Sun-n-Fun Apr. 5, 2014

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Table of ContentsSUN ’n FUN Radio turns 20................................................... 15Blue Angels headline airshow ............................................ 16F-22 Raptor roars into Lakeland .......................................... 17Youth Activities ........................................................................ 18International Visitors Center ................................................ 19FAQ: What you need to know .............................................. 20Map of the grounds ................................................................ 22Protect your plane .................................................................. 27Is your plane an award winner? ..........................................29

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By BEN SCLAIR

Weekend crowds will get to see some-thing that’s not been seen in more than a year: An F-22 Raptor, a P-38 Lightning, and a P-51 Mustang will form up to per-form a Heritage Flight.

The P-51 will fly lead, the Raptor on the right wing and the P-38 on the left.

“It is amazing to see 70-plus years of fly-ing history come together,” said F-22 Crew Chief Staff Sergeant Justin Hubbard.

This will be the first civilian air show for

John “Taboo” Cummings, the F-22 Demo Pilot.

When asked the minimum controllable airspeed of the F-22, Taboo responded, “Yes. The airspeed never reads zero be-cause we are always flying through the air, just not always forward.”

At press time, the Heritage Flight is planned for both Saturday and Sunday.

A Heritage Flight normally consist of two or more aircraft representing different eras, such as World War II, the Vietnam era and modern day.

Heritage Flight wows crowds

SRA Gabriel Brooks, Avionics Specialist (left); SSGT Justin Hubbard, Crew Chief; John “Taboo’ Cummings, F-22 Demo Pilot; Lee Lauderback, Stallion 51 pilot. Stand in front of Crazy Horse 2.

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By BILL WALKER

Aviation philanthropist James C. Ray of-fered timeless life lessons from his personal experiences to more than 250 students at SUN ’n FUN Thursday.

Ray, a World War II B-17 combat pilot, told the students that he was once lost in the fog while returning to his base in England from a bombing mission.

“We had a code phrase, ‘Hello darkie,’ which we were supposed to use if we were lost,” Ray said. “I was about to tell my crew to bail out, but I used the code. Suddenly I saw a spotlight that went straight up and then it tilted in one direction. Then I saw another spotlight and it tilted again and led me further in the same direction. The lights enabled me to land safely.”

Ray, whose many aviation contributions include funding for the Central Florida Aerospace Academy on the grounds at SUN ’n FUN, said the students could learn from his experiences.

“If you have the right mentoring to point you in the right direction, you’ll be able to land successfully,” he said, adding, “but you’ve still got to land it yourself.”

Ray, the recipient of the prestigious Lind-bergh Spirit Award in 2012, also told the students about his first training flight.

“I had to land and one gear wouldn’t come down. I got the tail pretty low and landed successfully with the gear up. The crew immediately went out the exit door on the port side but I stayed in because I wanted to fill out all the paperwork since it was my first training flight. When I got up, instead of going out the port side, I went out the radio room exit. Halfway out I got foamed by the fire team.”

Ray said he wanted the students to under-

stand that you don’t ever do everything per-fectly the first time. He also noted he was so intent on doing the paperwork right for that first training flight that he forgot what his crew knew: Get out of the plane imme-diately.

Ray also told the students, “Flying gives you discipline and maturity.”

Later, he told a smaller group, “Always remember the day you solo. Because once you take that key you have to show matu-rity and responsibility.”

Ray addressed the students in front of the Texas Raiders B-17G on the SUN ’n FUN flightline. Afterwards he chatted with other air show guests who had listened to his talk, telling them he still has aviation dreams he would like to achieve through his philan-thropic work.

“I’ve already given the money to extend the grass runway in the Paradise City area of SUN ’n FUN and to build a mini air acad-

emy like we did in Oshkosh,” Ray said. “I am working to do these things with the fel-low I call my wingman, Chuck Ahearn.” Ahearn is director of the Ray Foundation.

Ray noted that each time he drives past the Central Florida Aerospace Academy he is aware good things are happening in the building.

“I know from talking to the kids that they are taking it seriously and they are getting a good program with good mentoring to point their way,” he said.

He recalled that his vision for the school went far beyond the first small building for the academy.

“The teachers had a plan for a new build-ing that would accommodate 500 students and they were looking for fundraising ideas,” Ray said. “I told them, let’s build this new school and with a friend of mine we got it built in six months. In seven months it was outfitted and occupied.”

By EMILI WooDHouSE

Business has been brisk at the Interna-tional Visitors Tent in the Southeast Exhibit area.

That’s where visitors from around the world can go to get assistance from transla-tors to find their way around and to make their time at SUN n’ FUN more enjoyable. Translators help with everything from find-ing hotels or restaurants to helping visitors

negotiate a purchase with an exhibitor.When people sign in and pin their home

country on the map, they also got a free ticket for the International Visitor’s party held last night.

