That was several hours of my life I will never get back — booking airline, rental car, and a series of hotel rooms… and then cancelling all of them! Drat! Yet my frustration in scuttling travel plans to attend and work Aero Friedrichshafen is minor compared to the effort by the people running Aero and the 700 vendors that all must now change their plans. Even noting this does not count the hundreds of small businesses from gas stations to restaurants to hotels and more that will suffer sharp revenue losses, possibly resulting in many jobs being terminated. What a mess! Not Just China’s Problem “As Head of Aero Friedrichshafen, I have experienced many situations during the last 30 years which have affected the global economy and the aerospace industry in a negative way,” started Roland Bosch, the longtime leader of this very popular European airshow. “But never before has an incident had such a strong impact on the global economy like the new coronavirus.
Coronavirus Claims Another Victim: Aero Freidrichshafen 2020 is “Postponed”
Not Just China's Problem
"As Head of Aero Friedrichshafen, I have experienced many situations during the last 30 years which have affected the global economy and the aerospace industry in a negative way," started Roland Bosch, the longtime leader of this very popular European airshow. "But never before has an incident had such a strong impact on the global economy like the new coronavirus.Switzerland's spectacular Risen is one of the airplanes we might have seen at Aero 2020.
I always enjoy experiencing new designs from Europe, like this F2 from Flight Design ga seen at Aero 2019.
Sun 'n Fun 2020?
I called Sun 'n Fun boss, John "Lites" Leenhouts, to find out what might happen to another show scheduled for exactly the same week. "We're still on," he confirmed!At Sun 'n Fun 2020, come check out wonderful American light aircraft like Arion Aircraft's fast and sleek XS model.
One LSA you can see at Sun 'n Fun is from BRM Aero, which last year debuted this cool taildragger on tundra tires with Beringer gear hardware. The Czech brand will be represented in Lakeland by Bristell USA.