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Table of ContentsFAA Building to remain open ................................................. 3The biggest threat to airshows ............................................. 4Are you ready for ADS-B? ...................................................... 8Tune into SUN ’n FUN Radio ................................................ 13Education for all ages during this week’s fly-in ............... 14Judging airplanes at SUN ’n FUN ....................................... 15International Visitors Center welcomes the world......... 19Map of the grounds ................................................................ 20Judges name Aircraft Award Winners ..............................30

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By JANICE WOOD

At Thursday’s Meet the FAA forum at SUN ’n FUN, the FAA’s Deputy Admin-istrator Michael Whitaker let the crowd know that agency officials have received the message “loud and clear” that the FAA building on the SUN ’n FUN campus is an important component of the airport.

“We heard quite a bit about this last year,” Whitaker said.

He acknowledged that the building was on the “chopping block” last year, but noted that FAA officials heard “quite a bit” from SUN ’n FUN officials and those attending the fly-in about how important it is to keep the FAA Safety Team Nation-al Resource Center open.

After an impassioned plea from the mother of a Central Florida Aerospace Academy student at Thursday’s gathering to keep the building open, Whitaker made

a definitive statement to the crowd: “It was on the chopping block last year, but it’s not on the chopping block now.”

Last year’s sequestration and federal fi-nancial woes led agency officials to “look at reducing the FAA’s footprint,” he ac-knowledged. “We have a lot on our plate that we have to balance,” he told the SUN ’n FUN crowd.

He said that after last year’s SUN ’n FUN, the agency found some “innovative schemes” to keep the facility open so “it can continue to grow here.”

Keeping the facility open is impor-tant to SUN ’n FUN officials, according to President John “Lites” Leenhouts. “It means the FAA will have a presence on the SUN ’n FUN campus for at least an-other five years,” he said. “That represents the FAA’s involvement in our education programs. We want the students to see a positive relationship with the FAA.”

It’s also important for the pilot popula-tion, he noted. “The pilot population wants a positive relationship with the FAA,” he

said. “Here they can fly in and walk right into talk to the FAA safety team before there are problems.”

FAA Building to remain open

Silver Wings Fraternity donated $2,000 to Women in Aviation, with the check hand delivered to WAI President Peggy Chabrian by Silver Wings President Jan-ice George during the Women in Aviation Lunch held in the Buehler Restoration

Center on Friday during SUN ’n FUN.Silver Wings fraternity was founded af-

ter World War II to get people interested in aviation. To be eligible for membership, a person must have logged a solo flight in a powered aircraft at least 25 years ago.

After the presentation, the guests were treated to a panel of women with careers in aviation, including Karen Goulian, the wife of airshow performer Michael Goulian, airshow performer and aerial firefighter Patty Wagstaff, Chelsea Welch,

a ferry pilot and the founder of Abingdon Watches, and Angela West, the general manager of Stallion 51.

Learn more about Women in Aviation at the organization’s exhibit in Hangar A, Booth 57.

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By BILL WALKER

How do airplanes fly?That’s one of the most popular queries

among the hundreds of questions SUN n’ FUN Education Director John Iskra might be asked by students during the year.

His answer differs according to the questioner, Iskra explains.

He could take a scientific approach and cite aspects of Bernoulli’s Principle as it relates to flight.

“But it’s a lot easier to tell a youngster ‘push air down and the plane goes up,’” the educator said. Even that answer has a proper scientific basis, following Sir Isaac Newton’s studies, Iskra adds.

Not all the questions involve so much contemplation or scientific consideration for Iskra, the 2014 Ray M. Lien SUN n’ FUN Teacher of the Year.

“A young person will walk by an air-plane…and ask is that real?” Iskra said. “You say yes, that’s a flying airplane.”

Or he might shift from science to eco-nomics to teach about aircraft.

“For example, we ask how did the Wright brothers pay for their plane?” he said. “Or we can teach physics or put the lesson in historical context.”

A student might wonder if he or she has the skill to fly, Iskra said. “We ask, can you ride a bicycle? Do you like the feel of the wind in your face? Can you steer a bike? If the answers are yes, we say, you’ll probably be okay in an airplane.”

For Iskra and the educators who work with him year round on the SUN ’n FUN campus, it is all about reaching kids on an individual basis. Teachers are constantly trying to find the right connection one-on-one and the best way to access and utilize knowledge students already have. “I want to add that we have great volunteers here for all our programs,” Iskra said.

