Aviation Nation 2009 was once again on display at Nellis Air Force Base north of Las Vegas, and anyone looking skyward at any point over the last two days no doubt noticed some unusual goings on overhead.
Aviation Nation, billed as “America’s Air Show”, is a major yearly event that draws large crowds from all over the country. The show is free to all comers, and it remains the largest free public event in Nevada.
In all of the years that AN has been taking place in Vegas, I’ve never been directly to the Air Force Base to witness the event up-close.
There are a few reasons for this.
First of all, attending the air show is very time consuming and somewhat remote. Attendance requires that you park at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and hop a shuttle bus to the base. This is fine if you can devote an entire day to the event (as most people do), but I usually don’t have quite that much time.
