The engine you choose will definitely impact the design of the cowling, engine baffling, etc., which is why your best source of engine choice and installation will be from “someone who has been there and done that.”
Aircraft
Picture of the Day: The quiet before the crowds
Ron Cox submitted this photo and note: “Two days before the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo takes off, all is quiet as we watch the sunset by our Cessna 182N.”
Picture of the Day: Fuel stop
Sebastien Heintz submitted this photo and note: “Roger Dubbert, demo pilot for Zenith Aircraft Company, maker of the backcountry STOL CH 750 Super Duty sport utility kit airplane, fuels up the Zenith STOL during one of several stops on his way home from the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, to Mexico, Missouri, home of Zenith Aircraft Company. You can watch the hour-long video of the 12-hour flight home on YouTube.”
Sporty’s reveals winners of young pilots writing contest
The stories of a soaring competition and a disappointing first solo are the winners of the 2025 Richard L. Collins Writing Prize for Young Pilots.
Picture of the Day: Family heirloom
Scott Crane submitted this photo and note: “Our family heirloom, a 1948 Bonanza, parked in Vintage Camping at the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo and our daughter Samantha, a student at Central Florida Aerospace Academy, who wants to fly for the airlines. You can learn more about the airplane at Restoration of Bonanza N4560V on Facebook.”
Picture of the Day: Ready to attack the morning sky
Carl Martin submitted this photo and note: “The prop is turning! A T-6 warming up at sunrise to attack the morning sky on April 4, 2025, at the SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo. Start and run-up on temporarily closed Runway 5. Photo by Carl Martin, volunteer member of the media productions team.”
Picture of the Day: #snf25
General Aviation News photographer Matt Genuardi captured this photo of the Mooney Anomaly parked behind the #snf25 sign, where thousands of attendees snapped photos to commemorate their visit to the 51st annual SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo.
Picture of the Day: Fire in the sky
General Aviation News photographer Matt Genuardi captured this fiery shot at the end of the night air show on Wednesday, April 2, at the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo.
Picture of the Day: A safe landing
General Aviation News photographer Matt Genuardi captured this photo on opening day of the 2025 SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo, which runs April 1-6 at Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) in Florida, explaining: “This was just after he landed after his engine cowling separated mid-flight.”