The family went to Aviation Nation this afternoon for the 4th year in a row.
As usual, Nellis AFB puts on a good show and the aircraft they bring in is top of the line
The Good: The staff at Nellis were very helpful to everyone. The static airplane display was top notched, ranging from the C-5 Galaxy to gliders and a one seater Cessena and everything in between. The air show was great- you get to see the finest pilots in the world and some of the best airplanes flying over you ad putting on a great display.
The So-So: Again, we have been going for 4 years now and not much has changed. You see the same static displays and basically the same air show. It would be nice if they change things up again.
The Horrid: Parking and getting on buses at Nellis. To get to the air show, you have to park at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and then take a bus to Nellis. We had to wait about 45 minutes to get on a bus to Nellis. On the way back to the Speedway, we were in line a little over 2 hours. Some people waited almost 2 hours to basically cross the street from the Speedway to Nellis and then waited over two hours to get back to Speedway.
They didn't have enough buses and then when the buses showed up, people took their time to get on the bus. Some buses took 15 minutes to load- no excuse for that.
Because of Federal law, Nellis could not hire out the CCSD buses, who would have done a much better job and would have loaded the people in wheelchairs a lot faster.
So, if you go tomorrow, leave early to go to the Speedway and leave immediately after or during the Thunderbird show. Otherwise plan on waiting in line for at least an hour or more.
My young son and I attempted to go early Sat. morning. There were two lines, each line 3 or 4 people wide and my best guess would be that each line stretched at least 5 football fields long. I talked to several people before we deiced to leave, and they have been in line for 2 hours. Each bus can handle approximately 55 people. Terrible planning. Not sure how they could not know that they had inadequate parking, busing, etc.
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