Wednesday, I flew my Cessna to Lakeland airport for the 2021 aircraft "fly in" called Sun n Fun. For those who don't know, it is a 1500 acre gathering of aviation enthusiasts, military static displays, vendors selling all manner of aviation goods and airshow performers. There is aircraft camping, RV camping, 4 hangars with vendors and so on. It's pretty big from one side to the other, and involves walking long distances.
Sun n Fun was cancelled in 2020, and I was excited to visit this year. It seems quite a few others were similarly excited, because there were plenty of small aircraft operators there. Unfortunately, a good number of vendors did not show up, and/or had a reduced presence. Also, there was no significant military presence on Wed.
So it was a 3/4 show with what seemed like full attendance and a very large number of small planes. Still, it was great to go and if find some free time, I'll go back before it's over.
I was fascinated to see a German drone company showing some drone engines. They had some really odd looking, opposed piston 2 stroke and 1 stroke engines. Along with a self scavenging, two stroke spark ignition diesel (yes spark and compression ign) What an interesting design! Neat stuff!
Sun n Fun was cancelled in 2020, and I was excited to visit this year. It seems quite a few others were similarly excited, because there were plenty of small aircraft operators there. Unfortunately, a good number of vendors did not show up, and/or had a reduced presence. Also, there was no significant military presence on Wed.
So it was a 3/4 show with what seemed like full attendance and a very large number of small planes. Still, it was great to go and if find some free time, I'll go back before it's over.
I was fascinated to see a German drone company showing some drone engines. They had some really odd looking, opposed piston 2 stroke and 1 stroke engines. Along with a self scavenging, two stroke spark ignition diesel (yes spark and compression ign) What an interesting design! Neat stuff!