Air Shows & Events

Our weekly immersion into SocialFlightuncovered the month’s big Kahuna, Sun ‘n Fun, as well local activities including local FlyDays, an EAA chapter breakfast and a fish-fry and fly-in. We’re reporting this from under clear skies and great weather as the 40th annual Sun ‘n Fun fly-in, airshow, convention and celebration is going on in Lakeland, […]

At Sun ‘n Fun 2014, Airborne Sensor introduced the Eagle360 GoPro camera pod. It’s an STC-certified external pod housing that can accommodate up to four GoPro cameras. Weighing under 5 pounds, the Eagle360 is easy to install on the belly of the aircraft and is designed with four camera bays for placing the GoPro forward, […]

Far out on the fringes of Sun ‘n Fun on Wednesday morning, a Jet Blue A321 taxied up to the edge of the grass, dozens of high-school students exited via a tall set of jet stairs, and an enthusiastic welcome ensued, featuring a marching band, the mayor of Lakeland, show officials and a profusion of […]

Sun ‘n Fun held its first job fair on Wednesday, with 13 companies offering jobs for pilots, mechanics, ground crew, flight attendants, and a variety of other aviation-related careers. Robb Williams, manager of Sun ‘n Fun’s Aerospace Discovery Center, told AVweb about 300 job-seekers had signed up for the event, which was free after paying […]

Sporty’s staff introduced several new features in their popular Stratus ADS-B receiver this week at Sun ‘n Fun. The changes are designed to work together with ForeFlight’s newly released version 6.0. A split-screen attitude view, animated radar and a new feature that aims to conserve iPad battery time are all part of the free update […]

Garmin has its pilot watch, and now Hilton Software has an interface that sends wireless flight plan data from its WingX Pro 7 iPad app to the Pebble e-paper watch. Hilton Goldstein gave AVweb an overview of the interface from Sun ‘n Fun 2014 in Lakeland, Florida. view on YouTube

At Sun ‘n Fun 2014, WACO Classics was showing off its new Great Lakes 2T biplane, a neat little sport and acro aircraft. Peter Bowers gave AVweb a video tour of the aircraft. view on YouTube

ASA has 39 specialty training apps for pilots and dozens of aviation e-books. At Sun ‘n Fun, ASA’s Brian Snider showed AVweb some of the more popular apps. view on YouTube

The DA42 VI is Diamond’s most sophisticated piston twin, equipped with a pair of Austro AE300 diesels. It’s on display at Sun ‘n Fun in its first U.S. appearance. You can see it at Diamond’s booth or take a look in this quick video tour with Jeff Owen of Premier Aircraft. view on YouTube

Rotax has tweaked the fuel-injected 912 iS to optimize its application in light sport aircraft. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli spoke with Dean Vogel of Lockwood Aviation at Sun ‘n Fun. Duration: 6:16 File Size: 5.7 MB download here