Boeing 727 Classroom Opens on Sun ‘n Fun Campus

Pia Bergqvist and Megan Elliott

Thursday, April 07, 2016 at 11:01 PM ET

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A donated FedEx Boeing 727-200 has been transformed into the "Piedmont Aerospace Experience," a fully functional classroom on the Sun 'n Fun and Florida Air Museum campus.
This unique facility provides students at the Central Florida Aerospace Academy with an unparalleled hands-on learning environment for aerospace education.
The classroom is equipped with functional aircraft systems, smartboards, tablets, and cameras tracking control movements, allowing students to engage in realistic pilot training, including powering up the plane and following checklists.

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A Boeing 727-200 that was donated by FedEx to the Sun ‘n Fun campus in 2013 is now up and running. Named the Piedmont Aerospace Experience, the airplane has been turned into a fully functional classroom that provides a unique educational experience to students at the Central Florida Aerospace Academy, a public high school located on the Sun ‘n Fun and Florida Air Museum campus at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport.

If you’re attending the Sun ‘n Fun International Fly-In and Expo this week, you won’t be able to miss the massive airplane, which is permanently parked just west of the main show entrance, adjacent to the Central Florida Aerospace Academy.