[DAN]

It is really exciting to do this, just imagine escorting a P-51 Mustang through a crowd of people. The airside ground safety bikes are only a very small portion of the volunteers. Airside you have at lease 100 flag men/women dividing the planes by type and directing them toward different areas designated by type parking or parking and camping areas. Volunteer air controllers, workshop volunteers (metal shop, fabric shop, 10 different shops), security volunteers, medical first responders, emergency services, even the refuse collectors have a large team of volunteers. I'm sure there are a couple of thousand volunteers that work the show, some (the "early birds") arrive in October to start preparations for a end of March first of April event. This air show is a fantastic place to immerse yourself in any facet of aviation (including Motorcycle enthusiasts). The best part is free entrance and free camping for the volunteers. All kinds of evening entertainment, hundreds of seminars to choose from and a few nice parties to attend, all right on the Sun-N-Fun grounds. It makes a great week plus. If you don't get to the show this year, remember when you're frozen in next year this might be a good place to escape for a week of bike riding. --Dan--

PS: For the b
Brits reading this post there is a large group of young British scouts that come as volunteers each year that work very hard in many areas of the Air show particularly with War Bird parking. A great group of young people.