Rick Garcia, president of Lakeland, Florida-based Gulf Coast Avionics, flies his Seneca II over Lakeland Linder Regional Airport (KLAL). “While Lakeland Linder is home to the annual SUN ‘n FUN fly-in, it is also much more,” he said. “The Central Florida Aerospace Academy, the Aerospace Center for Excellence, NOAA Hurricane Hunters, Polk State College, flight […]
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Record number of solo students to be recognized in ceremony
A record number of solo students will be celebrated at a ceremony on the SUN ‘n FUN campus in Florida.
Just between you and me
The best part of aviation? Not the airplanes or exciting air shows. It’s the people.
New chairman for SUN ‘n FUN
As the SUN ’n FUN International Fly-In and Expo closed on Sunday, April 16, 2018, Bob Knight stepped down as the chairman of the board of the organization after serving for six and a half years. While this was his last fly-in as chairman, he will remain on the SUN ’n FUN Board. During the May […]
Couple builds replica Sopwith Schneider
Their love of aviation and history have led Retired USAF Colonels Blake and Sandy Thomas to build replicas of World War I aircraft. Last year at SUN ’n FUN, they brought the replica they built of a 1917 Nieuport-28. This year, they brought a replica 1915 Sopwith Schneider they built in 2012. It took them […]
Picture of the Day: Quick Silver
Frederick A. Johnsen — General Aviation News’ Of Wings & Things columnist and a warbird expert — sent in this photo of the P-51 Mustang “Quick Silver.” The photo was taken at SUN ‘n FUN 2018, where the aircraft flew several times, he reports. Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of […]
Twin Beech with a twist
You know the classic Twin Beech Model 18, right? It has twin tails, a tailwheel, and a bit of a pug nose. That is until Pacific Airmotive took it into its Burbank shop and created a tricycle-gear, single-tail, high-forehead pointy-nose business aircraft and commuter airliner in the 1960s from this pre-war design. Called the Tradewind […]
Glacier Girl survives its own ice age
Any P-38 Lightning fighter of World War II is a crowd-pleaser. The Lightning called “Glacier Girl” amped that enthusiasm even higher at SUN ‘n FUN 2018. “Glacier Girl” was literally frozen in time from 1942 to 1992. Part of a flight of six brand-new P-38s and two B-17s heading to Europe to bolster American forces, […]
Dick Cole represents his Raiders compatriots well at SUN ‘n FUN
Hundreds of people gathered to be with Dick Cole at SUN ‘n FUN 2018 in Lakeland, Florida, on April 14, 2018. Cole has earned their acclaim in so many ways. At 102 years of age, his wise and experienced perspective should be sufficient to garner respect from the rest of us. Cole is a World […]