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Location: Lakeland
Linder Regional Airport, Florida |
Admission: Gates
are open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission is $35 fro adults, $15
for youth, and free for 12 and younger. A Florida resident and military
weekend special admits adults for $25 and youth for $5. On Sunday,
admission is $15 for adults and $5 for youth. |
Parking: Daily
parking is $5. |
Value: Excellent |
No aerial map is show as it was at several location. |
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The annual
aviation gathering known as The Sun-N-Fun is a 6 day long affair
in Lakeland, 20 miles east of Tampa, Florida. The event is held at
the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. The event is just more than
an air show being very similar to the Oshkosh event held annually
in Wisconsin by EAA Organization. The six-day event includes hundreds
of exhibitors, displays, hot air balloons, and of course the weekend
air show. There are hundreds of civilian aircraft fly-ins for this
particular event and during the 6 days the Lakeland Linder Airport
becomes one of the busiest airport in North America.
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The event usually attracts over 150,000 spectators,
and as at typical fly-ins there are a lot of civilian aircraft on
static display, giving the ample opportunity to look at the different
aircraft and to talk to their pilots. The some of the hydroplanes
gathered around Lake Agnes, in Polk City, giving spectacular photographing
opportunities. The event had a great shuttle service
for moving the people around to all points of the event. Programs given
to everyone of where the events were and what time. Show staff from
top to bottom went out of there way to make sure everyone knew what
was going on and when.
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| Weather
was fairly good for the full week except for some strong winds early
in the week and cloudy with a low ceiling on Sunday. |
Show
staff from top to bottom went out of there way to make sure everyone
knew what was going on and when. The folks at the people at the
Media Center were outstanding in providing the media with daily
updates of
what was coming up and where and also for making things too easy
for the various media outlets. Someone was always
there to answer questions or assist in getting rides for the media
outlets to where they had to be. |
Plenty
food stand throughout the airport grounds just as importantly lots
of sanitation facilities were provided. |
Overall a great event and well
organized for the size of it. |
List of the the participating performers is huge:
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- The Thunderbirds
- Aeroshell
- Dan Buchanon
- Roger Buis
- Freddie Cababas
- Matt Chapman
- Julie Clark
- Kyle Franklin
- Jacquie B
- Black Daggers
- Kathy Hirtz
- Iron Eagles
- Corkey Fornof
- Rob Holland
- Bill Finagin
- CC Gerner
- Bryan Jensen
- Larry King
- Greg Koontz
- John Mohr
- John Klatt
- Jim Maroney
- Steve Oliver
- Jim Peitz
- Manfred Radius
- Red Eagles
- Greg Poe
- US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet
- Gary Rower
- Gebe Soucy
- Dale Snodgrass
- Chuck Vincent
- Skip Stewart
- Bob Wagner
- Patty Wagstaff
- Gary Ward
- David Windmiller
- Warbirds of America
- Elgin Wells
- Matt Younkin
- Chuck Aaron-Red Bull Helicopter
- Aerostar
- too many to list static displays.
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Rating: Excellent,
easily a 10.*
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* Fly-ins are excluded
from The Best Air Show Award for the Year. |
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Review and photography by Joe Osciak |
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