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By JANICe WOOd

You can do it: That’s the message the mu-sician and motivational speaker Ravi is tell-ing kids all over Lakeland this week.

As SUN ’n FUN’s Education Outreach Ambassador, Ravi is speaking to two schools a day. He estimates he’ll talk to 2,000 kids by week’s end.

The message he’s giving the kids in Lakeland is the same as the one he shared on his You Can Do It Tour, which he took to Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The first day of the tour he talks to pi-lots, then the general public the next day, and students the third day.

While at the high schools, he’s also talk-ing to teachers, trying to get them on board to use aviation in their STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) stud-ies. For instance, he’ll talk about hypoxia with biology teachers or show math teach-ers how trigonometry is used in the cockpit to make wind calculations.

“Then the teachers become advocates for our industry,” he said.

And while he’s probably one of aviation’s most passionate advocates, Ravi’s message to kids isn’t that aviation is the only dream matters. The message is that no matter what your dream is, you can achieve it.

“All kids need motivation,” he said. “There’s a lot of overstimulation and the system is really designed to confuse kids — there are so many options that not a lot of them follow through.”

His message is simple: It’s important to have a dream — and it’s important to fol-low through on that dream.

“And it doesn’t have to be just one dream,” he tells them. “I had music and

aviation.”As a musician, he’s played in front of

20,000 fans at Madison Square Garden. But he tells kids that thrill was nothing compared to landing a plane all by himself.

He believes the skills learned as a pilot translate to success in life. And one of the most important lessons is that hard work pays off.

“Learning to fly wasn’t easy,” he says. “Learning to play the guitar was hard work. But I tell the kids don’t be afraid to work hard to achieve your dreams.”

And sometimes the message gets across. Ravi tells of a boy who came up to him af-ter a presentation, proclaiming, “I didn’t re-alize it was so easy to be successful.”

Taken a bit back, Ravi asked him to ex-plain. The boy continued, “Your formula

for success makes sense: Study hard, work hard, live your dream.”

“I literally had to hold back the tears,” Ravi says. “I just want to keep talking to these kids forever.”

Hear Ravi’s message yourself Saturday at 11 a.m. at his forum in Room 2 at the Central Florida Aerospace Academy. He’ll also be speaking earlier that morning at the Aerospace Teachers Workshop.

Ravi adds that he couldn’t do what he does without his sponsors, including Light-speed Aviation, Sporty’s and Sennheiser. Another big supporter is the National As-sociation of Flight Instructors.

During this week’s show, NAFI is raf-fling off a Voyage-Air folding guitar signed by Ravi. See it at the NAFI booth in Hangar B, #66.

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By BIll WAlKer

Some SUN ’n FUN visitors arrive in their car. Others fly in. Occasionally a traveler will take the bus. But an Indiana couple, Rolla and Linda Millspaugh, drove into Lakeland in their 42-foot travel bus with the family airplane and a car in tow.

“This is our home on wheels,” said Linda Millspaugh, of North Vernon, Ind., and St. Cloud, Fla. “We pull a 30-foot custom-built trailer with our Aerotrek A240 airplane and our Fiat 500 sedan,” said Rolla. “The wings fold on the aircraft and the custom-made trailer has an 8-foot ceiling to take care of the height of the tail and the auto.”

Rolla said he is used to driving tractor-trailer vehicles, so there was no adjustment in getting behind the steering wheel of the 46,000-pound bus.

His company, Jennings County Pallets, maintains a fleet of five tractor rigs and 40 trailers. His son Steve runs the business most of the time now.

“The bus is probably is easiest driving vehicle I have had,” Rolla added.

The couple owned a motorized travel home for a number of years and also had experience at running a campground with an airstrip. When the government wanted to purchase the campground as part of a homeland training project a couple of years ago, the Millspaughs decided it was time to give full-time living on the road a try.

“Now we have a small farm with a 2,600-foot airstrip near North Vernon and a home in St. Cloud, about an hour from Lakeland,” Rolla said. “We have been down here for the winter and the folks from Aerotrek asked us if we would bring our bus, aircraft and car over for SUN ’n FUN.”

The Millspaughs have been traveling around the U.S. for about a year and have covered about 20,000 miles with the plane and bus in tow.

The bus, powered by a 450-hp Cummins diesel engine, gets about 7.5 miles to the gallon. The Aerotrek has a 100-hp Rotax four-cylinder engine and uses about 4.5 gph premium auto fuel.

“The Aerotrek people just wanted us to

be here to show how the plane could be used with a mobile lifestyle,” Rolla said.

“When we meet people they usually ask how long are we going to keep doing this,” he continued. “I just say we’re going to stay with it for as long as we can. Right now we’re just looking at finishing the first five years.”

The couple said the price tag for their ful-ly mobile lifestyle included about $300,000 for the Winnebago, about $90,000 for the well-equipped Aerotrek, $15,000 for the Fiat, and $10,000 for the trailer.

Rolla said they chose the Aerotrek A240 after looking at the available models in the market with folding wings.

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By Meg gOdleWsKI

SUN ’n FUN volunteers come in all shapes and sizes and with a smorgasbord of talents.

For Dave Shallbetter, the chairman of SUN ’n FUN Radio, the gift of gab and an outgoing personality are what led him to become the voice of SUN ’n FUN Radio located at 1510 on the AM radio dial.

The station was created 20 years ago as a means of broadcasting the live airshow.

Shallbetter recalls how it all began: “I was working at the SUN ’n FUN media center as liaison with local radio station WLKS, which was broadcasting the air show via live remote. They told me they were going to have a radio station at SUN ’n FUN would I like to help? They put me at a desk and said ‘start talking.’ I said ‘I can do that!’”

He was warned that as long as he didn’t do anything that could cost the station its license, he could do whatever he wanted.

As the years passed the role of the station grew to include interviews with air show performers, show sponsors, and aviation personalities. The number of volunteers also grew over the years.

“We started in a cramped room in the media center and we kept outgrowing our

space,” Shallbetter recalls. This meant that every few years or so the

station would be relocated. Today it is on Club House Row across from the Sunset Grill.

“It’s the place with the big, newly built deck!” Shallbetter beams.

For several weeks leading up to SUN ’n FUN, Shallbetter made a 400-mile round trip trek to Lakeland to help build the cov-ered deck that wraps around the radio sta-tion building.

“The front area gives us more space to do live interviews and the back deck gives the volunteers a place to work and hang out,” he says.

There have been some challenging mo-ments in 20 years of broadcast. When the tornado came through in 2011, the station building was crammed full of people. Fear-ing a power surge, Shallbetter called for all the equipment to be unplugged and ordered everyone into the center of the building. Oak trees on either side of the building came down, smashing golf carts and block-ing the road. The creek behind the building flooded and volunteers scrambled to move their cars, which were in harm’s way. De-spite the damage, the volunteers helped the national media get the story right, he says.

