Despite the rains that hampered

last weekend's Great Georgia Airshow at Falcon Field in Peachtree City,

officials were pleased with the crowd turnout ... and they're already

beginning to plan next year's show.

"Our gates were down,"

said airshow chairman Greg Hall. "But we feel considering the weather

that we had a pretty decent crowd."

A storm creeped in on Falcon

Field Saturday with little warning, bringing in 50 mph winds that uprooted

many tents and slightly damaged two planes, Hall said. An evacuation plan

was enacted, but no one was seriously hurt, Hall added.

"There was no warning

whatsoever," Hall said, adding that weather personnel were on hand

and also caught by surprise by the storm.

The storm shortened Saturday's

airborne displays, and cloudy weather Sunday forced officials to wait

another hour for the ceiling to clear, Hall said.

The weather's affect on the

gate tally won't be known for several weeks since data is not available

yet on the advance ticket sales, Hall said.

But airshow officials are already

looking forward to next year's show, set for Sept. 6-7, 2003. Hall said

the airshow committee is seeking a return engagement from a previous popular

airshow act, but the final word wouldn't be available until December.

"We're already planning

next year," Hall said. "We're going to go ahead and get this

thing together and get it ready to roll."

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