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Chicago club meets in Florida

Members of the Sunday Morning Breakfast Club featured recently in AOPA Pilot are visiting Sun 'n Fun this week, and they'll be gathering at the AOPA tent at 1 p.m. each day.

Zenith Aircraft Co. introduced a new light sport model at the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo. Although it is a new design, the all-metal, two-seat CH 750 Cruzer is influenced by its well-known short-takeoff-and-landing predecessors.

Brazil’s Wega debuts

Fresh from a 4,000-nautical-mile shakedown cross-country flight, Brazil's brand-new all-composite, experimental-category Wega is attracting a lot of attention at the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo in Lakeland, Fla.

Tuskegee airman honored at pre-airshow festivities

Retired Lt. Col. George E. Hardy of the New England chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen was among honored guests at the thirty-ninth annual Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo on April 10.

Redbird launches AOPA Jay, growing sim community

Students and pilots who want to practice fly-in procedures to summer events or test their skills with new flight situations have a new option for a personal flight simulator, Redbird Flight Simulations announced April 10. Redbird officially launched the AOPA Jay, a single out-of-the-box simulator unit, during the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo in Lakeland, Fla.

Fun in the sun

Thousands are flying in and attending the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo this year, and they are finding plenty of time for some sun.

Veterans group shares message at Sun ’n Fun

May, Jones, Peacock, Kelley, Sager, and Ward

Larry Kelley, owner and pilot of Panchito, a B-25J Mitchell bomber that he has lovingly restored and maintains, has joined forces with the Disabled American Veterans Flight Team to spread the message to American veterans that "they are not alone."

Talks seen opening Florida airstrip to public

A state-owned airfield in the Florida Panhandle could become a recreational destination for pilots if the nonprofit Recreational Aviation Foundation and the Florida Forest Service complete an expected agreement on access in the next few months.

MW Fly brings new engines to Sun ’n Fun

Italy's MW Fly, a spinoff of MW Motor Sports, has brought its new line of Aeropower engines, designed for light sport and experimental aircraft to the United States to debut at the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo. The engines have been adapted from technology used to build motorsport engines.

‘From LOL to SOS’: DeLorme adds virtual keyboard

A new model of inReach satellite communications device offers a color screen, virtual keyboard, and the ability to text any cellphone, email address, or social media page, DeLorme announced at the Sun 'n Fun International Fly-In & Expo April 9.