ready2fly
Well-Known Member
Attended my first Sun-N-Fun yesterday and THOROUGHLY enjoyed it!! (of course, I have nothing to compare it to).
Some of the highlights were, of course, the new aircraft displays.
Got to see the new Piper 6X - sweet plane.
Got to sit in the mockup of the Eclipse - talk about futuristic!!
The Socatas were SWEET!!
The Beech aircraft - all of them - were unbelieveably nice and tricked out.
Sat in the Liberty. Cool little plane.
Saw AOPA's Waco that they're giving away. OOOOOOOOH YEAH!!! That thing has Garmin GPS and moving map - it's TRICKED out!!
There's a company called "Riley" out of Cali that refurbs Skymasters for the low, low price of $475,000.00...... after YOU provide the airframe. Cool plane though. ALways like the Skymaster.
The Airshow ROCKED! Some of the highlights were a WWII (actually flew in WWII and Korea) Corsair. A Russian Yak. The T-6 team. The Oracle bi-plane (UNBLIEVABLE that guy!!) and Patricia Wagstaff (to name a few.. there were more - much more).
All the shows left me with my mouth wide open. OUTRAGEOUS skill!!
I think the highlight for me was meeting Col. Robert Morgan - pilot of the Memphis Belle!!!! WOW! I was literally starstruck!!!
Both Rod Marchado and the Kings were no-shows. They had displays, but decided to opt out of Sun-N-Fun. They will be at Oshkosh.
All in all - I wish I had two or more days to see everything. I enjoyed it and REALLY look forward to Oshkosh!!
Some of the highlights were, of course, the new aircraft displays.
Got to see the new Piper 6X - sweet plane.
Got to sit in the mockup of the Eclipse - talk about futuristic!!
The Socatas were SWEET!!
The Beech aircraft - all of them - were unbelieveably nice and tricked out.
Sat in the Liberty. Cool little plane.
Saw AOPA's Waco that they're giving away. OOOOOOOOH YEAH!!! That thing has Garmin GPS and moving map - it's TRICKED out!!
There's a company called "Riley" out of Cali that refurbs Skymasters for the low, low price of $475,000.00...... after YOU provide the airframe. Cool plane though. ALways like the Skymaster.
The Airshow ROCKED! Some of the highlights were a WWII (actually flew in WWII and Korea) Corsair. A Russian Yak. The T-6 team. The Oracle bi-plane (UNBLIEVABLE that guy!!) and Patricia Wagstaff (to name a few.. there were more - much more).
All the shows left me with my mouth wide open. OUTRAGEOUS skill!!
I think the highlight for me was meeting Col. Robert Morgan - pilot of the Memphis Belle!!!! WOW! I was literally starstruck!!!
Both Rod Marchado and the Kings were no-shows. They had displays, but decided to opt out of Sun-N-Fun. They will be at Oshkosh.
All in all - I wish I had two or more days to see everything. I enjoyed it and REALLY look forward to Oshkosh!!