Rick,
Red flag is great if you want to see some cool flying.. A lot of teams and pilots from all around the world. I love the Freestyle part the best, you want believe what you will see. That will be done every day usually after lunch. The pattern part of the competition is done during in the morning as a warm up to the Freestyle. If you want to go for the new jets, vendors and cool noon demos are performed by some of the Red Flag winners. The vendors usually set up on Wednesday and everything gets cranked up for FL jets part by Thursday. Friday is the best day.. Saturday is good and the Winds always seem to improve. I hope this will help with your plans.