cwmc wrote:
The draw is warbirds anyway
True, to some extent. I attend a lot of air shows. What seems to turn on The Public is little aerobatic planes going crazy in the sky, and screaming jet fighters. The crowds love 'em. The vintage warbirds don't draw nearly as much attention, especially from the younger crowd. However, have you ever seen the crowds that form around any of the restored airliners when they're parked on the ramp at an air show? Have you waited in the lo-o-o-ong lines to take the tour of those aircraft? Oh yeah, there's plenty of enthusiasm there. The public is definitely interested in airliners. Very few have flown aboard any kind of military airplane, but nearly all of them have flown on one or more airliners. It's an interesting contrast, comparing what was then to what is now. It's the kind of history that today's kids can more easily identify with. How many of those youngsters know very much about any of the great air wars of the 20th century? We graybeards lived through one or more of those wars, so we know them well. Today's kids have been exposed to the battles in the Middle East, which mainly involve screaming jets. But those kids all know a little about airliners because they see 'em all the time and actually go for rides aboard them.
cwmc wrote:
If you want to spend time organizing an airliner get-together, go for it. If you can sell someone on it, run with it. If some jets can come, fabulous. My point is that until then, it's a fantasy.
Chris...
I started this thread, and I thought I made it clear that it was a "What if..." thread. In other words, a fantasy.
Dean the dreamer
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