Air Shows & Events

Tecnam said on Tuesday at Sun ‘n Fun they will establish a new facility at Sebring Airport in Florida to serve their North American customers. The facility will provide customer service and support, demo flights for potential buyers, expanded spare-parts capacity, re-assembly for both LSA and Part 23 certified aircraft, and sales and marketing. The […]

Glasair brought a mockup of its new Merlin LSA to Sun ‘n Fun this week, along with the first Sportsman diesel. The diesel airplane features a 155-hp Centurion 2.0s engine, a Hartzel Bantam three-blade propeller and VFR glass panel avionics. “This is a major step for Glasair Aviation, and we believe the market will readily […]

Premier Aircraft said this week at Sun ‘n Fun that’s it’s considering expanding its aircraft diesel conversion program to include the Piper Warrior II and III models under STCs originally developed by the former Thielert Aircraft Engines. Earlier this year, Premier announced a Cessna 172 Skyhawk conversion program, using the Continental Centurion 2.0 aerodiesel that’s […]

As Sun ‘n Fun launches its 2014 edition, John “Lites” Leenhouts, president, says he is expecting to attract big crowds and a lot of new visitors. “Pre-show ticket sales are up two-and-a-half times over a normal year,” he told AVweb on Monday, and the campgrounds are filling fast. Where are all these new visitors coming […]

After at least three journalists suffered injuries from rolling their eyes into unrecoverable gimbal lock, Sun n Fun has agreed to review press releases and announcements for specific words and phrases that are known to cause acute adverse reactions in people hearing them. Specifically, the phrase game changer and the word exciting will not be […]

In a gesture of international cooperation and solidarity, the U.S. Navy announced at Sun n Fun that its famed Blue Angels flight demo team will, on a trial basis, merge with the Royal Canadian Air Force Snowbirds team for the remainder of the 2014 season. The new combined team will be called the Snow Angels […]

Ive attended enough shows like Sun n Fun and AirVenture to have to have inoculated myself against reading too much into trends and events that occur over the course of a week. And were but one day into Sun n Fun, with another five to go. Nonetheless, as far as new developments are concerned, I […]

The 40th annual Sun ‘n Fun air show and exhibition opened in Lakeland, Florida on Tuesday morning with a record number of exhibitors and strong ticket sales. In this brief video, Sun ‘n Fun CEO Lites Leenhouts gives AVweb viewers a preview of the show. view on YouTube

At Sun ‘n Fun, Redbird is showing its sim-based Flying Challenge. You can sign up for free and compete against thousands of other pilots in sim-based flight maneuvers. Redbird’s Jeff Van West explains how the challenge works. view on YouTube

At Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, popular app maker ForeFlight is showing off the latest version of its flight planning and management app, ForeFlight 6. The upgrade provides split-screen capability for the Stratus portable ADS-B/EFIS, new terrain plotting features and improved flight plan filing. view on YouTube