May have been more than double the aircraft on the field on Monday compared to 2019. However,
“ On Monday, there were more than double the total aircraft on the field compared to 2019.”
Compared to this year, 2019 had a bad experience with weather on the weekend before Monday. Apples to oranges.
May have been near record total attendance of over 600,000 but not really. EAA counts each ticket sale as one attendee; so, buy the typical 3 days of tickets and viola, you are now “3” attendees. Actual number of individuals is more like 200,000. Still a good number, but nothing like you are being misled to believe.
I am amazed that the Pauls, Bertorelli and Berge, aren’t jumping on these bloated claims with their self described cynicism. Could it be they don’t want to jeopardize their Airventure Press Passes or am I just being cynical?