About 10 translators are volunteering at the tent this week. They said they can speak the basic languages of most countries, but noted that dialects from China are the most difficult to pick up.

So far, the country with the most visitors

has been Brazil, followed closely by Aus-tralia and Canada.

Silvana Knight, who has been volunteer-ing at SUN n’ FUN for about five years, said this is the first year there have been at-tendees from Kuwait, as well as Senegal. Luxemburg was considered one of the more unusual or unexpected places to have had visitors from.

So far, 954 international visitors have registered at the tent.

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By JACK PELToN

At last, it’s SUN ’n FUN time and the un-official start of the spring flying season!

For those of us in about half the country, it can’t come too soon. This winter has been a rugged one, between snowstorms, ice storms and below-zero weather. It’s time to do more than just talk about flying and fin-ishing winter maintenance.

It’s always great to see old friends again, see what is happening with certain airplanes, old and new, and simply get that rejuvenat-ing feeling we get when we gather as avia-tors. It’s a feeling that starts in Lakeland, carries into the summer and to Oshkosh, and then into the rest of the year as we cre-ate new experiences and memories with, as we always hope, blue skies and tailwinds.

The 2014 flying season will be different, though. It is the first flying season in more than 90 years that Paul Poberezny will not be looking at an airplane with us.

Paul’s passing last August ended a re-markable life that created an entire aviation movement and brought us together in ways that we never imagined before he came upon the scene.

We appreciate SUN ’n FUN celebrating Paul’s life this year and the legacy he left for all of us within aviation.

The letters, emails, cards and other com-munications we received at the Experimen-tal Aircraft Association headquarters in Os-hkosh after Paul’s death reminded us all of the influence one person’s life can have.

Some people who contacted us were Paul’s close friends; others had only en-countered Paul once. Still others never met Paul personally. Yet they all spoke of a man who was passionate and approachable, and someone who never lost sight of the pure joy, the sense of achievement, and that cer-tain thing about flying.

The pure longevity of Paul as EAA’s founder and leader was perhaps as defining as any other connection between him and the aviation community. I can think of few other founders or leaders who remain as in-tertwined with a single entity as he did with EAA. As EAA grew, the organization and its unique culture were forever connected to Paul. We thank Audrey and the rest of the Poberezny family for generously shar-ing him with us for six decades.

Paul often said, “We didn’t know we were founding anything,” when he and about 35 friends started EAA in Milwaukee back in 1953.

He also said regularly, “I’ve learned much more about people than I ever did about air-planes.” Anyone who has run a fly-in or a pancake breakfast, been a chairman at Os-hkosh or Lakeland, or served as a chapter officer can certainly understand that.

I mentioned the following in my column in last October’s EAA Sport Aviation, which honored Paul and his life: Paul was our original leader, but what made him a found-er was creating a structure that would al-

low EAA to grow and attract new people to share our aviation passion long into the future. He also made sure that the fledgling EAA was not restric-tive or a clique. If you built or restored, welcome. If you flew something else, come on in. If you liked airplanes and just wanted to help, glad to have you. It set a tone that is part of EAA’s culture and one that we must not forget as we enjoy our personal aviation interest.

Paul was an evangelist for all things avia-tion, but his core theology was more about people than airplanes. He had a gift for un-derstanding, inspiring and motivating peo-ple. He was fond of saying that airplanes bring us together, but friendship keeps us together. Looking around at what we see at Lakeland, Oshkosh, or any one of thousands of other fly-ins and aviation gatherings each year, we can see how true that is.

With Paul now gone and many of the very early EAAers also passing on, it’s time for all of us to recognize what Paul and the oth-er pioneers have done. They created a firm foundation. It now falls to all of us to build on that foundation and carry EAA and avia-tion forward into a future that has promises, changes and challenges we can’t predict.

We must look at the future of flight as Paul did: Welcoming everyone, seeing the possibility in each person and everything that flies, and looking optimistically ahead to what’s next.

One other favorite line of Paul also comes to mind: “EAA has made me a millionaire,” he would often say at the end of his pub-lic remarks, before pausing and adding, “Because aviation has given me a million friends.”

We should do so well as that, and we say, “Thanks, Paul, for showing us the way.”

Remembering Paul Poberezny

Jack Pelton

Audrey and Paul Poberezny in front of a P-51 Mustang in the late 1970s.

Paul and Audrey Poberezny handling EAA business in the basement of their home in the 1950s.

Paul and his granddaughter, Audra Hoy, at the controls of EAA’s B-17 in April 2012.

Paul Poberezny in the cockpit of his P-51 “Paul I” in the 1980s.

