Sun n' Fun 2015 - Airplanes
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| At previous Sun 'n Funs I always liked seeing what I called the Flying Rowboat at the entrance and I was disappointed not to see it this year. But Sun n' Fun totally redeemed itself when I spotted it over by the museum later in the week. |
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My favorite jet of all time: the U.S. Navy's F-14 Tomcat. It was a great plane for the Navy but became too expensive to maintain and all have been removed from service.
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| A Lockheed XFV nicked named "Salmon" after its test pilot. There was only one flying prototype and this is it. It was intended to make vertical takeoff and landings but its 32 flights were all horizontal takeoff and landing made on some bolt-on landing gear. |
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| Convair F2Y Sea Dart, a seaplane fighter that never entered production. |
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Bruce standing next to a 1935 Aeronca LB-90. Bruce likes the classic vintage stuff. |
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| A Sorrel SNS-7 Hyperbipe. This usual Kitplane was capable of full unlimited aerobatic performance without sacrificing the comforts of a cabin-style airplane. Only about 25 of these are still flying. |
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We checked out Paradise City -- the Ultralight section. Here is an airworthy Easy Riser. The Easy Riser is considered the first modern Ultralight. |
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| Another classic Ultralight: the Pterodactyl. Notice the canard out front and the pusher prop. |
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| An early model Kitfox. The Kitfox was arguably the market leading kitplane in the late 80s/early 90s. Over 4500 kits have been sold. My guess is airplane builders moved on to the RVs in the late 90s andnew millenium. |
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| I liked the paint job on this Bush Cat light sport plane. |
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Glad to see the Kolb Aircraft Company still hanging in there. I've always had a fondness for the Kolbs since Bruce and I had a Kolb Ultrastar for a few years back in the mid-90s.
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| The new single-seat Panther kitplane. |
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This is what the Panther looks like during construction.
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| A close-up of the Zenith CH-750 STOL plane. |
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| The CH-750 cockpit. I'd like to have one of these. |
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| This is the CH-750 that was built in just seven days by volunteers at EAA AirVenture. |
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But I'd also take one of these! Extra 330 LX. State of the art aerobatic airplane.
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I wouldn't mind having one of these either: a Pitts Model 12.
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This is one of the Cessna 152s that was completely restored by AOPA. I also wouldn't mind having one of these.
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| An AirCam on floats -- just what you need for flying low over the Florida Everglades. |
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| I'm always amazed by how much the scaled-down Stewart 51 looks like the real P-51 Mustang. |
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| Joe S. in my EAA Chapter is building one of these Skybolts. Only his has a round nose with the big MI-4 radial inside. |
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