“CNN was reporting that a building had

collapsed and 100 people were trapped in-side. That wasn’t true. One of the radio sta-tion volunteers knew someone who worked at CNN and we were able to correct that misinformation,” he said.

“It’s the volunteers who make it hap-

pen,” Shallbetter beams, sounding all the world like a coach who knows his team has a slot in the playoffs. “I cannot do it with-out them. These people come out and spend their money and their vacation camping in order to do this.”

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By eMIlI WOOdhOuse

The first time I flew on a commercial air-liner I was 13 years old and I kept my eyes closed during takeoff, hands sweaty, grasp-ing my seat.

Planes were something I had mainly seen in movies or read about in stories. My feel-ing towards flight was always an intense curiosity held back by a simple fear of the unknown.

This past October I flew to Montana, tak-ing three separate airliners there and back. This time my eyes never left the window, my hands on the glass, feeling the tempera-tures change as we flew over strange ter-rains and irresistible mountains.

These being my only experiences with flight, I went to SUN n’ FUN, excited to be exposed to new things. I learned a lot about planes, but I was surprised and delighted with what I learned about the people I came across. Wearing aviator glasses and a leath-er flight jacket covered with patches, SUN ’n FUN Today reporter Meg Godlewski picked me up in a golf cart and that’s where my adventure began.

After I got a tour of the grounds, I got to tag along to an interview with an Alaskan explorer. His plane “The Polar Pumpkin” was personalized with décor, including two stuffed animals that sat in the cockpit to keep him company. He gladly spoke to us about his expedition and although I could tell that he was proud, he showed it in a very humble way.

Many pilots I spoke with were very hum-ble, as if flying was just a natural part of life. It was odd to me that more people were not in awe like I was that ordinary people could achieve flight on a daily basis. After we talked to the explorer, I couldn’t look at his plane without imagining vast faraway places, which only intrigued me further.

On my first day at SUN ’n FUN, I saw planes used in war, planes used for fun, and

planes used for work. I climbed into the Berlin Airlift and felt history in a way I did not know I could experience outside of a textbook I saw tiny aircraft no bigger than a roller coaster cart and planes that loomed over me like a grand ship, making me feel small but also excited that my world could feel so much bigger.

When I heard I was going to get to ride on the Ford Tri-Motor I did not hesitate, but anticipated the venture. Hearing the roar of the engines and seeing the propellers so close out of my window put me in a movie, but this time I got to be a character. I was elated at so many things I did not even know would spark any interest in me. I asked Meg what she would say to someone if they said to her, “If people were meant to fly, God would have given us wings.” Her response was, “If that were the case, he wouldn’t have given us the Wright brothers.”

Out of all the pilots, staff, volunteers, stu-dents, and attendees, I did not meet anyone

who did not hold a great interest and pride in aviation.

An abundance of passionate people made it a positive environment that only makes you want to explore. Every pilot and every plane has a story and I am lucky to have been able to hear some first-hand.

I don’t think I will ever be accustomed to seeing planes fly in so many directions, but instead of fear, I will cling to the won-der and grandeur that this show has shared with me.

Poet Emily Dickinson once wrote that “Hope is the thing with feathers.”

I came eager to learn and absorb my sur-roundings and I will leave with new friends, knowledge, and a contagious hope that has given many “feathers” and taken them to the sky.

Emili Woodhouse is a student at Polk State College in Lakeland and SUN ’n FUN Today’s intern.

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Scheme Designers has introduced Cirrus Applied Art — 12 limited edition vinyl de-sign sets available just for Cirrus owners. Only 15 of each set will be sold and each set is numbered and signed by the artist.

Cirrus aircraft have been popular since their introduction and, with the harsh en-vironment all aircraft operate in, the base paint is often still good, but the decal design has seen better days.

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“Scheme Designers has created each of the 12 Applied Art designs to accentuate the beautiful lines and unique curves of the Cir-rus models,” said the company’s founder and president Craig Barnett. “The grace-ful aerodynamic components that make the aircraft so recognizable and attractive are highlighted by our artists who have provid-ed a variety of approaches from very clean and simple designs to more aggressive and involved designs.”

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly with other airplanes just feet away in precision formation flight? Now, you have a chance to experience it yourself in the skies over Lakeland.

Enter to win one of two open seats during Team AeroDynamix media rides Saturday morning.

Register to win in person at the GRT Avionics Booth in Hangar D, #5-6, or on the GRT Avionics Facebook page. Double your chances of winning by entering both in person and on Facebook (Facebook.com/GRTavionics).

Bad Dog Tools offers discount, plus giveaway

“You can never have too many drill bits,” says Bad Dog Tools co-owner Jo-seph Strong. “Sometimes, though, that can weigh you down.”

Especially true if you’re a private pilot — which Strong is — so he’s created the Bad Dog Multi-Purpose Drill Bits.

This week, the Rhode Island-based man-ufacturer has a special offer for pilots who purchase the 19-piece drill bit set. In addi-tion to receiving a discount of $50, pilots will also receive a free 11/16-inch Multi-purpose Drill Bit.

Find out more at Bad Dog’s booth in the North Exhibit Area, #60.

Team CAI TACTical offers free demonstrations this week

TeamCAI Tactical is offering free dem-onstrations of its Citizens Academy, Ad-vanced Active shooter training, Officer and Citizen defense simulation, lawful arrest, and less than lethal techniques, all week at SUN ’n FUN.

The weekend Citizens Academy training orients citizens to all of the options avail-able to them in the protection of themselves and their loved ones, officials noted.

The training — and this week’s demon-strations — are conducted by career law enforcement professionals.

To find out more, look for the white “command post” demonstration and train-ing trailer in the Southeast Exhibit Area, #25A.

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By BeN sClAIr

Racing returns to SUN ’n FUN today when up to 11 competitors will compete in the Cat Shot and Sprint 40.

“The Cat Shot is a tip of the hat to SUN ’n FUN President John ‘Lites’ Leenhouts,” said race organizer Craig Payne. “Lites was a carrier qualified naval aviator, so we’ll ‘launch’ competitors down the runway, kind of like launching off a carrier.”

Each racer will be timed to the 6,000 foot mark.

Those competing in the Sprint 40 race will continue from that point on a 40-nm closed course. At each of seven waypoints, aircraft times will be recorded.

“We chose 40 miles to honor the 40th anniversary of SUN ’n FUN,” continued Payne.

The planes will launch every 30 seconds, and will return in 12-13 minutes with an overhead finish. Top competitors will be

running upwards of 260 knots. After the racers land, they will gather again in the “Race Pits” on the west end of Homebuilt Aircraft Parking.

Start time, as of press time, will be 2 pm.

