of wind, those businesses are more interested in building gold-plated corporate jets for fat cats.
Dang, bluejay… if I ever see you complain about “nothing to do in Wichita” I’ll have to remind you of this.
Gee, lets think about this: we hold an aviation festival in the self-proclaimed air capital of the world and can’t get people to go.. FOR FREE. Who is the rube? I hope the festival is packed.
Well MH and Jr I guess we should just tell those union ‘brothers’ who make a darn good living at these dens of capitalism to find another job because the libs think ‘gold plated’ planes are decadent.
Afterall our prez said that very thing and corporations stopped buying planes. We have seen the layoffs that resulted. He told people to stop going to Vegas. Unemployment at 14% and rising. Yep thats working.
So now we have the two ‘Brains of the Blog’ telling us of the corruption of the aviation industry and wanting to avoid the ‘rubes’ that work there – well there you have it.
Lib brain power in overdrive. Give those boys a hand.
Air shows are fun. Cute. Quaint, even.
But they’re about in the same class as horse-pulling competitions. They’re part of our history but their relevance is so last century.
But there’s an ookiness factor (that’s the technical term) about air shows. It’s sort of the NASCAR instinct. People want to go watch other people take absurd chances and get away with it. But NASCAR loses it relevance if there isn’t a Dale Earnhardt moment every once in a while.
And no, we don’t go to air shows so the Blue Angels will almost not crash into each other. And that guy who built a one-man jet in his basement sure puts on a show! But it ain’t an air show if the wing-walker can’t fall off.
We’re the same breed of people who sent Christians against lions, bovines against toreadors, chickens against chickens (?!), and a “Great White Hope” to beat up a black man.
A friend of mine was the official announcer of the Oshkosh air show and dozens of others. He knew why people came. Expecting a disaster isn’t a primary driving force, but it’s always lurking in the background.
“okobserver” rises and shines –
“Well MH and Jr I guess we should just tell those union ‘brothers’ who make a darn good living at these dens of capitalism to find another job because the libs think ‘gold plated’ planes are decadent.”
I have a close friend, from before high school, who is a corporate pilot. He’s the one who says it’s a decadent enterprise, but he loves to fly and gets paid for it. He’s got stories.
Wichita is the “Air Capital of the World” just as Los Gatos, California was the “Pet Rock Capital of the World” in the late 70s. Private jets comprise a tiny niche market and it’s hardly a business a large city should base its economy on.
Then again, you have a population of engineers, designers, machinists, etc. who know a thing or two about capturing and manipulating the power of wind as it flows over sheet metal. And there’s about half-a-Kansas out west with just about nothing but prairie dogs, corporate welfare farming, and wind.
Every Learjet ever built was sold to somebody who seriously considered how it might help him get laid. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
But “okobserver” continues –
“He told people to stop going to Vegas. “
Well THAT’S an impeachable offense if I’ve ever heard of one! You’ve convinced me, “okobserver!” I’m gonna have to reread the Federalist Papers; I’m pretty sure James Madison addressed that issue somewhere. (I’ve studied American History with “Boxlock20,” after all.)
Too bad we don’t have George WMD Bush in the Oval Office. He’d do it different. He’d sponsor the “Leave No Celine Dion Behind” bill.
“Dang, bluejay… if I ever see you complain about “nothing to do in Wichita” I’ll have to remind you of this.”
Sure. Remind me that I can go walk long distances to hang out in the heat with people HOPING to see a plane crash.
The zoo is ALSO free tomorrow. If you bring an old phone book to recycle. I’ll rub rube elbow and check out the protected if incarcerated wildlife.
The zoo is ALSO free tomorrow. If you bring an old phone book to recycle.
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Really?
Apologies. The free event at the zoo is Sunday.
Aug 30 Sun
AT&T Real Yellow Pages Customer/Project Re-directory Day 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Bring an old phonebook to the Zoo for recycling and receive free admission today only. Sponsored by:
Yep, it’s Sunday.
I am going, I have a bunch of phone books to recycle and I enjoy the zoo.
Wichita is the “Air Capital of the World” just as Los Gatos, California was the “Pet Rock Capital of the World” in the late 70s. Private jets comprise a tiny niche market and it’s hardly a business a large city should base its economy on.
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MH not having your mental capacity (Thank God) sometimes it is hard to follow your logic. Correct me if I am wrong but I don’t think the pet rock industry hires many engineers, designers, production workers, etc…
So even for you – to connect the Air Capital with the Pet Rock Capital doesn’t seem to be a good comparison.
As for the Lear Jet remark – well small minds run in narrow channels and you have proven to us that you are no exception to that rule.
As for the Vegas remark when the community organizer speaks the sheep listen. How dare you say otherwise. Look at you to see a perfect example of this.
“wanting to avoid the ‘rubes’ that work there”
The few remaining good union folk toiling in Wichita aircraft will be unable to attend the weekend air show.
They will be in working overtime to make up for all the personnel who the aircraft plants have laid off or inspired to quit.