(16) Leases

Certain of Fleetwood's facilities and equipment are leased under terms that range from monthly to five years.

The following is a schedule by year of future minimum rental payments required under operating and capital leases that have initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms in excess of one year as of April 27, 2008:

  Minimum Rental Payments
Fiscal Year Operating   Capital
  (Amounts in thousands)
2009   $ 2,936         $ 2,146    
2010   2,810     387  
2011   2,324     35  
2012   1,567     13  
Later years   4,257      
Total minimum lease payments $ 13,894   $ 2,581  


Rental expense for the last three fiscal years was as follows:

  2008   2007   2006
  (Amounts in thousands)
Rental expense   $ 2,422         $ 3,510         $ 4,074    
Less: Sublease rental income   (71 )   (445 )   (364 )
  $ 2,351   $ 3,065   $ 3,710