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By JACK NEuBACHER

Most people who have visited SUN ’n FUN agree: They come the first time for the airplanes, but they return for the friends they’ve made here.

I am always amazed at the number of friends I have made here and how often they stop by my campsite or my airplane when I am here.

Tuesday evening was probably the most enjoyable visit ever. My guest that evening was none other than SUN ’n FUN founder Billy Henderson.

I may not have met Billy until he already had 14 years under his belt running SUN ’n FUN, but that still means I have know and highly respected Billy for over a quar-ter century.

We looked out over the vintage parking area for over an hour talking and reminisc-ing about the years. We both own Tri-Pac-ers, even though he cut the nosewheel off his.

We laughed and remembered so many instances and people from years gone by. We also sadly remembered so many of the friends we have lost.

None of those who we talked about losing were more poignant than the “First Lady of SUN ’n FUN,” Billy’s beloved wife Adair.

They leaned on each other for help, in-spiration and guidance their entire lives to-gether.

SUN ’n FUN had a memorial party for her last year just before opening day. I still carry an Adair memorial button in my pho-to vest.

They repeated that ceremony in Oshkosh last AirVenture. It reminds me of their nev-

er-ending love and my respect for both of them.

Another big loss to Billy was when Ex-perimental Aircraft Association founder Paul Poberezny passed last August. Billy is a past board member at Oshkosh and recalls that Paul was so helpful when Billy was or-ganizing SUN ’n FUN.

When Billy was in charge of SUN ’n FUN, he managed his events “hands on” from his golf cart, not an office.

Most importantly, for his entire tenure he found great people with a passion to do a good job and empowered them to do it bet-ter and better.

Good job, Billy, and thanks for the mem-ories. You are loved and respected by all the people you have ever known or attend-ed SUN ’n FUN.

In honor of all that he has done, SUN ’n FUN has designated today “Billy Hender-son Day.”

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By MEG GoDLEWSKI

Over the years the combination of be-ing a journalist and a pilot has put me in some interesting and rare aircraft: a DC-3, a B-25, a P-51 Mustang, and this week the Ford Tri-Motor owned by the Experimental Aircraft Association.

The flight was part of a media flight or-ganized by EAA Tri-Motor pilot and retired Northwest Airlines captain Cody Welch.

“You’re the first of the media to call, so the right seat is yours,” he said.

Right seat. As in CO-PILOT’S SEAT. If I had a tail it would have been wagging. As a 2,567-hour CFI, the right seat is my natural habitat.

To date, most of my experience with the Tri-Motor has been watching it fly over ahead at AirVenture, along with that scene in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I always thought that had I been the adven-turer to enter the cockpit and find it devoid of the pilot, my reaction would have been “Cool! Multi-engine time!”

We met at the appointed time on the ramp for a safety briefing. Time was tight, so we were “hot loading.” “What does that mean?” asked Emili Woodhouse, the SUN ’n FUN Today intern.

“It means the engines are going to be running,” I said, watching the plane taxi toward us.

The silver, blue and grey Tin Goose lum-bered toward the staging area on the war-bird ramp. Orange-vested ground crew took position with their arms held out to keep anyone from getting too close to the spin-ning propellers. There were about nine of us. We waited for the previous passengers to disembark, then we scrambled forward, careful to keep our heads down as the Tri-Motor doesn’t have a lot of headroom.

Getting to the cockpit of a Tri-Motor is an uphill trek. PIC Colin Soucy instructed me to strap in and pointed to the headset hang-ing next to the window, which was open, by the way. The Tri-Motor is a low and slow windows open kind of airplane.

Soucy gestured to the co-pilot’s wheel and yes, it is a steering wheel that was used in a Ford automobile. A push-to-talk switched was attached to the wheel. A request to taxi was made and approved and Soucy brought the three throttles forward. The great beast roared to life and moved across the ramp.

The Tri-Motor is a tailwheel airplane, and like all tailwheel airplanes it suffers from YCSS, or You Can’t See Snot syndrome. There is a lot of looking out the side win-dow to make sure you don’t run over any-thing as you taxi.

Soucy notified ATC we were ready to go. Clearance obtained, we lumbered onto the runway and the three throttles came full forward. The Tri-Motor is LOUD and the vibration commensurate with the decibel levels, so much so that the vibration can move your feet off the rudders if you don’t take care.

I was surprised at how quickly it lifted off and leveled off in the showcase pattern with all turns to the right. In the air it is still a challenge to see over the nose of the Tri-Motor. With three propellers turning, the

adverse yaw is noticeable in the turns and you have to lead them with the rudder. The wheel doesn’t have a stop like the yokes on other airplanes. You could crank that sucker over and probably get some unusual atti-tude action.

