After moving full time to northern Florida, attending Sun ’n Fun in Lakeland was an easy proposition. My Connecticut friends were making the traditional trek from the Northeast, which made the event even more desirable. They are a motley crew with diverse experience levels from aerobatics to corporate jets, with me being the only airline pilot. The camaraderie includes standard verbal abuse, our primary method to indicate genuine affection for each other.
Flying Into Sun ‘n Fun
Key Takeaways:
- The author, a retired airline pilot, describes flying his general aviation aircraft to Sun 'n Fun, successfully navigating its unique "radio silent" arrival procedures which demanded careful preparation and adaptation to real-time instructions.
- He recounts a memorable and humorous blunder from his early commuter pilot career, involving inadvertently leaving a passenger's cat onboard and his subsequent personal effort to reunite it with its owner.
- The challenging Sun 'n Fun arrival, with its deviations from published NOTAMs and busy airspace, highlighted the contrast between airline and general aviation piloting, ultimately providing the author with a sense of accomplishment.
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