ARIZONA AIRCRAFT EXPO...SCOTTSDALE, AZ (SDL)

Last Friday and Saturday the Arizona Aircraft Expo was held at Scottsdale Airport (SDL). The weather was beyond perfect with sunny skies and temperatures reaching the high 80's. Attendance was the largest turnout I have seen for this event, could not be the because of the weather as it is usually a beautiful weekend when the Expo is held. Maybe there is an upswing in buying as the economy has been good this year with the Bull Stock Market. The static display was set up excellent this year giving attendees plenty of room to walk by and get inside of the latest and greatest airplanes. This was one noticeable factor that this years show was dominated by turboprops. My only disappointment is that Cessna and Beech had no piston airplanes represented. Three airplanes not there that I always enjoy seeing were the Bonanza, Baron and Cessna TTx. These three planes have always had a presence at the Expo, and I have no idea why they were not there. Tail draggers were well represented from the Aviat Husky

to the Carbon Cubs

The only piston planes represented were the Cirrus

and the new Mooney 2 door which I apologize as my picture did not come out well enough to publish. Next came the turbo props from EPIC, TBM, Piper, Beech, Cessna Caravan and Palitus

Fan Jets were represented by Cessna, Honda and Cirrus

It was great seeing old friends and making new ones. There was a great diversity of airplanes and pricing. Hoping all that attended found their dream airplane.