I always tell my students “Control pres-sures, not control movements” but in the Tri-Motor you need CONTROL MOVE-MENTS. It’s heavy. Soucy’s hands and feet were always moving. He noted it takes a lot of muscle to get it to do what you want.

Alas, all good things come to an end, and after three laps in the pattern it was time to land.

“No one ever leaves this airplane without a smile,” Soucy said as he shut down the engines.

And he was right.

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Stemme has brought its S10 glider to SUN ’n FUN in a renewed effort to support and grow the North American market.

Unique among gliders, the S10 can self-launch using a Rotax 914 driven retractable propeller.

“Stemme USA was created following a reorganization that delivers new models factory direct and brings service support across North American closer to owners,” said Stemme USA President Mark Steven-son.

In addition to the S10, Stemme has brought 24-year-old Luca Bertossia to SUN

’n FUN. Luca has been flying gliders for four years and is already a two-time World Aerobatic Glider Champion.

While not flying here at SUN ’n FUN, Stemme hopes to perform at AirVenture Oshkosh this summer.

“The S10 is not an aerobatic glider,” says Bertossia. “But I will show what it can do — how fast and slow it can fly. How won-derfully it performs.”

From the time a pilot decides to start the engine (while in flight) to actual engine start is just five seconds, according to the world champion. “Glider pilots are never afforded a second chance when landing. With the S10, if an approach goes badly, we have the option of going around, which is very comforting.”

Find the S10, Luca and Stemme USA President Mark Stevenson in the Manufac-turers Exhibit Area, #12.

Stemme shows off S10, World Champion

The first-ever SUN ’n FUN Car Show hits the grounds today in the Southeast Ex-hibit Area. The show will run through to-morrow.

“I’m a car guy,” says SUN ’n FUN Presi-dent John “Lites” Leenhouts. “And all my buddies are car guys. I think if you have an airplane, you probably like cars. They go together.”

About 110 vintage cars and motorcycles are expected to exhibit during the show, ac-cording to SUN ’n FUN officials.

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“PilotMall saved our 20th birthday party on Thursday night,” reported SUN ’n FUN Radio chairman Dave Shallbetter. “When our caterer canceled Thursday morning at 5:30 am, Neil Glazer from PilotMall stepped up to save the day.”

Those who attended the party were treat-ed to barbecued chicken, hot dogs, ham-burgers, potato salad, chips and a special anniversary cake.

In addition to a festive party, Shallbet-ter was pleased to announce that original sponsor Shoreline Aviation Insurance has returned as an underwriting and deck spon-sor.

“We were the first sponsor of SUN ’n FUN Radio,” said Shoreline Aviation In-surance’s Sara Rutland. “That is an honor we covet.”

SUN ’n FUN Radio can be heard through-out the grounds on 1510 AM or online at LiveATC.net.

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By JoNI M. FISHER

Earlier the week at SUN ’n FUN, Roger and Jeanette Glazer of Newport Beach, Ca-lif., donated a Twin Bee seaplane (N123BR) to the Vermont Flight Academy.

On hand Wednesday to present the keys were the Glazers, Steve McCaughey, ex-ecutive director of the Seaplane Pilots As-sociation, Douglas W. Smith, president of the Vermont Flight Academy, and pilot Eric Weaver.

Before donating the plane the Glazers had it renovated by Harry and Christopher Shannon of Amphibians Plus in Bartow, Florida. Weaver was hired by Roger Glazer

to fly the plane from Chino, California, to Florida for the restoration. He connected the Glazers to Smith at the Vermont Flight Academy, the state’s only FAR 141 ap-proved school.

“I am thrilled to have this plane because students can get three separate ratings with one plane and have a lot of fun doing it,” he said. “We’ll be the only college aviation program with a seaplane rating.”

The airplane bears logos for both Vermont Flight Academy and Vermont Tech College.

“We’ve added the names of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Glazer to always remember who made this incredible gift possible for so many students,” he added.

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Roger and Jeanette Glazer (right) hand the keys to Douglas Smith.

Jonathan Wegner, chief marketing officer for aviation software maker FlightPro, is ready for his hop in the AH-1F Huey Cobra gunship on the flightline. SkySol-diers’s 5,000-hour pilot Bruce Whitley will wring him out as much as he wants, including a simulated ground attack pass in this Vietnam and Afghanistan vet-eran copter. Rides are $300 (7-10 minutes) or $500 (13-15 minutes.) Whitely flew 337 of them last year.

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DAHER-SOCATA is showcasing two new TBM 900 at this week’s fly-in, mark-ing the plane’s initial public presentation.

Company officials report the TBM 900 has attracted attention among pilots, with more than 40 already ordered. As of March 31, the first six airplanes have already been delivered to customers.

