This area will also provide support services like the Pilot Welcome Center, camp store, ticket sales, shower houses, Uber & Lyft services and Publix Instacart grocery delivery. Warbird pilots will be in close proximity to the event’s “new” venue, The Island! This new and exciting area will provide entertainment, presentations and refreshments all day and into the evening. SUN ‘n FUN is proud to be your partner, and we remain committed to building the Warbirds community and sharing your efforts to Keep ‘em Flying! Your ongoing support has been critical in this new era, and on behalf of everyone here at SUN ‘n FUN / ACE I’d like to extend our warmest thanks and an enthusiastic invitation to join us again in 2023. To showcase the dramatic success we are seeing, I hope you’ll make it over to the south side of the campus to tale a tour of the brand new Ramus SkyLab Innovations Center, a 22,000 square foot expansion of the Florida Air Museum and is home to a convertible environment that will house exhibits, workshops, even Science on Sphere.

The members of the largest high school flying club in the world have several vintage aircraft restoration projects underway, and you might even get a turn in their $125,000 full-motion Redbird Simulator that they built themselves! I also highly recommend a tour of the Lakeland Aero Club while you are here. If you have not had the chance to meet some of these remarkable young people, I encourage you to ask! They are right here alongside you during the Fly-In, volunteering as ambassadors and showcasing the positive impact that your contributions are having. Thanks to your help, we’ve now pinned Private Pilot’s wings on 142 students under our scholarship program! The mission of our Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) is to “Engage, Educate, and Accelerate the next generation of Aerospace Professionals”, and we can’t think of a better way to usher them in than by introducing them to the fantastic history of the servicemen and women who have preserved our freedom with the aircraft you bring to our show. SUN ‘n FUN 2023 is right around the corner, and we are busy preparing for the return of some of our favorite aviators – WARBIRDS!!

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