When CAP Seminole Composite Squadron Deputy Cmdr. Kenny Eads asked a group of five Cadets to volunteer for a unique mission, it caught on like wildfire. The assignment: build the first ever Fire Hub on the Sun ‘n Fun campgrounds.
Eads explained to the young men that it would be the first of 50 Fire Hubs planned to be installed across the United States as part of the Recreational Aviation Foundation‘s latest fundraising initiative to help support the organization’s mission to “preserve, protect, maintain and create recreational airstrips across the country.” People would be able to show their support of the effort by purchasing a brick that they could have their name, n-number or even a dedication engraved on before setting it into the Hub. Even more important, though, was the hope that the Fire Hubs would attract pilots and aviation enthusiasts by giving them a common place to gather at the end of the day to share their stories.