RacersRob Logan, Cleveland, Ohio, Lancair • LegacyBruce Hammer, Lafayette, La., Glassair • TD-IJames Redmon, Frisco, Texas, Berkut• Mike Mahar, Cleveland, Ohio, GP-4• Scott Farnsworth, Jupiter, Fla., RV-8• Jeff Barnes, Kenosha, Wisc., RV-6• Robin Young, Lakeland, Fla., Glasair • TD-1Brian Kraut, Green Cove Springs, Fla., • Mustang IILee Walton, Houston, Texas, Thorp • T-18Les Burril, Cleveland, Ga., Mustang II• David Read, Olney, Ill., Thorp T-18•

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By rOBIN McFArlANd

As the Director of Volunteers at SUN ’n FUN, I am privileged to work alongside people who truly have made SUN ’n FUN what it is today.

We continue to applaud the commitment made by almost 3,000 volunteers every year on the SUN ’n FUN campus and also from afar.

For the annual SUN ’n FUN International Fly-In & Expo, 135 chairman with areas of major responsibility work year round to organize equipment and volunteers as they schedule minute details prior to the gates

being opened.In some instances,

they recruit speak-ers and schedule programs, designing workshops and fo-rums that are recog-nized internationally.

As with all things related to the fly-in, their number one pri-ority is always safety.

We strive to have excellent customer ser-vice delivered by every volunteer on the campus, with guests receiving immediate

answers to any question.We all have a mission to make sure that

our guests have fun and enjoy themselves while experiencing aviation “up-close and personal.”

The skill levels of our volunteers range from having an interest in an area and learn-ing on the job to using their expertise to mentor students. Volunteers have or have had careers as rocket scientists, mechanics, fighter pilots, educators, engineers, garden-ers, moms and pops Many own their own businesses, are designers and have been public speakers. Some have been in poli-tics. Everyone is eagerly involved in mak-

ing “a brighter future through aviation.”Volunteers are recognized for outstand-

ing performance with a Chairman’s Award, years of service pins and, this year, for the 40th celebration, the Key to the City of Lakeland was awarded by the mayor to vol-unteers who were here in the early years.

If you have to go to work every day, this is a great place to be. I am excited about seeing all my SUN ’n FUN family return to the grounds for this year’s event.

What about you? Ever thought about be-coming a volunteer? If so, please consider working with us year-round on any one of an expanding number of event focused on one thing: Bringing needed funds to en-hance our year-round educational efforts.

Stop by the Volunteer Center, which is next to the Buehler Restoration Center to find out more.

Or you can visit Sun-n-Fun.org and con-nect to the Volunteer Page. Thanks!

Robin McFarland is SUN ’n FUN’s Director of Volunteers.

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Sonex fly-inSaturday

The Florida Sonex Association is gearing up for its second annual Spring Sonex Fest, taking place on Saturday, April 5.

Held at the organization’s home airport, Dunnellon Marion County (X35), the FSA fly-in makes a convenient day trip for SUN ’n FUN attendees interested in learning more about Sonex Aircraft, according to of-ficials. The event will begin at 9 a.m. with lunch available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for $5 per person.

Sonex Aircraft Founder and President John Monnett will again be conducting fo-rums at SUN ’n FUN, on Thursday and Fri-day of the show, and the Monnetts will host a happy hour event for Sonex builders at the Sunset Grill on Thursday evening.

The Florida Sonex Association was founded by Sonex Aircraft builders in 2008, offering a social outlet and support for Sonex builders in Florida and neigh-boring states. The FSA and other regional and national Sonex Aircraft builder groups hold grass-roots fly-in events and activities around the globe. A list of organizations and events can be found on the Sonex Aircraft website at SonexAircraft.com.

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If interested, come to the SUN ’n FUN Today trailer next to the Cessna exhibit and ask for Bill Walker or email [email protected].

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By MEG GODLEWSKI

SUN ’n FUN Radio celebrates its 20th an-niversary this year.

What began as a means to broadcast the afternoon airshow has evolved into an in-formational and entertaining endeavor for not only fly-in visitors, but also the volun-teers at the radio station.

Located at 1510 on the AM dial, SUN ’n FUN Radio broadcasts a steady stream of interviews with performers, sponsors and

exhibitors, as well as special guests, in-cluding the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP).

The station is located at the end of Club House Row next door to the Quiet Birdman Clubhouse and across the road from the Sunset Grill.

According to Dave Shallbetter, station chairman, SUN ’n FUN Radio began in 1994 when he worked at the SUN ’n FUN media center as the liaison with WLKS, the local AM radio station, which was broad-casting the airshow with a live remote.

“They told me they were going to have a radio station at SUN ’n FUN and asked would I like to help?” he recalled. “They put me at a desk and said ‘start talking.’ I said ‘I can do that!’”

The original intent of SUN ’n FUN Radio was to broadcast the daily airshow and have a tape loop with information about parking and admission. It quickly grew to include in-terviews with not just the airshow perform-ers, but exhibitors and others at the show.

In 2007 the radio station teamed with Uncontrolled Airspace, a general aviation podcast, and Live ATC, an audio stream-ing site, which gave the station worldwide exposure.

“That started our foray into the social media world,” said Shallbetter. “We also

started a Twitter account. Social media has hugely increased the exposure of SUN ’n FUN Radio. We have listeners in Brazil, Germany, and Okinawa, Japan. By 2008 the audio stream had 44,000 hits.”

To celebrate SUN ’n FUN Radio’s 20th

anniversary, the volunteers, with the help of sponsors, have created a birthday gift pro-gram, where the gift goes to the visitors.

This year each gift donor will receive

multiple mentions on the day of their spon-sorship and a week-long association with the station’s celebration.

Additionally, some lucky listeners will win tickets to the SUN ’n FUN Radio birth-day party slated for Thursday evening.

The station, which has a cadre of 30 or so volunteers, is always looking for more help. If you are interested in volunteering, stop in at SUN ’n FUN Radio during the week.

SUN ’n FUN Radio celebrates 20 years

There’s TV tooThe Florida Aviation Network (FAN)

has been named the official SUN ’n FUN TV Network.

It will be broadcasting throughout the week and providing live webcasts during the airshows.

Visit the Airshow Announcers stand and get the chance to be one of the “man on the street” interviews. You could be on a Jumbotron by the Sunset Grill and also uploaded to FAN’s website.

FAN will be all over the grounds filming at significant events and the footage will be uploaded daily.

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The United States Navy’s Flight Demon-stration Squadron, The Blue Angels, will be the featured performers this weekend.

“After a year of sequestration and no military participation at airshows, SUN ’n FUN is honored to host the first appear-ance of the Blue Angels in the southeast in 2014,” said SUN ’n FUN President and CEO John R. “Lites” Leenhouts. “It is ex-citing for us to offer our guests the stellar precision that represents the piloting skills of all Naval aviators.”

The Blue Angels’ mission is to enhance Navy and Marine Corps recruiting efforts and to represent the Naval service not only in the United States, but around the world.

