By CONNIE SUE WHITE, Flying magazine managing editor and SUN ’n FUN Today volunteer guest writer At Sun ’n Fun, there are signs everywhere indicating the dedication of what has grown to a force of some 3,000 volunteers who put on a six-day event hosting an estimated 160,000 guests — from the friendly faces of […]
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AOPA partners with Build-A-Plane
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association has become the latest media partner with Build-A-Plane, supporting the Kids Across America campaign, created to help children make the trip to Oshkosh, Wis., for the Experimental Aircraft Association’s 2012 AirVenture. Under the campaign, kids are charged with finding sponsors to fund each mile they travel to AirVenture. The […]
Sun ’n Fun Splash-In at Fantasy of Flight Thursday
Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, will once again play host the annual Sun ’n Fun Splash-In, a one-day event specifically designed to celebrate seaplanes and other amphibious aircraft. Throughout the day on Thursday, March 29, dozens of seaplane pilots will use Fantasy of Flight’s sparkling Lake Agnes as their chosen landing strip. “Splash […]
Second annual Aeronca Fly-In set for Flabob
The Aeronca Aviators Club will stage its second annual Southwest Fly-In at Flabob Airport (RIR) in Riverside, Calif., on May 18-20. The group is expecting Aeronca and other antique aircraft owners from Southern California, Nevada, Oregon and Arizona. “Last year’s event had over 25 Aeroncas, so we are optimistic about attendance this year,” said organizer […]
Third issue of SUN ‘n FUN Today ready to read
The third issue of SUN ‘n FUN Today is online. Read it here. SUN ‘n FUN Today includes show coverage, photo spreads of aircraft on the field and in the skies, plus advertised show specials for those wandering the vendor areas. Be sure to pick up a copy each day of the show either in print […]
Lindbergh Foundation to present awards Thursday
The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation will present the Lindbergh Award and the Lindbergh Spirit Award at a celebration at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Thursday. Legendary inventor Forrest Bird will receive the 2012 Lindbergh Award and Florida businessman-philanthropist James C. Ray has been named recipient of the Spirit Award. “This is […]
Students take to the skies to thank their benefactor
Thursday at the Sun ’n Fun fly-in in Lakeland, Florida, two 17-year-old students will perform a special fly-by honoring James Ray, the man who donated the money to build the Central Florida Aerospace Academy on the Sun ’n Fun campus. The students, Phillip “Maverick” Herrington and Angel “Talisman” Castellanos, wanted to perform the fly-by to thank the […]
CAP cadets pitch in to build first RAF Fire Hub
By CONNIE SUE WHITE When Civil Air Patrol Seminole Composite Squadron Deputy Commander Kenny Eads asked a group of five cadets to volunteer for a unique mission, it caught on like wildfire. The assignment: build the first-ever Fire Hub on the SUN ’n FUN campgrounds. Eads explained to the young men that it would the […]
Why would you fly to Sun ’n Fun?
Questioning pilots flying into Sun ’n Fun is an unexpected thing to hear from the fly-in’s new safety advisor to the president, Ben Coleman. Coleman is a nationally renowned aviation safety expert with more than 38 years of experience, much of it with the NTSB and FAA. He has investigated more than 400 aviation accidents through […]