Been twice..'96 and '00. I like watching the freestyle, and it is usually about 1 hr either side of noon, which makes it good for not-so-early-risers! And they have great lunch demos...jets, helis, pylon, etc.

You can get food, drinks (yes..mixed drinks, also!), shirts, etc. right there at the sight.

You can get up close to some of the planes for sale to see what the guys are using/doing. I have been in the pits (in '96) they let some people in to take pics.

You can meet just about every legend of modeling there...just shooting the bull like at the field on Sunday.

Oh yes..smallfly..the Sahara runs a shuttle each way every 30 minutes (or have in the past,,) and if you can just get to the Sahara, you can get on the shuttle, they don't card you or anything. Sure beats the cost that a taxi would charge, and you can come and go just about anytime during the day...

I highly recommend making the trip!