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Special Report:
Sun ‘n Fun 2000
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No, it’s not a Staggerwing, it’s a Lionheart, an all-new composite design mounting a 450-h.p. Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. radial engine and capable of 200-knot speeds.
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Ultralights stacked up at Paradise City.
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Some aerobatic birds take a break from the action.
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Powered parachute action at Paradise City.
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What crosswind?
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Doesn’t this look like fun?
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Each afternoon’s ultralight and powered parachute activity drew large, respectful crowds.
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The action at the day-long Splash In floatplane event was, well, wet and wild.
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Trying to get the envelope filled in a stiff breeze can be challenging.
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This Piper Cub, one of the nicest we’ve seen, was completely rebuilt by its owner, an A&P from Valdosta, Ga., right down to the gold-plated valve covers.
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This C-54/DC-4 was on display commemorating the Berlin Airlift.
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Just a little bit more…
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This aircraft began life as a C-41, not as a C-47, and now belongs to the Wings over the Rockies Air & Space Museum. This is how AVweb columnist Michael Maya Charles got home.
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Detail from the business end of a Cessna 195.
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