2016-04-05-Sun-N-Fun-Lakeland-FL: Sun-and-Fun (SnF), Lakeland, Florida, April 4-9, 2016. Jer/, Harlan, Jack and Phil had an excellent adventure... 7am for breakfast, Tue and Wed at 8am fly an hour in the Piper J-3 SeaCub(s) at Jack Brown's Seaplane Base in Winter Haven, FL, supper at Cherry Pocket where we are admonished: "Don't feed the 'gator(s)."
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SeaCub taxiing out, 04/05/16 | SeaCub taking off, 45 seconds, 04/05/16 | Lakeland Airport (KLAL) Tower, Lakeland, FL, looking SW, 04/05/16 | Entrance sign to Sun 'n Fun, 04/05/16 | FAA briefings are in the FAA hangar, 04/05/16 |
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Warning sign, 04/05/16 | Yes, a 4' alligator, 04/05/16 | Group out to dinner at the Cherry Pocket, 04/05/16 | Quick look "around" Cherry Pocket, :20 seconds, 04/05/16 | Fantasy of Flight, "OrLampa", FL, note: the runway is grass, what looks like the runway is water, 04/06/16 |
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Water, water everywhere, lots of places for a floatplane, 04/06/16 | Instructor demonstrating glassy water landing, 1:09, 04/06/16 | Jer/, second day of flying, satisfied after "ramping" the SeaCub, 04/06/16 | Personal Minimums safety briefing, 04/06/16 | Sunshine Clipper Amphibian Biplane, 04/06/16 |
Yes, it is a row boat with wings, 04/06/16 | FAA: New ACS="Airman Certification Standards", 04/06/16 | ACS info, 1, 04/06/16 | ACS info, 2, 04/06/16 | Lakeland VOR, 1, 04/06/16 |
Lakeland VOR, 2, 04/06/16 | Seaplane parking, there was no "Splash-In" this year, 04/06/16 | Warbird parking was well populated, 04/06/16 | Warbird taxiing, 04/06/16 | B-17, 1, 04/06/16 |
Batmobile console, 04/09/16 | Batmobile, 04/09/16 |
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