It’s probably just human nature that ogling what’s new occupies so much of the attention of so many people so much of the time at events like the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In. After all, it is arguably one of the most important shows on the annual aviation calendar. But periodically it’s something old that stops [...]
Ahhh, yesss! Paradise City as it used to be, as it should be. Thanks to days of drier weather, smooth winds, blue skies and more planes, the action picked up Thursday. The queue taxiing for the Runway 9 operation started forming the instant the main-side airshow ended, and when the green flag went up to [...]
While this M-Squared ultralight may not look like a Mazda RX-8 sports car, its powerplant does share the same rotary-engine technology, with a single-rotor mill that made five big guys strain to hold it back during a runup test in Paradise City. So power, apparently, isn’t lacking. Better still, M-Squared boss Paul Mather (second from [...]
KITPLANES’ own Amy Laboda took up the opportunity to fly something new in rotorcraft and put to use her gyro rating with a turn in the new Xenon gyroplane during a visit to Sun ‘n Fun’s Chopper Town Friday evening. And from hearing her assessment after the 30-minute demo, we figure she liked it. And [...]
You want an airshow? You got an airshow. When the skydivers drop in and Old Glory unfurls, you know it’s showtime as people gravitate away from buildings and exhibits and head for the flight line. Despite the shift in attention, though, people still periodically drift back to the products and planes between favorite acts.But few [...]
Before flight, pilots get their morning briefing for the Paradise City pattern and, as happens, things had changed since last year, necessitating more detail and new instructions for the early birds who showed for the post-dawn session. Shortly after the green flag went up, the flying began in earnest, with LSAs, Experimentals and ultralights sharing [...]
Now this is more like what we come to Sun ‘n Fun to see–an Apollo Fox LSA and a Lucky 2 ultralight lifting off the Paradise City runway. No splash, no drip and no sweat after things started to dry out a little. Return to KITPLANES
Still, not everyone stops and gawks during the afternoon airshow…some get busy and shop to take advantage of the lighter crowds in displays knowing that their chances of trying on a cockpit are a little better than when the roar of engines and the trails of smoke serve to distract most others in the crowd. [...]