“With its large public attendance, SUN ’n FUN offers us the opportunity to share the fruit of three years of intensive work in the fields of market surveys, engineering and manufacturing” explained Stéphane Mayer, DAHER-SOCATA’s president and CEO. =

As an active pilot, Mayer is rated on the TBM 900, and came to SUN ’n FUN flying

a TBM 900 on its ferry flight from France to its customer in the U.S.A.

Changes incorporated in the TBM 900 include:

Aerodynamic optimization through the • addition of winglets and a vertical tailfin strake, as well as a new tail cone;The use of a five-blade composite pro-• peller and redesigned spinner;A complete nose-to-firewall redesign • for improved engine airflow circulation, featuring a banana-shaped air intake, carbon-fiber cowlings and new exhaust stacks;A revised cockpit center pedestal that • incorporates a single-control throttle operation, associated with a new torque limiter that enables the use of 850 hp. engine power at takeoff;A revamped electrical system with 300-• amp starter generator.

The TBM 900 retains primary airframe commonality with the predecessor TBM 850, including its Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66D powerplant.

By using the available 850 shp. engine power from takeoff, the aircraft’s ground roll is reduced — even in hot-and-high con-ditions — while its improved climb rate en-ables the 31,000-ft. ceiling to be reached in 18 minutes, 45 seconds.

After SUN ’n FUN, the TBM 900 will participate in Europe’s AERO general avia-tion show at Friedrichshafen, Germany, to be held April 9-12, and the European Busi-ness Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland May 20-22.

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Visit the Caribbean CornerCome to the “Caribbean Corner” in Han-gar A, #77-79, where you’ll find every-thing you need to know about flying to the Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Belize, Guatemala and Mexico

The “Caribbean Corner” will hold raffles for free Cuban Overflight Permits, as well as offer free memberships for the Caribbe-an Flying Adventures Pilot’s Guide for the Bahama and Caribbean.

Also available is tourist information, souvenirs, cigars and the expertise of Jim Parker of Caribbean Flying Adventures, who can answer all your aviation questions about flying to the Islands.

Visit the Caribbean Corner to learn about eApis, customs, fuel prices, airport security, fees, preferred routes, and more.

Parker will also be presenting a forum, “Flying the Caribbean — Everything you need to know and do” on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Central Florida Aerospace Academy, as well as at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Mu-seum.

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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.

The F-22, a critical component of the Global Strike Task Force, “cannot be matched by any known or projected fighter aircraft,” Air Force officials noted.

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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.

Safety notesNo landings are permitted on Fantasy of • Flight’s grass strip;Use of a radio is required to operate at • the Splash-In;No fuel is available at Lake Agnes;• Seaplane base coordinates: N28 10.144 • W81 48.804;Lake Agnes seaplane base and harbor-• master frequency is 119.125;Use left pattern landing to the north, use • right pattern landing to the south. Pattern altitude is 700 msl;Please land and takeoff at least 500 feet • off shore and away from shoreline ac-tivities;After landing slow taxi back to the beach • on the eastside of Lake Agnes;You may taxi out of the water and park • on the beach;Upon arrival, go to the registration/hos-• pitality tent for registration and pilot briefing.All schedules are subject to change.•

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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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By MEG GODLEWSKI

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.

Protect your plane

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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By ELIZABETH WALKER

A team of 16 individuals provides an ex-tremely valuable service to volunteers, ex-hibitors and flightline visitors each day at SUN ’n FUN. They are the water people, the group that will supply nearly 61,000 bottles of thirst-quenching H2O during the week.

The team is headed by John McShane, a 22-year volunteer. McShane, a retired U.S. Air Force member, said the team’s primary mission is to provide water to the event vol-unteers.

“In addition, we deliver water and ice to 65 exhibitors and also offer water for sale to flightline visitors during the week,” he said.

“For the first 10 years I worked here, I was on the flightline parking vintage planes along with Englishman Tony Restall,” Mc-Shane said. “During that time we saw a need for an efficient water supply system for the volunteers. So we organized a water distribution system to take care of all vol-unteers at the event. We have done that for 12 years. Four years ago we saw that people looking at exhibits on the flightline did not have access to water, so we decided to send out golf carts offering water for sale on the flight line.”

He said this year the team has consolidat-ed the ice operation with the water supply

system so that both can be provided from the same location. The team works from a large supply trailer near the flightline fence and the showers.

McShane said there are three co-chair-man working with him: Restall, his original co-worker, plus Dave Sector of Milwau-

kee, Wis., and Rick Johnson of Lakeland. He added, “Lloyd and Paula Crandall from Michigan have joined us and Paula has taken over the paperwork. Glenn and Karen Smith from Tennessee head up the flight line distribution. This year we have added students from the Central Florida Aerospace

Academy. They are Xavier Cabrera, Andrea Cruz-Velez, Tyler Gilbreach, Daniel Kelly, Bradley Moon and Adriana Turner, plus two students who rotate each day from the British Royal Air Training Corps.”

