Dan,

As we discussed at the show, this idea is under serious consideration for next year among those of us in charge of the parking arrangements. We spent some time later in the week scoping things out and taking measurements to get a better handle on exactly what it would take to make it happen. Short version is that we could do it with reasonable efforts, mostly involving relocating some fences and remarking some burn lines.

Before making any significant change, it is a good idea to carefully think things through and not just make a knee-jerk decision. Always beware the law of unintended consequences. Just to get discussion going, here are is some food for thought:

Parking into the wind may be best for nose-gear RVs, but what about other types? Does pointing into the wind increase the risk for say a tailwheel RV, a canard aircraft, or a Cub-type which is now exposing it's high-lift airfoil to 60 MPH winds and straining it's tie downs beyond the failure point? A few years back we had an aircraft in HBP get ripped loose from it's tie downs in a storm and deposited upside down on top of the aircraft parked next to it, so it can happen. Does parking facing west increase that risk? Or the less extreme example of one being pulled loose from it's tie downs and pivoting into the adjacent aircraft, which has also happened.

We have 11 months to hash this out and come to a decision, so let's have the conversation.