The Blue Angels’ C-130, affectionately known as “Fat Albert,” begins each dem-onstration by exhibiting its maximum per-formance capabilities during a 10-minute performance.

Next you will see the graceful aerobatic maneuvers of the four-jet Diamond Forma-tion, in concert with the fast-paced, high-performance maneuvers of its two solo pilots. Finally, the team illustrates the pin-nacle of precision flying, performing ma-neuvers locked as a unit in the renowned, six-jet “Delta Formation.”

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The F-22 Raptor is flying at SUN ’n FUN Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Air Combat Command F-22 Dem-onstration Team from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia performs precision aerial maneuvers to demonstrate the unique capa-bilities of the world’s only operational fifth-generation fighter aircraft.

The F-22 will also team up with the Air Force Heritage flight during this week’s show.

The F-22 Raptor is the Air Force’s new-est fighter aircraft. Its combination of

stealth, supercruise, maneuverability, and integrated avionics, coupled with improved supportability, represents an exponential leap in warfighting capabilities, according to Air Force officials.

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SUN ’n FUN has made a commitment to the future, with its mission to “Build a Brighter Future through Aviation.”

In that vein, SUN ’n FUN is offering expanded educational opportunities and youth activities not just this week, but all year round.

For those at the fly-in, daily activities be-gin at 9 a.m. at the Piedmont Hangar Work-shops (just past the Florida Air Museum). Activities, which will run until 2 p.m., are age specific.

Children in Grades K-6 will be introduced to the creative side of science, with en-couragement and supplies to explore kites, windsocks, parachutes, foam airplanes and paper airplanes or experience an art project on paper or their face.

Kids in Grades 7-12 will have the op-portunity to work with engines, electrical circuits, motors, weather, wave forms, and rocketry and even try a flight simulator.

Volunteers also will offer kids tours, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The interactive walking tour may include flying aircraft demonstra-

tions, antique aircraft, forums, rotorcraft, ultralight and light-sport airplanes, histor-ic warbird airplanes, a museum visit, and more.

The Florida Air Museum also will be open, and officials invite kids to explore the exhibitors and authors on site, as well as the interactive learning devices like wind tunnels and weather stations that have been donated for use and will be added to the new science center scheduled for comple-tion this year.

Also returning this year is the Kid Zone, near the front entrance, which is packed with aviation-themed activities.

Be aware that tickets for the Kid Zone are required. Ticket prices start at 26 tickets for $20, with 60 tickets for $40. An all-day pass to ride the inflatables is $20.

It takes 10 tickets to ride the zip line, and five to try the rock wall. Inflatables, includ-ing the Space Shuttle Slide, Bounce House, Jolly Jumping Jet, Space Camp Combo, Wall E 3-1, and the Obstacle Course, are two tickets each.

Building a brighter future

After its success at last year’s show, the Veterans Plaza is once again in the South-east Exhibit Area.

Organizations participating in the plaza this year include the Vietnam Veterans He-licopter Pilots Association, the USO, the Military Officers Association of America, Honor Flight, World War II re-enactors, the VA Medical Unit, the Mid Florida World War II Museum, and the Polk County Vet-erans Council.

Several aircraft will be on display and members and officials with the organiza-tions are available to answer any questions.

Also located in Veterans Plaza is an in-formal area for veterans and active-duty military to meet up, share stories and enjoy the fly-in.

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More than 8,000 international guests ar-rived at SUN ’n FUN last year from coun-tries spanning the globe.

According to SUN ’n FUN officials, the largest number of visitors came from Bra-zil, Canada, England and Germany, but many other countries were represented in the International Visitors Tent, which is in the Southeast Exhibit area. The tent fea-tures a large map where visitors can stick a pin representing their home country.

A number of volunteers are available who speak a variety of languages to help visitors with everything from locating an exhibitor on the grounds to finding local lodgings.

Staff from Visit Central Florida and the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce will aug-ment the SUN ’n FUN crew by connecting guests to local area amenities, shopping and dining. Discount tickets for area theme parks are also available at the tent.

Tickets will also be distributed at the tent for special events planned for international visitors.

New this year is a party for future avia-tors called Dance Around the World.

Teens 13-18 will gather on Thursday eve-ning at 7 p.m. in front of the International Visitors Tent, where they will find music, foods, photos and more. Hosted by State Farm Agent Barbara Grier Bennett, Pure Funk DJ Leslie, and Will Brown Photogra-

phy, the party will feature food from some of Lakeland’s finest restaurants, including Harry’s Seafood Restaurant, Palace Pizza, China Wok, Sweet Creationz, Britt’s Café,

Café Roti, West Caribbean Cuban Restau-rant and Il Forno Italian Restaurant.

The International Visitors Party will be held Friday, beginning at 5:30 p.m., in the

Pavilion next to the Florida Air Museum. This party is hosted by the Islands of the Bahamas and the Lakeland Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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Got a question about this week’s activi-ties? Here’s a few things that may be help-ful to know:

SUN ’n FUN retail outlets are open dai-ly with a large selection of aviation-related items, as well sunglasses, cameras and 40th anniversary commemorative T-shirts and other memorabilia. The main retail shop is the PilotMall store near the Exhibit Han-gars. There are also Gifts of Flight outlets in front of the Sunset Grill, on the east side of the Airshow Announcer Stand, south-west side of the Warbird ramp, and in the The Florida Air Museum.

The Type Club Tent is located across the taxiway from Vintage Headquarters. Look for members of organized clubs dedicated to a particular aircraft.

Stop in at the Visitors Information Center next to the Sunset Grill to pick up a copy of the Shuttle Map to accommoda-tions, downtown Lakeland and the sur-rounding area. Preston Tours is providing bus transportation for SUN ’n FUN guests to local area hotels and restaurants for a fee. Shuttle pick up and drop off is in the Lind-bergh Lot.

There are two Internet Cafes on the grounds this year: At the Visitor Informa-tion Center and the Florida Air Museum.

You also can get wireless access for $12 a day or $30 for the week. You can purchase

on your browser landing page or at the main entrance.

To receive text updates on SUN ’n FUN events, text 69050 and type snfupdate. To receive text updates on SUN ’n FUN alerts, text 69050 and type snfalert.

The FedEx 727, donated last year, will be open every day for walk-through tours. The 727 is near the Central Florida Aero-space Academy.

Smoking is not permitted around any air-craft, on the flightline, in the buildings, or near any displayed aircraft. See the conven-tion map (page 22) for designated smoking areas around the campus.

Aircraft Emergency Repair is available from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. It is located on Taxiway Echo.

Handicapped Services, located on the west side of the Admissions building in the Main Admissions area, has information on all accessibility concerns.

The Lost and Found is located in the Volunteer Center east of the Buehler Res-toration Center.