“The young people are a real plus and they are good workers,” he said. “They seem to be having as much fun as we have meeting people and seeing all of the avia-tion events.”

He said that two years ago after seeing the exhibitors carrying water and ice in their arms from the parking lot, his team offered to deliver water and ice to their ex-hibit areas.

“This was greatly appreciated and this year 65 have signed up for the service, which the exhibitors pay for,” he explained.

“We are always looking for ways to make our water service better,” McShane con-cluded.

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U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), co-chair of the General Aviation Caucus in the House of Representatives and an avid pilot and aircraft owner, will host a Town Hall this morning at 10 a.m. at the FAA Building.

This is the fourth year Graves has hosted a Town Hall at SUN ’n FUN.

“It allows folks to hear what’s going on in DC,” he said, noting it’s important that

pilots stay up to date on the many issues affecting GA.

Joining Graves at the Town Hall will be the leaders of some of GA’s alpha-bet groups, including Mark Baker, presi-

dent of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots As-sociation, Matt Zuccaro, president of the Helicopter Association International, and Tom Hendricks, president of the National Air Transportation Association.

He added that while it’s important to at-tend Town Hall events, it’s also imperative that pilots get to know their local policy makers and elected officials.

“That way they can weigh in with each individual official directly,” he said. “That’s why we were able to grow the caucus so quickly. There was so much participation from the pilot community going to their elected officials and telling them to join the caucus.”

The GA Caucus in the House is one of the largest, with more than 200 members.

Congressman to hold Town Hall today

Nine racers competed in Thursday’s Sun 40 Sprint.

Open Class and Overall Winner: Rob Logan of Cleveland, Ohio, in a Lancair Legacy N18GG, 234.55 knots

360RG Class Winner: James Redmon of Frisco, Texas, in a Berkut, 203.47 knots

360FX Class Winner: Bruce Hammer of Lafayette, La., in a Glasair TD-1, 212.70 knots

360FX Class 2nd Place: Brian Kraut of Green Cove Springs, Fla., in a Mustang II, 181.31 knots*

360FX Class 3rd Place: Lee Walton of Houston, Texas, in a Thorp T-18, 177.32 knots*

320RG Class Winner: Les Burril of

Cleveland, Ga., in a Mustang IIRG, 174.21 knots*

320FX Class Winner: David Read of Olney, Ill., in a Thorp T-18, 158.67 knots

320FX Class 2nd Place: Robin Young in a Glassair TD-1, 154.03 knots*

RV-Blue Class Winner: Jeff Barnes of Kenosha, Wis., in an RV-6, 195.16 knots*

* Turn cut penalty assessed

Volunteers for the event:Jack Morris, L-19 Bird Dog safety pilot,

Sal Capra, Conner O’Shey, Duke Raven, Ron Garl, Sherrel Roberts, Sherrod Camp-bell, Ron Byrd, Holley Nielsen, Debbie Payne, Craig Payne, Joyce Sanborn, and Ernie Sanborn.

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Matt Younkin (left), son of Bobby Younkin, and Kyle Franklin (right), son of Jimmy Franklin, attended the dedication ceremony at the Flight Path of Fame where Bobby Younkin and Jimmy Franklin’s names were installed on plaques.

Lyle Flagg Way was dedicated on Thursday. “It is fitting the first street everyone entering the SUN ’n FUN campus will see is Lyle Flagg Way,” said John “Lites” Leenhouts, SUN ’n FUN President. “Among fellow directors it was common knowledge that our youth should follow “Lyle’s Way to a better future.”

SUN ’n FUN officials gathered Thursday to dedicate the announcer’s stand to long-time announcer Roscoe Morton, who passed away last year.

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By JONI M. FISHER

The 22nd Annual Splash-In on Lake Ag-nes attracted approximately 70 seaplanes and a large drive-in crowd.

The Seabirds festivities ran from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., starting with a fly-by briefing for those participating in a fly-by at the main SUN ’n FUN site and ending with an awards banquet at Fantasy of Flight’s Orlampa Conference building.

Among the notable seaplanes at Lake Agnes were a Beech 18 on straight floats owned by Aircraft Owners and Pilots As-sociation President Mark Baker, an am-phibious Hoffman X-4 Skiff, a Sikorsky, a Grumman Duck, and a gyro on floats.

Announcer Harry Shannon kept the crowd informed about the various air-craft before and during the competition. Air Bosses Bob Stebbins and Geoff Nye guided traffic on the water and in the air throughout the day. Pilot Briefer was the retired Air Boss from previous Splash-Ins,

Ed McNeil.The winners of the three contests were:The Bomb (grapefruit) Drop Winner

was an Air Creation Float Trike, N84KC, flown by Kit Clews, with a score of 15 feet from the target inner tube.

