Hilarious vendors...

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Originally Posted by Airmutt

I don’t think he technically qualified as a vendor but I miss the one man band guy. \.

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There was a tribute to him at his usual location: Attachment 7973

The sign on the bench says "Jerry's Corner"

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Originally Posted by Airmutt

I don’t think he technically qualified as a vendor but I miss the one man band guy. He quit coming a few years back due to his age and health. I think his name was Jerry. Whenever I heard is polka music I knew I back home in Oshkosh.

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He sold CDs of his music as I recall.

I was really happy to see the Jerry tribute and speaker set up. The music could be a tad louder, but bravo to who put it together. hope it becomes a permanent tribute. Airventure will always be growing and evolving, but keeping old traditions alive is important.

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Originally Posted by glider90

I was really happy to see the Jerry tribute and speaker set up. The music could be a tad louder, but bravo to who put it together. hope it becomes a permanent tribute. Airventure will always be growing and evolving, but keeping old traditions alive is important.

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Absolutely agree. I was touched to see Jerry's tribute. I'm glad folks are remembering him.

It used to be a "thing" to have Jerry sign your logbook. I didn't know this until I read it in another forum. I wasn't planning on attending the following year, but thought I should go for no other reason than to get his autograph. Flew in, grabbed my log book, hopped on the yellow tram. Jerry was gone.

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Originally Posted by DaleB

Not hilarious, but the one thing I do not miss one bit are the vendors in the big hangars who pester the crap out of you every time you walk past with their non-aviation, late-night-TV-ad junk. Glasses cleaner, gutter shield, jewelry cleaner, all that garbage. If they want to have those places fill up the un-rented booths just to avoid having empty space, great... but I sure do wish they'd be restricted from accosting people as they walk by.

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Find one of the security folks that usually hang out at the entrance to the hangars. I saw one guy step out into the aisle and grab an elderly gentlemen by the elbow and move him towards their booth. I let the security lady know and when she was done with them their butts were ragged.

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Originally Posted by mazdaP5

Absolutely agree. I was touched to see Jerry's tribute. I'm glad folks are remembering him.

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And ironically, you miss them most after they're gone... A selfie with him would have been a nice item in past trip photo collections.