The Brokaw Medical Hospitality Cen-ter is located across from Main Admissions and east of the Buehler Restoration Skills Center on Doolittle Road.

Trams run from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with stops throughout the campus.

The Pilot Briefing Center has informa-

tion on everything from taxi procedures, field opening and closing schedules, avail-ability of tie-downs, demonstration ride staging, and radio frequencies. It is next to the showers by Vintage Headquarters.

Several self-briefing weather stations provided by XM WX Satellite Weather are available for pilots. Check the map on page 22 for exact locations.

Need a slight break from all the activity? The Nature Trail behind Hangar E has 16 stations located along the boardwalk detail-ing the Florida flora and fauna.

Having so much fun you’d like to return next year as a volunteer? Volunteer oppor-tunities are available at the Volunteer Cen-ter, which is located next to the Buehler Restoration Center.

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The Recreational Aviation Foundation will host a variety of activities all week at the Fire Hub in the SUN ’n FUN Camp-ground, including:

Tent Rodeo: How fast can you put up a • tent?Ice Cream Toss: Make ice cream in the • backcountry.Potato Bake: Thursday, April 3, for new • and renewing RAF members.Fly fishing demos.• Plane-packing demos.• Coffee and Donuts (6:30-8 a.m.) each • morning.

The Recreational Aviation Foundation Fire Hub is on the corner of Poberezny Road and Charlie Road in the campground.

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Experienced instructors guide you through the techniques for each skill and answer your questions about specific projects.

Many of the workshops are approved by the FAA for credit to-wards the annual requirements for IA renewal and the A&P Awards Program. To get credit for attending, pick up a time sheet at the information booth and have the Workshop Instructor sign it.

Workshops are ongoing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Workshops area, which is near the Buehler Restoration Center and the Florida Air Museum.

Workshops are held on everything from Engines, Aircraft Wood-work, Avionics/Electrical, Basic Sheet Metal, Cable Swaging, Com-posites, Computer Workshop (flight planning to GPS navigation to computer-aided design), Fabric Covering, Metal Shaping, Propeller Carving, and Welding.

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The annual Splash-In will be held Thurs-day, April 3, at Fantasy of Flight, just up Interstate 4 in Polk City.

Lake Agnes will be the scene for this “fly-in within a fly-in.”

If the spectacle of water takeoffs and landings were not enough, you’ll be treat-ed to competition flying, including water-bombing and spot landings.

The Splash-In site will be operational Wednesday through Friday.

Camping is available at the site, with SUN ’n FUN officials noting that camping permits are valid at both Fantasy of Flight and SUN ’n FUN, allowing you to travel between the two facilities during the week.

If you are driving to the Splash-In, park-ing is $5 per vehicle for SUN ’n FUN guests with credentials.

A better way to get there on the day of the Splash-In may be the shuttles. Shuttle pickup and drop off is located at the Sea-bird’s tent located in the seaplane parking area at SUN ’n FUN on the airfield. The shuttle schedule will be based on demand. Fare is $3 each way.

On Thursday morning, the seaplanes will do a fly-by of the SUN ’n FUN grounds around 10:30 a.m. For those pilots who would like to participate in the fly-by, a mandatory briefing is slated for 9 a.m. at Lake Agnes (FOF).

The Splash-In Competition will begin af-ter the fly-by. Again, those pilots who would like to participate must attend all briefings.

The day will wrap up with the Seabird Banquet, which kicks off at 6 p.m. with a so-cial hour, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. The dinner will be held at Fantasy of Flight.

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The annual Balloon Launch is slated for Saturday, April 5, but if you want to see it, you’ll have to get up early.

Starting at 6:30 a.m., a number of hot air balloons will be inflated and then launched in a traditional “Hare and Hound” race.

As the name suggests, this event involves chasing a single balloon after it takes off. This balloon acts as the “hare” and floats in the air for a short while before the other bal-loons are allowed to take off. The balloons that follow are the “hounds,” and the win-ning balloon is the one who lands closest to the “hare.”

All of this is weather dependent, but even if the balloons can’t launch, they still inflate — a site to behold in and of itself.

Pilots participating in the balloon launch are part of a unique group of seasoned air-show veterans from around the world. Hot air balloon pilots carry an FAA-issued pi-lot’s license in the “Lighter than Air” Cat-egory. In addition to passing the traditional written tests, they are trained in balloon me-chanics, safety, procedures, and the unique flight characteristics of balloons.

Other balloon events this week include limited daily demonstration flights from Paradise City by commercial firms, usu-ally at 7 a.m. Balloons also will inflate for a “Balloon Glow” during the night airshow on Saturday.

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This week the Experimental Aircraft As-sociation’s 1929 Ford Tri-Motor will be at SUN ’n FUN to celebrate the Golden Age of Aviation. Visitors will get a chance to experience flight aboard the world’s first mass-produced commercial airliner — and every passenger gets a window seat.

Also known as the “Tin Goose,” the Ford Tri-Motor was built by the Ford Motor Co. in the late 1920s.

This living legacy of modern air travel has an intriguing history linked to South Florida, according to SUN ’n FUN offi-cials. It was purchased by Pitcairn Airways, which flew it up and down the east coast of the United States in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Eastern Airways, the forerunner of Eastern Airlines, subsequently purchased

Pitcairn Airways. In the mid-1930s, the air-plane was sold to a Cuban airline, Compa-ñía Nacional Cubana de Aviación.

In the 1940s, the airplane was flown in Idaho and Montana, transporting smoke jumpers who fought forest fires. At that time, the large 450-horsepower engines were installed. In the 1960s, the airplane was part of an operation that flew around the country, offering rides to the public.

In 1973, the airplane was at a tour stop at Burlington, Wis., when a thunderstorm squall line moved through the area. Either a tornado or a very large thunderstorm lift-ed the airplane 30 feet in the air and then dropped it to the ground, according to EAA officials. The airplane, which broke into three pieces, was considered a total loss.

EAA purchased the Tri-Motor from an insurance company shortly afterward and began the long process of restoring it. The 12-year restoration was completed in 1985. For the next six years, the Tri-Motor was on display at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, and was only flown occasionally. In 1991, the airplane began regular passen-ger flights once more, based from the mu-seum’s Pioneer Airport.

While at SUN ’n FUN, students from the Central Florida Aerospace Academy and the Breezer Flight School will be the work-ing crew for the Ford Tri-Motor.

Rides will be offered from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday; 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday; 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and

5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.

Ticket prices are $75 for adults and $50 for children 17 and under.

The Parts Exchange, located in Hangar E, is a popular destination for everyone from homebuilders and restorers to the owners of

certified aircraft. Each year during SUN ’n FUN, thousands of items are consigned by their owners to sell in the Parts Exchange,

from avionics, props, wings, and a host of other parts and components.

If you’re looking to sell items during the

show, you can purchase tags for 50 cents each. The tag must be secured to the item.

