The Tunison Foundation, a non-profit organization that owns and operates World War II era aircraft, will debut its newly minted D-Day Squadron at this year’s SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-in and Expo. The group will feature four D-Day Squadron C-47 and DC-3 aircraft that are preparing to cross the Atlantic to return to Normandy next […]
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Seaplane-A-Palooza slated for weekend before SUN ‘n FUN
The pre-SUN ‘n FUN Seaplane-A-Palooza will be held April 7-8, 2018, at the Tavares Seaplane Base (FA1) in Florida. “Pilots journeying to SUN ‘n FUN are invited to get a jump start on their aviation experience in America’s Seaplane City,” organizers note. Seaplane-A-Palooza 2018 will provide opportunities for pilots to visit with exhibitors and participate […]
Registration now open for SUN ‘n FUN Career Fair
Registration is now open for jobseekers for the 2018 Career Fair at SUN ‘n FUN, with 14 airlines actively recruiting pilots, maintenance technicians, flight attendants, and more. Slated for Wednesday, April 11 during the week-long fly-in, the fifth annual Career Fair will take place at The Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum. While it […]
Picture of the Day: Mustang reflections
With just about a month to go before this year’s SUN ‘n FUN kicks off, Jeffrey T. Jones sent in this photo of a P-51 at the 2017 SUN ‘n FUN. Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via this form. All photos sent in […]
Summer camp with altitude
Summer Camp on the SUN ‘n FUN campus is not your father’s summer camp. Here in sunny Florida on the southside of Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL), during the seventh year of the camp, 96 students enjoyed learning about aviation from experts. One year, Patty Wagstaff dropped in to talk about unusual attitude recovery. “We […]
Couple build World War I fighter
Retired USAF Colonels Blake and Sandy Thomas met at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. On their first date Blake took Sandy on a ride in a 1944 BT-13, a two-seat military trainer with a radial engine. “It was love at first flight,” Sandy said. In December 2017, they will celebrate their 23rd anniversary. Their […]
Grant brings planetarium to SUN ‘n FUN campus
LAKELAND, Florida — The Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) on the campus of SUN ‘n FUN on the Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport will align the stars for students by bringing the only public planetarium to residents in Polk County thanks to the GiveWell Community Foundation’s Impact Polk Annual Grant Program. The planetarium will reside on the […]
New scholarships from JSfirm.com
Two new JSfirm.com scholarships are now being offered to students at the Aerospace Center for Excellence on the SUN ‘n FUN campus at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. One will go to a student pursuing an Airframe and Powerplant maintenance certificate and one for a student pursuing an engineering degree. “At the Aerospace Center for Excellence, we are […]
The Ultimate Aviation Vacation returns for SUN ‘n FUN 2018
LAKELAND, Florida —SUN ‘n FUN, Stallion 51 Corp. and Experience Kissimmee have partnered once again to make the 2018 SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In and Expo the experience of a lifetime for one lucky winner in the ACEMaker Raffle. Returning for its second year, the raffle is back to raise funds and awareness for SUN ‘n […]