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09/04/2005: "Retraction"

Ok I take it all back. Sitting on the Island beach, watching the Airshow, is actually sort of neat. It would be horrible to be in the grandstands on the mainland (so hot, so much concrete) - but on Hanlans, the aircraft fly super low over the trees and over onto the lake. The mainland doesn't get such a close up view (probably they're kept from flying so close to the big crowds to reduce the risk of catastrophy if a plane crashed on them). We could even see some of the Snowbird pilot's heads sometimes. It reminded me of the story my Nana tells of WWII - when the Italian Airforce was bombing Malta, they did so from a great height, and the bombs often missed. Somewhere around '42 the Luftwaffe took over, and they flew so low the Maltese on the ground could see the German pilot's faces. That's when the island was turned into rubble.

Also, while the airshow is on, pleasure boats weren't allowed in the area so the beach was wide open and beautiful. At 4pm, when the show ended, the awful things came in and parked their fat fiberglass asses among the swimmer. Nice.