i usually goto the air shows at shaw afb and charleston in sc and i have not had any problems and i too usualy go with 2 scanners and extra batteries, however, if they stop allowing scanenrs into the base, thats fine, the show is still worth it, and if nothing else, i'll get there early so i can park close and just sit in the bed of my p/u truck so i can even use the mobile, still a great view, and i see no problem with them restricting whatever they want, it is ALWAYS best to be safe, all it is going to take is one incident, thats bad enough, and there might not be anymore airshows at all, remember after 9/11 a lot of the airshows were canceled up until recently...safety first, we don't see the harm in scanners b/c we aren't going to be doing anything bad, those that might could use it for other means... i'm still going either way...