Homebuilt Camping Celebrates Mardi Gras Night

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Homebuilt Camping at Sun 'n Fun has a legendary reputation for hospitality and fellowship. It's not just a place to camp next to your...

Old Pilot’s Camper Journal: Sun ‘n Fun 2022 #5

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I swear I was not searching for a story. All I wanted was a Denver omelette at the Scotty Suz Home Cookin Café. Although...

Light and Inexpensive AirLite Reciever

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Pushing the boundaries of weight and cost, Radiant Instruments debuted its AirLite aviation band receiver at Sun 'n Fun this week. Fitting in the...

Brazilian Hummingbird Gyros Come to North America

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There are two major experimental gyrocopter companies in Brazil—Montalva and the upscale Hummingbird Industrial Aeronautica. Helicopters International of Winter Garden, Florida has taken on...

James Clark Camping at Sun ‘n Fun

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James Clark, RV-6 builder, formation aerobatic performer, EAA Director and recently retired as President of South Carolina State University, is camping at SnF in...

Rain ‘n Fun Style!

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Floridians don’t let a little rain stop the fun—we paid a visit way out to Homebuilt Camping today and found about 35 airplanes tied...

Challenge: What’s-it?

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You can find dang near anything at a fly-in (with vendors) the size of Sun ‘n Fun. For instance there is an aircraft surplus...

Into Every Show, a Little Rain Must Fall

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It seems that no week in April can go without at least one thunderstorm in central Florida and this week was no exception. Although...

Preparing for the Wonder!

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Sonex Aircraft doesn’t have an official booth at Sun ‘n Fun this year, but they do have a presence—at the EAA tent! Sonex company...

Dynon FastTrack

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The avionics portion of a homebuilt aircraft project can be both time-consuming and intimidating to some builders, but Dynon has set out to tame...

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Aero ‘lectrics

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This IC walked into a (light) bar…

Grease Is the Word

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Consistently use the correct lubricant for your airplane’s various parts, and you will go a long way toward preventing problems.
Starduster too on the ramp

Rear Cockpit: The Other Guy’s Plane

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In a parallel life of mine—auto journalism—shop talk occasionally got around to just how...

Wind Tunnel

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Critical flutter airspeed.