The Spot Landing Contest ended in a tie of perfect scores. A Searey, N124A, flown by Ren Nitzshe, and a Cessna 150, N23191, flown by Mike Bailey.

The Takeoff Contest had only two of the five categories compete. In Class 2 (126 to 180 horsepower), the winner was a Carbon Cub, N127CC, flown by Troy Wheeler. In Class 3 (181 to 270 horsepower) the win-ner was an AirCam, N801EM, flown by Ed McNeil. No one competed in the Ultralight category, Class 1 (up to 125 horsepower), or Class 4 (271 and up horsepower).

British Air Cadets manned the judge’s boat and assisted on the ground. They ducked for cover under the boat cano-py when a grapefruit from the Beech 18 dropped over the boat and landed 20 feet

away. The Beech 18 does not have a clear view below, and the window configuration only allowed for the grapefruit to be pitched up instead of dropped. Jon Brown talked about when they first held the Splash-In on the south shore of Lake Parker, “I’ll never forget we had one guy roll down his win-dow and hold out a grapefruit. When he let it go, he missed the whole lake.”

Between competitions, Kermit Weeks, he owner of Fantasy of Flight, flew three fly-bys in his aircraft. He flew a Sikorsky that had a giraffe paint scheme, a Grum-man Duck named Candy Clipper, and a Wildcat. Fantasy of Flight will close to the public after Sunday. Weeks has announced plans to develop his property into some-thing more than an aviation museum.

On a side note, I would like to nomi-nate Tom Dunn of Lake Placid, Florida, for Most Heroic Volunteer for wading into waist-high, snake-infested reeds to hand tow aircraft on straight floats to shore in the early morning hours.

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1 CarterCopter-Slowed Rotor Compound Air Vehiclen (SRCAV), Jay Carter

2 How to Start an Youth Aviation Out-reach Program, Bob Banasik

3 Secrets Only Pilots Know About Airports, Tom Slater

4 Day in the Life of an Air Force Fighter Pilot, Lt Col Kevin “Big Jim” Roethe

5 Aviation Insurance. Are You Covered? Kyle P. White

6 Identifying and Communicating Hazardous Weather, Don Eick

7 Quickie Builders Forum, Jerry Marstall

8 Simple Vacuum Bag Techniques, Mike Bergen

9 Diesel Products and Kit Solu-tions, Bill Ross/John Weber

10 All Auto Conversions. What’s New, What’s Old, What Works, Pat Pan-zera

11 Unleash the Power of Your Tablet, Joseph Marszal

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1 The Wizard of Odds. Stalls & Falls & Spins, Oh My! Les “Mo” Pogue

2 Organize Your Hangar Step By Step, Marcie Katz

3 Flight Planning for the 21st Cen-tury, Tom Slater

4 Stewart Systems. Covering and Painting, Dan Stewart

5 American Yankee Association, Guy S. Warner

6 Dynamic Propeller Balancing, Eric Hale

7 Practical Aircraft Buyers Guide, Scott Sky Smith

8 How to Prepare for Your First Emer-gency Landing, Frederick G. Herbert

9 IFR Holding Simplified, Christian Pezalla

10 Auto Engines by Titan, Bill Ko-leno

11 New Glass-Panel Interface Tech-nology for LSA & Homebuilts, Rob-ert Hamilton

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1 How I Use an iPad in the Cockpit, Jason Schappert

2 You can do it! Learn to fly! The Ra-viator

3 Accident Case Study. Live, Kris-tine Hartzell

4 Artistry of the Great Flyer. Two Fundamentals to Master, Jim Alsip

5 American Yankee Association, Guy S. Warner

6 A&P/IA Licensing Process and FAR Review, Thomas Black

7 Music Students Make Great Pi-lots, John Zapp

8 Shuttle Program. Tragic Losses And Lessons Learned, Gary Dahlke

9 Get the Airline job You Want Fast, Kit Darby

10 Flying the Renesis and other Mazda Rotary Engine, Tracy Crook

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5 Talk & Squawk. Mission Possible, Lt Col David Paulsgrove

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10 UL Power, UL260i 95hp@164 lbs, Robert Helms

11 The Quicksilver Electric Motor Glider, Brian Carpenter

FAA FORUMSAt the FAA Safety Center8:30 a.m. Is Your Aircraft Talking to You? Cathy Gagne, NTSB10 a.m. Town Hall with Congressman Sam Graves, U.S. House Transportation Subcom-mittee on Aviation1 p.m. Flight Service Enhancements, Lock-heed Martin

