In the hot morning sun of Friday, April 1, Zenith Aircraft’s Sebastien Heintz surveyed the area around what was supposed to be his display tent at Sun ‘n Fun 2011. It was not pretty. The violent storms that swept through Lakeland Linder Airport on March 31st at around noon had decimated his display area and [...]

The word from Sun n Fun headquarters in Lakeland, Florida, where a severe storm Thursday injured some 15 attendees, and damaged planes and property, is that the show will go on Friday. EAA confirms that it was indeed hit by a tornado, and that seven people were transported to an area hospital. All were released [...]

Three Safari helicopter builders won awards for their projects at the Sun n Fun fly-in, the company says. A black and tangerine Safari owned by Jimmy Benson, of Mehoopany, Pennsylvania, was honored with the Grand Champion Rotorcraft prize. Mike Smolek of St. Marys City, Maryland, was awarded Best Helicopter, and Al Rulton of London, Ontario, [...]

Belite Aircraft was named the 2010 Grand Champion Ultralight at this year’s Sun and Fun Expo in Lakeland, Florida. The award is based on innovation, appeal, ease of build and presentation. James Wiebe, CEO of Belite Aircraft, accepted the award from SnF official Leonard Kress. This was the first appearance of Belite Aircraft at the [...]

The Florida Air Museum, located on the grounds of the Lakeland Linder Airport and instrumental in the hosting of the Sun ‘n Fun Fly-In each year, broke ground April 15 for a new public high school with an aviation theme, to be built where the Educational Forums are currently held during the fly-in. With a [...]

Superb weather was not undone by an brief afternoon rainstorm in Lakeland today, as Sun ‘n Fun 2010 got underway. In our travels of the grounds a few things were evident. First, the starting-day crowd is definitely sparser than in years past, but, as was the case with Oshkosh last year, some of that impression [...]

Marc Cook begins our coverage of Sun ‘n Fun from Lakeland, Florida with a brief video report, and things are looking up this year.

The staff of KITPLANES and its family of regular contributors has begun to light in Lakeland, Florida, for the annual Sun ‘n Fun airshow. Look for regular web updates and new, exclusive video to be posted here throughout the week. Use the Comments field below to let us know what you want to know more [...]