Sun ‘N Fun

The Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) announced this week that it has appointed Doug Jeanes as its new executive director. He will take over from outgoing executive director Ed Young, who is moving to a position with Lakeland Linder International Airport. Jeanes recently retired after 27 years with the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas, […]

Sun n’ Fun is going forward with its annual expo this year following the cancellation of the 2020 event due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Organizers say they are expecting to host “hundreds of exhibitors” along with forums, workshops and aerial displays. Featured airshow performances will include the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, F-22 Raptor Demo […]

Sun ‘n Fun organizers have announced that National STOL’s Central Florida Classic Competition will headline its first annual Holiday Flying Festival and Car Show. The first round of the short takeoff and landing (STOL) competition will include up to 125 competitors with the top 30 competing in the finals. The event will be livestreamed online […]

Sun ‘n Fun has announced that it will be hosting a holiday flying festival and car show at Florida’s Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) on Dec. 4-5, 2020. Event activities will include an aircraft display, air- and car shows, food vendors, live music, a short takeoff and landing (STOL) competition and AOPA-sponsored general aviation Town […]

With the 46th annual Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Sun ‘n Fun and the Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) opened the virtual doors to the Sun ‘n Fun Home Edition 2020 on Friday. The Home Edition website features hundreds of hours of video, photo galleries and […]

The 46th annual Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo will not take place this year due to efforts to contain the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Instead, the Sun ‘n Fun team is working to provide events and content in a new online series. According to show organizers, the 46th annual event will be moved “to join with […]

The Florida-based Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) announced last week that its flight scholarship initiative has produced its 100th private pilot. The initiative, which awards scholarships to teenagers with the goal of “developing the next generation of aerospace professionals,” began in 2012. There are currently 40 pilots in training in the program. “When we rolled […]

The Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) broke ground on its “Project SkyLab” facility expansion at the Sun ‘n Fun Expo campus in Lakeland, Florida, on Wednesday. ACE says the new space has been designed to support its current educational programs, provide space for its higher education and technical training partners to grow their curriculum center […]

Sun ‘n Fun, known for its annual fly-in at Florida’s Lakeland Linder International Airport (LAL), announced on Tuesday that it has restructured its organization under the leadership of the Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE). ACE, which was introduced by Sun ‘n Fun in 2014, is a nonprofit organization that provides aerospace-based science, technology, engineering and […]

Aviation Consumer Editor in Chief and Editorial Director of Belvoir Media Group’s Aviation Division Larry Anglisano, five-time Space Shuttle commander Jim Wetherbee and FAASTeam Manager Ben Struck will speak at the 4th Annual Westchester Aviation Association’s (WAA) General Aviation safety conference on the evening of June 4, 2019, in Tarrytown, New York. Learn about the […]