According to Steve Beach, who is the Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In Director, a couple of thousand people were on hand to participate in aviation activities, watch the air show and view the 300 to 350 aircraft that flew in from around the country for the Saturday June 29th and Sunday June 30th event. He said, "the annual event is sponsored by the local EAA Front Range chapters from Cheyenne to Pueblo." He added, "There are about 500 local EAA members."

Aircraft Judges (left to right): Richard Anderson, George Thomas, Jim Miller

According to Paul H. Poberezny, who is the founder of EAA and its current Chairman, the organization, which was founded in 1953, has grown from a handful of aviation enthusiasts to a present 170,000-member international recreational aviation organization with about one thousand local chapters.

The name EAA evolved from the experimental aircraft flown by the original founders which were modified or home-built and were required to display an EXPERIMENTAL placard on the door or in the cockpit. Homebuilt experimental aircraft are popular because they are not subject to the same maintenance requirements as factory built aircraft and homebuilt aircraft builders can obtain a "Repairman's Certificate" which allows them to conduct their own maintenance. Special performance capabilities can be engineered into experimental aircraft to provide the speed, responsiveness and aerobatic capabilities pilots of experimental aircraft want.

The EAA now has occupies a multi-million dollar, 150,000 square foot facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, which houses its Headquarters and AirVenture Museum. It's annual week-long convention, known as the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, held at the Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, now attracts around 12,000 airplanes and over 800,000 spectators.
It has become the showcase for cutting-edge aircraft from all over the world, as well as other aircraft, which include homebuilts, warbirds, ultralights, helicopters, aerobatic aircraft, vintage airplanes and general aviation aircraft.