Tires and batteries cannot be accepted for sale due to Florida law, according to Parts Exchange volunteers. Tires mounted on air-craft wheel assemblies will be accepted if described as such on the tag.

Volunteers also note that cash is the pre-ferred method of payment as no credit cards or checks are accepted. ATM machines are located on the grounds, they add.

The Parts Exchange will be open daily during the show from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., ex-cept Sunday, when all sales stop at noon.

The Parts Exchange tent will be open for consignors only on Sunday from noon until 5 p.m. to claim unsold items. The tent will close promptly at 5 p.m. and any unclaimed items will become donations to SUN ’n FUN, volunteers add.

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The crowds on the flightline are expected to be bigger this year due to the appearance of the Blue Angels. While this means more people will see your pride and joy, it also can put your airplane at greater risk for in-advertent damage.

Although you can’t be there all the time, there are some things you can do to protect your airplane when you aren’t around.

“Do not touch” placards are a must. These are provided for display aircraft when you register. These cardboard sleeves slip over the propeller.

Verify the security of your aircraft tie-downs. If you use single stakes, insert them into the ground at a diagonal. A stake insert-ed on a diagonal takes more force to lift out of the ground than one driven straight into the ground. You may want to invest in the “claw” type of aircraft tie-down. Instead of a single stake in the ground, there are three at different angles. As the name implies, it resembles a claw when used properly. Ac-cording to pilots who use them, they are easier to install and remove, yet provide sturdier protection than the one-stake vari-eties.

Make sure gust locks are installed cor-rectly.

Do not leave anything near your airplane that can be thrown, such as a football or a Frisbee, a model glider or even extra tie-down stakes. Also don’t leave any cleaning products that have a spray trigger around. One unsupervised kid is all it takes to do damage. Put these items out of sight.

Be careful of the position of your propel-ler. In camping areas experienced campers recommended that you turn the propeller so the blades are vertical. Someone walking between rows at night is less likely to hit the blade.

In adverse weather, such as high winds, do not try to “save your airplane.” If the wind is blowing hard enough, the plane

could flip over and land on you. The aircraft can be replaced. You can’t.

Supervise the refueling of your aircraft.Take all the expensive portable items,

such as yoke-mounted GPS and headsets, out of your cockpit. Either lock them up or hide them well. Although most people are honest, there are some folks who see large events as an opportunity to steal.

Taxi a little bit slower than you would normally, especially if there are lots of people around. Some of them may be avia-tion novices and may walk with their backs to the aircraft or on taxiways instead of on footpaths, and could step into the line of a wing.

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Net proceeds of approximately $1 million a year from SUN ’n FUN events and facil-ity rentals, benefactors, sponsors, exhibi-tors, advertisers and attendees are returned by SUN ’n FUN to the community through education programs.

SUN ’n FUN benefactors built the Cen-tral Florida Aerospace Academy (CFAA). Open since 2008, the school currently maintains a 100% graduation rate.

Polk State College offers dual enrollment at CFAA and students earning an A&P cer-tificate can be recruited by Florida theme parks because they have achieved the high-est level of mechanical skills.

All students in Polk County maintain-ing a 2.75 GPA are eligible for a 75% cash scholarship towards the cost of flight les-sons from the James C. Ray Foundation. If the student is unable to cover the remaining 25% of the flight lesson costs, he or she can contribute volunteer hours on the SUN ’n FUN complex in exchange for that amount. An additional scholarship providing fund-ing towards four years of college for stu-dents in Polk County from the James C. Ray Foundation is also available.

Lakeland AeroClub students, ranging in age from 16-19, piloted planes inde-pendently from Lakeland to Oshkosh in 2013 and performed in the air showcase at EAA AirVenture, the largest airshow in the world.

Students at CFAA are restoring a 1952 Piper J-3 Cub and will fly it in this year’s event.

SUN ’n FUN hosts summer camps where students between the ages of 11 and 18 fly a plane on the fourth day of a week-long aviation experience. Younger students are introduced to age-specific activities in preparation for the flight in their future.

Aerospace Educator Workshops are available throughout the year for in-service and professional development. One will be held Saturday of this year’s event.

The Florida Air Museum is being trans-formed into a Discovery Center with inter-active exhibits, including an F/A-18 sim.

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By JANICE WOOD

You are justifiably proud of your aircraft, but is it an award winner?

You can find out this week.“It is quite an honor to be recognized

at SUN ’n FUN,” said John “Lites” Leen-houts, SUN ’n FUN president.

He notes the SUN ’n FUN judges are highly experienced and professional, fol-lowing standards set by the Experimental Aircraft Association. “Our judging program is identical to theirs,” he added.

It’s easy to enter your aircraft. When you registered at arrival, you may have been given a Judging Registration Form. The sticker on the registration alerts the judges to include your aircraft in the process.

There is no charge to register for judging, according to Leonard Kress, chief judge at SUN ’n FUN.

Didn’t register when you arrived? No worries. You can register up until noon on Friday.

Kress recommends that you put your cell phone number on the registration form, as well as any special requests, including whether you want to be present when the judges look at your plane.

“The judges will call you and make ev-ery effort to coordinate a time to meet at

your airplane,” Kress said. “We love to give awards to deserving airplanes. Make us happy. Register your pride and joy to be judged.”

But what are the judges looking for?“Our judges are judging the aircraft based

on their experience as aircraft builders, re-storers and aircraft maintenance technicians as to what constitutes quality, authenticity and safety,” Kress said. “Rest assured that all the judges are veterans in their respec-tive areas.”

Awards are handed out in a variety of

categories, ranging from ultralight to an-tique, classic, light-sport aircraft, seaplane, and more. New in the last few years are the People’s Choice Awards.

Convinced and ready to find out if your plane is a winner?

Kress offers these tips to help you in-crease your chances of becoming an award winner: “Be there when it is judged. Be pre-pared to explain questionable areas. Make sure that it is clean. Have the aircraft opened up so the judges can see all the aircraft’s qualities. Have presentation documenta-

tion, such as pictures, aircraft paperwork, etc. Have proof of authenticity, if it ap-plies. Old airplanes may have many mods. In many cases, we are looking for aircraft as they came out of the factory when they were built. Authenticity is King.”

And for those owners who plan to fly their aircraft to AirVenture this summer and enter it for judging there, Leenhouts gives them this advice: “Come here first and put it through the judging process,” he said. “You may discover areas that need to be fixed be-fore you head to AirVenture.”

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Today at 2 p.m. Think Global Flight will embark from SUN ’n FUN on its epic world flight to promote education around the world.

It’s been an endeavor five years in the making, according to Capt. Judy Rice, who will make the journey with navigator Fred Nauer, CFI-I and a retired airline pilot. The two will stop at schools around the world, discussing the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education.

