Don,
The best way to understand this is to read the Airventure arrival procedures. It will explain a lot.
http://www.airventure.org/atc/vfr_basics.html
Jack must have had the belts on, maybe not tight, or he would have been worse off IMHO.
Warbirds and turbo aircraft use a different procedure and runway. I sure they do not mix light aircraft with high performance aircraft. At least I never saw a jet or turbo prop in my line.
Hersh