PARADISE CITY FORUMSAt the briefing tent in Paradise City10:45 a.m.-12 p.m. Quicksilver Electric Motor Glider, Brian Carpenter12:15-1:30 p.m. LSA Documentation What’s in your Logbook? Mark Forss (EAA)

MUSEUM PROGRAMS9 a.m. Elusive Stick & Rudder Skills: A Fresh and Provocative Talk, Jim Alsip10 a.m. SR-71 Record Runs and Re-es-tablishment, Col. Blair Bozek1 p.m. How America Put A Man on the Moon, Frank Klatt2 p.m. Fly the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mex-ico and Central America: What You Need to Know, Jim Parker

AIRSHOW 1-5:30 p.m.Special Operations Command Para-• CommandosGeico Skytypers• Dan Buchanan• Michael Goulain• David Martin• Sean Tucker• Patty Wagstaff• Warbirds• F-22 & Heritage• US Navy Blue Angels• Lee Lauderback• Matt Younkin• Neil Darnell• Jet Truck•

Night Airshow Begins at 7:30 p.m. and ends at 9:30 p.m. (With fireworks)

Team Aerodynamix• Aeroshell• Dan Buchanan• Steve Oliver• Manfred Radius• Gene Soucy• Matt Younkin• Bat Copter•

What’s happening today


Today at noon at the Stallion 51 exhibit on the Warbird Ramp will be a drawing to see who wins the prize of a flight in Stallion 51’s Dual cockpit-dual control Mustang, “Crazy Horse.”

The raffle is a fundraiser for Mercy Flight and Angel Flight SE, whose volunteer pi-lots provide free air transportation to life-saving medical appointments for people who otherwise could not get there. While pilots donate their airplanes, fuel and flight hours to complete thousands of flights year after year, the non-profit organization is re-

liant on donations and fundraising to pay for support services and to keep passengers and pilots in the air.

The raffle prize includes a one-hour P-51 orientation flight at Stallion 51’s head-quarters in Kissimmee, Florida, in its dual cockpit-dual control P-51 Mustang, a pre-flight briefing, cockpit orientation, hands-on flight, post-flight briefing, flight video, photo with pilot and aircraft, and flight cer-tificate.

Raffles tickets are $20 and will be sold until 11 a.m. online at MercyFlightSE.org.

P-51 raffle today

SponSored By

SUN ’n FUN Facts Quiz

1. About what year did Lakeland-Linder Airport get a control tower?A. 1975 B. 1980 C. 1985 D. 1990

2. From 1980 to the year 2000, how much did air traffic increase at the SUN ’n FUN fly-in?

A. From 10,000 to 57,500 take-offs or landings B. 100%C. From 100 to 500 operations per hour D. 1,000%

3. Who are/were the “Flower Babes?”A. SUN ’n FUN’s volunteer landscaping crew B. A group of hippies who crashed the first Fly-InC. Women who distribute war memorial poppys at the showD. Winners of the annual “Prettiest Baby” contest

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. (c) Navy F2Y Sea Dart 2. (c) From the failed “SST Muse-

um” planned for Kissimmee, Florida 3. (d) It had been stolen to be sold

for scrapThe fighter jet on water skis at SUN

’n FUN is the Navy F2Y Sea Dart, a prototype seaplane fighter from the early 1950s. Developed by Convair (note the delta wing), it took a beat-ing taking-off and landing on water at jet speeds. And a test prototype broke up on a high-speed pass over San Di-ego Bay in front of Navy brass and the media. Test pilot Charles Richbourg was killed (and is buried in St. Au-gustine, Florida.) On a previous flight, Richbourg went supersonic in a dive, making Sea Dart the world’s only su-personic seaplane.

The Sea Dart at SUN ’n FUN never had an engine (the F2Y was cancelled in 1957) and was originally donated by Convair to Seattle’s Pacific Mu-seum of Flight. Passed around, the Sea Dart was acquired by SUN ’n FUN from the Supersonic Transport Mu-seum planned for Kissimmee, Florida. But when volunteers arrived to pick it up, the Sea Dart had been stolen. It was later recovered in Tennessee with its wings and vertical stabilizer cut off, ready to be sold for scrap. Later Navy claims of ownership were com-plicated by the possible issuance of two serial numbers and the fact that the Navy never took possession of the airframe. (Convair had originally donated it directly to the Pacific Mu-seum of Flight.)

Yesterday’s Quiz Answers


Scenes from SUN ’n FUN

Photo by Mark Bennett Photography | markbennettphoto.com

Photo by Mark Bennett Photography | markbennettphoto.com Photo by Joni Fisher

Photo by Steve RowlandPhoto by Brent Clark | http://brentcphotography.photoshelter.comPhoto by Drew Steketee

Photo by Ryan Cleaveland Photo by Steve Rowland

In with the New.

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

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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.

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