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Aviat Creates a Lake at Sun ‘n Fun

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Key Takeaways:

  • Aviat Aircraft created a temporary, artificial "lake" at Sun 'n Fun to uniquely display a Husky float plane truly on floats.
  • The innovative display, complete with rubber duckies, required five water trucks to fill.
  • The Husky will extend its wheels and taxi out at the end of the show, rather than attempting a takeoff from the 60-foot temporary lake.
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There’s a new bit of geography on the Sun ‘n Fun grounds, but don’t look for it on your chart. It’ll be gone by the end of the week.

Stuart Horn, CEO of Aviat Aircraft, has been bringing a flock of pretty Huskys and Pitts to the show for a long time, but until this year, the float plane always had its wheels down. No longer. Horn came up with the clever idea of creating his own lake, complete with ducks, well, rubber duckies, some of them outfitted with goggles and flying helmets. The body of water took five different water trucks to fill up, and by the start of the show Aviat had a husky truly on floats on prominent display.

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