This year marks the debut of the Grunt Style Air Show Majors, with SUN ’n FUN kicking off the year-long tour. The majors is sponsored by Grunt Style, a company that manufactures and sells clothes that evoke the “American fighting spirit.” As the company explains on its website: “With nearly 500 veterans and patriots, our […]
Airshows & Fly-Ins
Texas Raiders gives vet a lift
A veteran got the chance to fly, once again, on a warbird during this year’s SUN ‘n FUN. The Commemorative Air Force brought Texas Raiders to SUN ’n FUN, delayed a bit by the weather at the beginning of the show. But when it landed at Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport, Sargent Bill Kelly was waiting, ready to […]
Registration opens for Hayward Air Rally
Registration is now open for the 54th Annual Hayward Air Rally, slated for June 21-23, 2018. The Hayward Air Rally is a 500-mile VFR cross-country challenge, flown in two legs, starting at the Hayward Airport (KHWD) in California and ending at Reno Stead Airport (KRTS) in Nevada. Officials note this is not a speed event, […]
Picture of the day: Practice makes perfect
Photographer Eric Dumigan sent in this photo for Picture of the Day with a quick note: “The Canadian Harvard Aerobatic Team practice a formation loop in preparation of the Thunder Over Louisville Airshow. CHAT is seen over Chatham, Ontario, Canada on April 18, 2018. Would you like to have your photo featured as Picture of […]
Sun sets on Knight’s days as chairman of SUN ‘n FUN
When SUN ’n FUN closed on Sunday, April 16, 2018, Chairman of the Board Bob Knight stepped down as the point man of the organization after serving for six and a half years. While this was his last fly-in as chairman, he will remain on the SUN ’n FUN board. A tall, genial Southern gentleman, […]
Hurricane Irma can’t stop SUN ’n FUN
As the thousands of visitors walked around the SUN ’n FUN grounds this year, it must have been hard for them to imagine the devastation that Hurricane Irma brought to the airport just eight months ago. The hurricane roared through Lakeland on Sept. 10, 2017, with sustained winds of 100 mph and gusts over 120 […]
Goulian takes home SUN ‘n FUN’s Flight Path of Fame Award
Airshow star and Red Bull Air Race pilot Michael Goulian was presented SUN ‘n FUN’s 2018 Path of Fame Award during this year’s fly-in. SUN ‘n FUN President and CEO John “Lites” Leenhouts explained that this prestigious award is only given to those who volunteer their efforts to generate interest and funds to create a […]
Video: Reno ‘Gold Races’ to air Saturday
The final of three one-hour episodes of the 2017 Reno Air Races will air on NBC Sports Network on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at 10:30 p.m. EDT. After a week of heat races, the final Gold Races have been set in six classes of airplanes featuring the best pilots in the world, who will race […]
Picture of the Day: An Avenger in Paradise City
Samuel Watrous sent in this photo taken by Melvin Reed for Picture of the Day, captured Saturday, April 14, 2018, at SUN ‘n FUN‘s Paradise City, the home of light-sport aircraft and ultralights. According to Samuel, who is the pilot flying the airplane, the Avenger is powered by a Verner 5Si radial engine. Would you […]