Florida Flying - Fun Florida Flying Magazine » GaryB http://www.fun-florida-flying.com Florida Flying Magazine is about pilot flight training, fly-ins and planes. Airport communities, airshows and Florida pilots associations and clubs. Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:38:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Sun’n Fun Fly–In 2010 Lakeland KLAL http://www.fun-florida-flying.com/sun-n-fun-flyin-2010-lakeland-klal/ http://www.fun-florida-flying.com/sun-n-fun-flyin-2010-lakeland-klal/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:38:11 +0000 GaryB http://www.fun-florida-flying.com/?p=312 Start your Aviation year at Sun’n Fun Fly-In 2010 Lakeland, Florida (KLAL) one of the world’s premier events for recreational aviation enthusiasts. The focus is on education with more than 450 educational forums, seminars and “hands-on” workshops; plus more than 500 commercial exhibitors who offer aviation products and services including all the major aircraft manufacturers; daily air show April 13, 2010  at  8:00 AM plus additional night air show on Friday, April 16; more than 5,000 aircraft of every size and shape. www.sun-n-fun.org or 863-644-2431 for info.

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Pilot’s Review of Proficiency (PROP) 2010
A safety seminar oriented towards the Mitsubishi MU-2, begins at 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM. This is an excellent event for any pilot and/or owner. The safety seminar is sponsored by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Inc. and SimCom International, Inc. and takes place at KISM Kissimmee Gateway Airport Orlando, Florida.

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See America’s Ambassadors in Blue, the USAF Thunderbirds at Sun n Fun. The  F-16 demonstration team returns this year to Sun n Fun to dazzle and amaze Central Florida audiences with precision flight choreography demonstrated at Lakeland airport (KLAL) and on the Lakeland tarmac and in the Florida blue skies over Lakeland. 

Watch the Thunderbirds LIVE Webcast on this Fun Florida Flying Friday at 2:40 PM Eastern.

Thinderbird Show Times:

Thursday, April 15th -Thunderbirds Practice Demonstration
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.??

Friday, April 16th – Thunderbirds Practice Demonstration
Time: 2:40 p.m. p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 17th – Thunderbirds Performance
Time: 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 18th – Thunderbirds Performance
Time: 4:00 p.m.

*Please note, all times are subject to change.

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Welcome to Fun-Florida-Flying-Magazine

What do 2 chicks and a plane have in common?

The love of Florida Flying!  If you ever wanted to meet some really nice people that are ‘plane nuts’ like us about Fun Florida Flying then bookmark our site, join our eNews Updates and get involved.

We welcome your photos, videos and stories about Fun Florida Flying experiences.  Maybe it’s shopping on world famous Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, shelling on Venice Beach, or catching that Key West sunset celebration and the breath taking night flight home over Biscayne Bay.  Share your flying experiences and getaways.

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Fly In  Communities have become very popular Real Estate for Florida pilots.  It’s easy to see why a pilot living in Florida’s great climate would want to live in a aviation fly in community.  Many Baby Boomers and retiring general aviation pilots and military pilots look for homes in aviation fly-in communities. 

To see the ultimate home base, check out John Travolta’s Florida home at Greystone (17FL) a fly-in community located about 8 miles north of Ocala, Florida.

Pilots looking for Florida real estate can find many homes for sale in fly-in communities.  Aviation communitiues are great places to call home.

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Bahamas Fly In

Bahamas Fly In! Participate in this Fly in and see how locals prepare a real Bahama Mama!

Date: January 16-19 2009
Title: Bahama Mama Bahamas Fly In
Location: Banyan Air Service, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Link out: Click here
Description: Bahama Mama Bahamas Fly In Participate and sample how the locals prepare our tropical coconut drinks! After we clear Bahamas Customs &
Immigration on Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, the fun truly begins classes  begin on how to make and properly sample a “Bahama Mama”.

Contact: Keith Gomez
Phone: 954-236-9292
Start Date: 2009-01-16
End Date: 2009-01-19

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Nothing compares to really getting inside and attending all the action from the yearly Sun n’ Fun Fly-In at Lakeland (KLAL), but if you can’t go in person this year, you can nevertheless catch a bit of the excitement streaming live video from Sun n’ Fn Fly-In Video Webcast Live Friday, April sixteen, from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Interviews on the flight line, questions and answers from a panel of aviation specialists all on-line!  Learn why Polk County and Central Florida are good places for General Aviation, Flying, Learning To Fly, Pilots, and the #1  reason why Central Florida may be the ideal destination for your next cross-country flight. Additionally, you will get an online glimpse associated with fly-in places, sights, sounds, as well as aviation safety forums being broadcast from the Federal Aviation Administration Productions Studios within the FAASTeam’s Nationwide Resource.

Check out live video from the USAF Thunderbirds and also the every day Sun n Fun Fly-In  atmosphere and airshow for 2010. And throughout the day, you are able to share your Sun n’ Fun questions and answers with others online Worldwide!

Sign-up now to recieve this Free Video Webcast streaming Live!  All you need is a computer with internet access to log on and watch the 2010 Sun n’ Fun Fly-In Video Webcast Live beginning Friday April 16th, from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 pm.

This 2010 Sun n’ Fun Fly-In Video Webcast Live is produced by PGTV (Polk Federal Government Tv), PGTV is an operation of the Polk County Panel associated with County Commissioners.

]]> http://www.fun-florida-flying.com/2010-sun-n-fun-fly-in-video-webcast-live/feed/ 1 Skymaster Pilots & Planes Fly In SOAPA Lakeland KLAL http://www.fun-florida-flying.com/skymaster-pilots-planes-fly-in-soapa-lakeland-klal/ http://www.fun-florida-flying.com/skymaster-pilots-planes-fly-in-soapa-lakeland-klal/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:26:54 +0000 GaryB http://www.fun-florida-flying.com/?p=391 Skymaster Pilots & Planes Fly In SOAPA Lakeland KLAL
KAL Lakeland Linder Regional Airport Lakeland, Florida. It’s Spring Break for Skymaster Pilots. Fly in, Drive in or take the airlines to Sun N’ Fun in Lakeland, Florida. The SOAPA group will be attending the Sun N’ Fun event this year for the annual meeting. Call now or go to the website for more information. It will be a great time to meet, talk and see other Skymaster pilots and planes. Please come and join the fun.

Contact Herb Harney 616-401-3637

]]> http://www.fun-florida-flying.com/skymaster-pilots-planes-fly-in-soapa-lakeland-klal/feed/ 0 The 37th Annual Bensen Gyroplanes Days Wauchula http://www.fun-florida-flying.com/the-37th-annual-bensen-gyroplanes-days-wauchula/ http://www.fun-florida-flying.com/the-37th-annual-bensen-gyroplanes-days-wauchula/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:27:47 +0000 GaryB http://www.fun-florida-flying.com/?p=381 The 37th Annual Bensen Days features one of the worlds largest gatherings of gyroplanes and the pilots who love them.

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