Rice’s goal was to reach 10,000 kids around the world. She doubled the goal. “Now it’s up to 20,000,” she reports. “That’s cool, but that’s a handful.”

Think Global Flight has set up Student Command Centers around the world, allow-ing teachers and their students to follow the flight through the Think Global Flight app for iPhone, Androids, and iPads, as well as online at ThinkGlobalFlight.org. Students will be able to interact with the flight crew, as well as other students around the world.

A teacher who took up flying when she was 40, Rice said there’s also been special curricula developed to inspire students to “see the promises that aviation and aero-space hold for them.”

When the crew leaves SUN ’n FUN in a Cirrus SR22 donated by Ascension Air, they’ll travel around the United States through the spring and summer, reaching about 12,000 kids. They’ll then continue the flight in the fall in a light jet. That’s because of problems getting avgas in other parts of the world. Helping negotiate that part of the journey, especially across Russia, is Thierry Pouille of Air Journey.

Having to change plans so late in the process is part of the lessons Think Global Flight will impart to students, according to Rice.

“When you are a pilot, you must have a Plan A, a Plan B and a Plan C,” she said. “You must be flexible to be successful in flight and in life.”

Using different aircraft is actually a bo-nus for the effort, she notes. “It opens up all of GA,” she said.

Joining Rice and Nauer on the first leg of the flight departing today from SUN ’n FUN will be astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

“Back when I was privileged to be a part of the Apollo program, the USA was #1 in science and technology fields. No one had ever heard of STEM because we were at the top. Unfortunately today America is falling behind other countries. STEM is exactly the focus of Think Global Flight reaching.”

Think Global Flight is running three cam-paigns to raise the final funds necessary to complete the around the world flight, include

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By JACK NEUBACHER

Today we take our SUN ’n FUN camp-ing tour down to the Seaplane Camping and Parking area.

There are rows and rows of seaplanes of every description down Taxiway E in the aircraft parking and camping areas.

Large to small and everything in between can be found, many with tents, sleeping bags and cook stoves set up right under the wings. The story is the same here as all the other divisions of aircraft on the grounds — this way we don’t miss a moment of the fun, because we are here around the clock.

Of course Thursday most of these planes can be found out at Lake Agnes near Fanta-sy of Flight playing their water games with all the other amphibians.

But on Tuesday, we ran into Les and Val-erie Cashmere, complete with their travel-ing companion “Mo,” the guard dog.

“We would like to say Mo is so sweet but she does have her protective side and we have to watch people’s ankles with her,” Valerie said as she apologized for the first-time visitor to SUN ’n FUN. “I work and can’t usually get time off, but Les is retired and has made the trip here five times in a different plane.”

This is their first visit with their new

Maule floatplane. “We bought it from a flight instructor in Texas so we can’t take credit for how pretty it is,” Valerie said.

On the way cross country from their home in McAlester, Oklahoma, they made one water landing for fun and some lunch, then flew directly into Lakeland.

As I talked with the couple, Les was busy loading up the Maule. “We are going out shortly just to play for a while,” he said.

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Known as the fun rating, seaplane flying has an adventurous allure. Seaplane pilots venture into hard-to-reach places, such as villages in Alaska, fishing spots in Cana-da, Florida swamps, Amazon rivers, small bays, and Caribbean islands.

The 22nd Annual SUN ’n FUN Splash-In today on Lake Agnes near Fantasy of Flight is where this brotherhood will gather.

SUN ’n FUN week also offers an oppor-tunity for pilots to earn a seaplane rating or renew their skills. Jack Brown’s Seaplane Base in nearby Winter Haven was running all engines on Tuesday. That’s where I caught up with Jer Eberhard after he prac-ticed glassy water landings.

Eberhard, a mountain flying instructor from Colorado, flew with instructor Roger Olson in a J-3 Piper Cub on Edo floats.

“I can’t think of a better way to start the day,” he said.

He explained he doesn’t own a seaplane “because it is illegal to land on water in Colorado, so I come here to fly.”

Except in an emergency, it is generally against the law to land on reservoirs, pri-

vately owned lakes, bodies of water in na-tional parks, or on a bodies of water where motorized boats are not allowed. For a complete listing of safe places to land, see the Water Landing Directory published an-nually by The Seaplane Pilots Association (Seaplanes.org).

No other flight school in the world has taught more people to fly seaplanes than Jack Brown’s Seaplane Base in nearby Winter Haven. In its 51st year of operation, Brown’s remains a family business. Sur-rounded by 100 freshwater lakes in a five-mile radius, the base operates year-round and trains about 500 students a year.

One could say that they wrote the book on seaplane flying, but it was actually one of their long-time instructors, John M. Rennie, who wrote “Step Up to Floats: Airplane Single Engine Seaplane Training Manual.”

If you plan to earn your seaplane rating during next year’s SUN ’n FUN, expect to sign up for a spot in November. Brown’s Seaplane Base crew will be involved with the Splash-In, but they no longer manage the event.

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Today the Seabirds will flock to Lake Agnes for their 22nd Annual Splash-In. Last year’s event hosted between 80 and 100 air-craft on the shores of the lake at Fantasy of Flight for such fun as the grapefruit drop from 200 feet AGL, the takeoff and landing competition, and the ever-popular banquet. An estimated 3,000 spectators were there for the festivities.

The Splash-In began as a private event in 1980, hosted by the family of Jack Brown, as in Jack Brown’s Seaplane Base in Winter Haven. Jack’s sons Jon and Chuck decided to invite friends to the south shore of Lake Parker for food, fun and competition.

According to Chuck Brown, what began with 10 airplanes quickly grew each year. In their third year of hosting the Splash-In, traffic backed up along Memorial Boule-vard so much that the police ran them off for creating a traffic hazard.

They moved to the west side of Lake Parker and continued to grow until the Browns found it too challenging to handle the Splash-In while operating the seaplane base during their busiest week of the year.

Frances Brown said, “It got pretty hectic one year and Jon sent me to pick up more and more food when people who hadn’t registered showed up.”

The Florida Field Director of the Sea-plane Pilots Association, Bill Schmalz, has volunteered for most of the Splash-Ins. He remembers when a DC-3 on floats from Greenville, Maine, showed up with 10 peo-ple. He pointed to his photo of it that hangs on the Seabirds tent.

Jon Brown said that in 1991 Jack Brown’s Seaplane Base hosted the Splash-In ban-quet at the Auburndale Yacht Club and sold tickets to track how many people to expect. They had it catered by Texas Cattle Com-

pany of Lakeland and a tradition was born. Frances Brown added that artist Robert Butler painted and auctioned off a seaplane painting at that banquet.

According to Schmalz, in 1992 the Sea-plane Pilots Association formed the Sea-birds designation for SUN ’n FUN. From then on, the association and the Seabirds took over the planning, promotion, and management of the Splash-In.

