Air Venture Day 3 (Wednesday)

Yes, it is Friday and I am running a little behind on posting information.  We have had some very productive conversations at our MMS display with some young adults who are very interested in serving with mission aviation. It is so encouraging to see how God is working in these lives.

When the Good Year Blimp flew over the tent, it was fun to run outside and take a picture.  It flies around the area all day. This particular fly over was quite low. In addition there are many planes flying around, some in formation, others doing stunts. There is an airshow every afternoon. This is the busiest airport in the world for one week out of every year. At times we need to stop talking because no one can make themselves heard. Typically there are 1,500 airplanes here for Air Venture. Air Venture is the largest fly-in in the world and there are visitors from all over the world. We can see acres full of airplanes, campers, exhibition booths, shops and even a flea market called the "fly market".

"Are they earrings or paper clips?", "are they free?" are the most asked questions I get when visitors see them on our display table. Michele (see previous blog picture) came up with the idea at Air Venture last year when she saw the airplane paper clips in one the stores. She bought some earring hooks and slid them on the paper clips. I carried on the idea this year and made some to give away at our display table. They have been a popular item.

This is a military Drone. It is a lot larger than I thought. They seem smaller on TV. Dwight said that these particular Drones are the ones that drop bombs which are typically larger than the spy Drones.

Want to catch a shuttle?  These shuttles are pulled by John Deere tractors throughout the airport.  I have been especially appreciative of these since we can't bring transportation inside the fence surrounding Air Venture.

Dwight is real excited about somethng he found here at Air Venture and he will show you on our next bog.