OK - if you do go to Reno you should plan to spend 1 day in Section 3. Can't miss it - it's the blaze orange mob. This is Bob (in the Red/white/blue hat):
He brings several duffel bags of orange shirts, hats, thong underwear; you name it - all with the Section 3 logo. This year he donated a shirt to everyone in a wheelchair in the handicapped section of the tarmac seating on Saturday. He used to bring all manner of noise makers, eventually leading up to truck air horns with scuba tanks strapped to the bleacher risers at ground level. The powers that be finally clamped down (figuring he would bring in poison gas or something, I guess) so this year he debuted this combination siren/claxon/bull horn device.
The group as a whole are pretty rabid airshow fans - sort of like NASCAR regarding favorite Unlimited pilots. Like I said, the section is easy to pick out:
You can Google them for the full story but they cheer each and every act and the pilots respond in kind. One of their deals is holding up 1-10 ratings for each pilot/team that come by in the antique fire truck after winning their heat - some return the favor:
Military groups sometimes just give a wave:
Some wave a t-shirt out the back:
Many Unlimited pilots show their appreciation too:
$10 to join for life, and you get the free shirt