Sun 'N Fun 2007 - General
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That's our brand-new tent in the center. We did get some rain
Wednesday night but the tent kept us dry. We also had a queen size
air mattress which kept us off the hard Lakeland ground. Since one
of the other couples had an RV, we were in the land of the RVs. |
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Lynnette and Ellen enjoying Sun 'N Fun. Does it get any better
than camping at Sun 'N Fun? Don't answer that.
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Rob and his son Jacob admiring that new Maule. Rob is a proud Maule
owner. |
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That's me and Mahlon Russell, who works for Mattituck and is renowned
for his Lycoming engine knowledge. I'm smiling because I just
ordered a new TMX-360 engine! Mahlon is smiling because I just
ordered a new TMX-360 engine. The engine should arrive in
mid-July.
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| Sun 'N Fun starts getting crowded
in the afternoon. |
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| The AOPA tent with the Cardinal
sweepstakes airplane out front, along with one of the "No User Fees"
petition boards. They had no trouble finding people willing to sign
it. |
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People complain that Sun 'N Fun (and Oshkosh) are too commercial.
But I say there are plenty of non-commercial things available for those
who are interested. The Education Forums, for instance. There
were ten tents, each with a speaker on a different aviation-related topic,
every hour, from 9AM to 1PM. That's fifty forums a day. You
could spend half your time at SNF just going to forums! I ended up
going to four: Flying the Bahamas/Carib, Flying the Western National
Parks, Living in Airport Communities, and Vans Aircraft Company on engine
selection. There's a wealth of information available. |
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There are also Builder Workshops for fabric-covering, sheet metal,
composities, electrical systems , welding and engine installations.
I wanted to attend one or two but just didn't have time. But these
are directly geared for the Homebuilder.
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I've decided go with the polished-aluminum finish on my RV like this one
-- only the fiberglass cowl & tips will be painted gloss black. |
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Nicely polished!
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| Speaking of black gloss on the
fiberglass parts, I'm probably going to go with the
Loehle Aero Coating system, which is
supposed to be very good handling pin holes in fiberglass. This is the
Loehle "5151" Mustang replica. |
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| I tried to attend the "Meet the
FAA" session Friday afternoon featuring the FAA Administrator Marion
Blakely. I showed up an hour early but the auditorium was already
filled and they weren't letting any more people in.
I found out later that Blakely wasn't there but some other FAA Reps put
out the Facts on why Users Fees don't hurt GA and are "fair". Later
on, after the Warbirds fly-by, in the middle of the airshow, I saw a
Gulfstream with the government paintjob take off. Probably the FAA
reps off on some urgent matter. Here is a link to a rebuttel of the
FAA's Facts.
Link Users fees would be a stake in the heart of general aviation. |
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| Lynnette and I checked out the
Spruce Creek Airport Community just south of Daytona Beach where I would
like to live someday. |
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