Last year, the Seabirds raised enough money in sponsorships to donate $5,501 back to SUN ’n FUN.

Though it has outgrown being a family event, the Splash-In at SUN ’n FUN has re-tained camaraderie like an intimate flock of Seabirds.

If you’d like to attend this year’s event, you can hop on the Seabirds shuttle that

runs every 45 minutes starting at 8:30 a.m. from the Seabirds tent on the flight line or drive to Fantasy of Flight, 1400 Broadway Boulevard S.E., Polk City. This is near the intersection of Highway 559 and I-4. The last shuttle will leave Fantasy of Flight at 4 p.m. sharp. The Seabirds will operate the shuttle service on Thursday only.

If you want to fly over, be aware that no landings are permitted on the grass strip.

The seaplanes will gather for a fly-by of the SUN ’n FUN grounds about 10:30 a.m., with the contests beginning back at Lake Agnes around 12:30 p.m.

Following tradition, the banquet will be prepared by Texas Cattle Company, con-cluding with a presentation of awards at 8 p.m. Tickets are $45 per person, available at the Seabirds tent on the flight line.

Sigtronics Corp. is showcasing its new Audio Panel with intercom for light-sport, ultralight, and experimental aircraft at this week’s show. The unit can be mounted ei-ther horizontally or vertically in a 1-inch by 2.5-inches panel space.

Designed to control two communication transceivers, the Sport Audio includes a full-duplex cell phone input standard. Also included are inputs for music, navigation, warning alerts and other audio inputs, ac-cording to company officials.

The intercom has two modes of opera-tion: Voice activated squelch (Vox) and push to intercom, which is perfect for open cockpit aircraft, company officials say.

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The Seabirds were presented with the SUN ’n FUN Presidents Award earlier this week. Bob and Sharon Stebbins and Bill Schmalz accept the award from SUN ’n FUN President John “Lites” Leenhouts.

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market Parts, Keith Chatten3 Airparks: The Selection Process and

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Skyraider, Jon Goldenbaum7 How to Prepare for Your First Emer-

gency Landing, Frederick G. Herbert8 Fly the Bahamas & Caribbean. What

You Need to Know, Jim Parker9 Frequently Asked Questions about

the Ercoupe, Lynn Nelsen10 Handling Tail Rotor Failures for

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*All schedules are subject to change.

What’s happening today


At his forums on airpark living, Ron Heidebrink of Hardee Airpark in Myrtle Beach, S.C., will be giving out literature for scoring airpark property. Raffle tickets will be given out at the forums, Thursday at 10 a.m. and Friday at 11 a.m., for prizes, in-cluding screwdriver sets, LED flashlights, tape measurers, multimeters and more. Prizes will be picked up at his booth in the North Exhibit area #99.

Sennheiser is offering an instant rebate of $50 on the Sennheiser S1 Digital Pi-lot’s headset, and $35 on the Sennheiser S1 Noisegard Pilot’s headset. It also will hold a drawing Friday for an S1 Noisegard ANR headset. Visit Hangar B, #84-85 to enter the drawing. Sennheiser also is hosting the So-cialFlight team at its booth. The first 50 SocialFlight members to stop by and show

SocialFlight on their phone or tablet will re-ceive a special gift.

The Signature Flight Support team is offering cold water and hospitality at its booth in the North Exhibit Area, #31. You can also test your landing skills and see how low you can get your descent rate.

Oregon Aero is offering several show specials at its booth in Hangar A, #40-42, including 15% Off experimental/homebuilt seat cushions and upholstery, a 50% dis-count on Shockblockers Insole Inserts, $23 off Headset Upgrade Kits, and more.

Become a new member of the Experi-mental Aircraft Association and get a free sport bottle while quantities last. May not be used for renewals or rejoins. Find out more at EAA’s exhibit in the Northeast ex-hibit area #39-40, 63, 64.

Show specials

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SUN ’n FUN Facts Quiz

1. Kids of what aviation youth organization have attended SUN ’n FUN as a group for decades?

A. YMCA B. British Air Cadets C. Boy’s Club D. Canadian Air Scouts

2. What stream divides the front gate/walk0in area from Club House Row and the exhibit area? (You probably crossed it coming in from the main entrance.)

A. Leenhouts Ditch B. Eickhoff Slough C. Longcoy Creek D. Burton Wash

3. What year did the aircraft camping area change to Vintage Aircraft (An-tique/Classic) parking and camping (south of the Runway 5 threshold)?

A. 1980 B. 1987 C. 1993 D. 1998

Answers based on Unfreeze Your Bird – The History of SUN ’n FUN by Karl ‘Bud’ Davidson and available at PILOT MALL. Ties decided by random drawing.

Mail my $50 PILOT MALL Gift Certificate to:

Name: ______________________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip: ______________________________________________________

Email Address: _______________________________________________________

Tear out and drop off your Quiz entry at the PILOT MALL Aviation Superstore behind Hangar B. Winner’s name will be posted there tomorrow.

1. (b) Tom Davis Education Center 2. (b) Piedmont Airlines 3. (c) 1996Tom Davis (1918-1999) was the pio-

neering airline executive behind North Carolina-based Piedmont Airlines, premier regional service carrier in the Southeast until merging with USAir in 1989. Discussions with the Davis family began in 2002 for matching funds to create the Tom Davis Educa-tion Center at SUN ’n FUN. It opened in 2005 just west of the Florida Air

Museum with classroom and meal fa-cilities for aviation education events and youth camps.

The FAA Aviation Safety Center de-buted in 1996 with a TV production facility supporting national accident prevention programs. Its large audito-rium provides space for SUN ’n FUN meetings, large audience events and FAA safety forums. A temporary FAA Flight Service Station provides weath-er briefings for fliers departing SUN ’n FUN.

Yesterday’s Quiz Answers


Scenes from SUN ’n FUN

Photo by John Szalay

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Photo by Ryan CleavelandPhoto by Steve Rowland

Photo by Bill Walker

Photo by John Szalay

In with the New.

IFD540 & IFD440FMS/GPS/NAV/COMsFeaturing ‘Hybrid-Touch’

Avidyne has established itself as the brand of choice for pilots who want innovative, easy-to-use avionics.

The IFD540 and IFD440FMS/GPS/NAV/COMs set a new standardfor user-interface simplicity in communication and LPV navigation.

Not only that, but they are true plug & playreplacements for existing 530 & 430-Seriesnavigators, using existing wiring and mounting trays, keeping installation easy and affordable.

Leveraging the award-winning Page & Tabuser interface of our Entegra Release 9system along with our highly-intuitive ‘Hybrid-Touch’ user interface, the IFD540and IFD440 make it much easier to accessthe information you want when you want it,whether you prefer touch-screen orknob/button controls.

Now you have a choice. And the choice is easy. Avidyne.

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Sun-n-Fun, Apr. 3, 2014

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