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Gallery 1 | Gallery2 | Gallery 3 Special Report: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 This isn’t Alice’s Restaurant, but you can still get anything you want… Stinson Gullwing Lockheed starting up. Rise and shine! Night taxiing… …and night camping Super Chipmunk. Hey! Who snuck a single in here? Powered parachutes swarming over Paradise City Thursday evening. […]
Gallery 1 | Gallery2 | Gallery 3 Special Report: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 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. Ultralights stacked up at Paradise City. Some aerobatic birds take a break from the action. […]
Gallery 1 | Gallery2 | Gallery 3 Special Report: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 This Fokker Triplane is one of three WWI-era aircraft from the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome flown daily at SnF 2000 in mock dogfights. Another of the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome aircraft, this one a Spad. Aviat’s Monocoupe 110 Special made daily passes down the […]
Special Report: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 SnF 2000: From Dry To Soggy Two Accidents, Poor Weather… Ever hear the one about the week-long aviation celebration that enjoyedperfect weather and safety from the first early-bird arrival to the finalflyer’s flight home? Probably not, because they just don’t happen – or, at theleast, don’t happen often. And […]
Special Report: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 By Any Other Name: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 Living Up To Its Name Comfy Days, Cool Nights, Dry Camps And Few Bugs… When the faithful gathered for the first EAA Sun ‘n Fun some 26 years ago, conditions that matched the title were hit and miss. January in Florida […]
Special Report: Sun ‘n Fun 2000 Credits: The text and images in AVweb‘s Special Report on Sun ‘n Fun 2000 are the efforts of:
“Comanche undercover.” This lovely lady covering her face is a Commanche 180 owned by none other than AVweb contributor and EAA photographer Dave Higdon. Dave and his wife Annie brought this pretty girl to Oshkosh by way of Wichita, KS. This page best viewed at 800×600 or better
“Russian rocket.” A two-place jet fighter trainer from Russia or a satellite country. This page best viewed at 800×600 or better
“Nice kitty.” The menacing looking visage of the Bearcat. There were a few of these in the warbird area. This page best viewed at 800×600 or better
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