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, recounts his decision to fly his plane to Sun 'n Fun for the first time, meticulously preparing for its unique and challenging radio-silent arrival procedures.
- He shares a humorous anecdote from his early career as a commuter pilot, detailing how he accidentally flew a passenger's cat to the wrong destination and personally reunited it with its owner.
- Despite some in-flight deviations from published NOTAMs, the author successfully navigated the busy Sun 'n Fun airspace and landed, reflecting on the unique "sounds of silence" of the arrival experience.
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