Iskra, who joined the SUN n’ FUN team in 2012, gets a chance to answer a lot of questions, complex and simple, in his work at the Tom Davis Aerospace Ed-ucation Center on the SUN ’n FUN Con-vention campus. He estimated from 5,000 to 6,000 students take part yearly in the

education projects and programs offered by the center.

During school visits, where Iskra sup-plements the instruction of a local teach-er, he gets an opportunity to use his full range of teaching strategies. He said in the schools his discussions with kids about how things can fly are usually the most interesting ones he has.

“Two differing answers on how things fly,” he explained. “I’m looking for phys-ics. But the answers that come back can be airplanes fly to get me to my grandma’s house. And that’s a very good answer so-ciologically and I take it and go on from there.”

The most popular of Iskra’s education programs are normally the activity work-shops at the Piedmont Hangar near the Florida Air Museum. Children from kin-dergarten age to sixth grade explore with items such as kites, windsocks, parachutes, foam airplanes and paper airplanes. Stu-dents in grades 7-12 work with engines,

electrical circuits, motors, weather, wave forms, rocketry and a flight simulator.

Iskra noted that two types of summer camps from June through August are of-fered to students on the SUN ’n FUN campus. Campers aged 7-12 are exposed to a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) curriculum that in-cludes rocketry, flight simulation, robotics and hands-on construction. A week-long Destination Aviation summer camp offers an aviation-oriented curriculum. Day and residential campers learn about the parts of an airplane, aerodynamics, basic navi-gation, weather, pre-flighting and flying aircraft. He added that students have an opportunity at the end of the week to fly with a flight instructor at Flight Safety in Vero Beach, Florida.

“Our mission here is clear,” Iskra con-cluded. “We strive to preserve and en-hance the future of flight through world-class events, inspiring and educating people of all ages.”

SUN ’n FUN educator focuses on kids

BY JANICE WOOD

Most SUN ’n FUN attendees probably don’t realize it, but SUN ’n FUN will have a big bill to pay after this year’s event.

The FAA is charging the fly-in $250,000 for the controllers who manned the event.

“We don’t have that kind of money,” said SUN ’n FUN President John “Lites” Leenhouts.

“The cost of controllers is threatening airshows,” added Chairman Bob Knight.

The two noted that having to pay a quarter of a million dollars for controllers means SUN ’n FUN can’t dedicate that money to its mission to create new pilots.

“That $250,000 out of pocket takes out

20 potential pilots,” Leenhouts said. During this week’s show, Knight and

Leenhouts had a meeting with Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) President Mark Baker and Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chairman Jack Pelton to discuss what the GA com-munity can do to solve this problem.

Leenhouts noted that EAA’s bill for the upcoming AirVenture in Oshkosh is double SUN ’n FUN’s, coming in at $500,000.

“We’re trying to put together a strategy to get relief from this horrific taxation of an event that promotes aviation,” Leen-houts said.

“Maybe we should get the FAA’s at-

tention by shutting down airshows for a year,” Knight said, adding quickly that they don’t plan to actually do that.

But, he noted, that would hurt the FAA’s coffers.

“We use so much aviation fuel during the show that the government gets more in taxes than what we have to pay for the controllers,” he said.

Both Knight and Leenhouts were quick to point out that they know the controllers aren’t the problem — it’s the administra-tion.

“The controllers are great people who keep this event safe,” Leenhouts said. “It’s the administration — they want us to fee the pain, and it is painful.”

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By TOM SNOW

“This is an art fest, not an airshow,” says Murray Kot of Mulmer, Ontario, Canada, easily one of the most enthusiastic War-bird pilots at SUN ’n FUN this year.

A first-timer at Lakeland, Kot was over-whelmed by beautiful planes as he looked out from under the wing of his freshly-restored 1956 Cessna L-19 Bird Dog taildragger. He enjoyed showing his clas-sic observation plane to passers-by as he eagerly awaited the arrival of the warbird judges.

The retired 71-year-old professional pi-lot flew for 14 different airlines during his career, including some time in Cambodia “flying DC-3s and trying to stay alive.” With over 22,000 hours in the air, his last professional flying gig was with Cathey Pacific. “Now I only fly when the sun is up and the sky is blue,” says Kot with his ever-present grin.

Originally operated as a trainer by a small aviation unit of the Canadian Army at Rivers Air Base in Manitoba, Kot’s

Bird Dog ended up towing gliders for a civilian operation in British Columbia on the west coast of Canada.

Kot’s son found the plane for sale on the Internet and persuaded his father to

buy it as a restoration project, but first they had to ferry it all the way across the wilderness of Canada.

“I’m not eager to repeat that cross-country flight from the west coast back to

Toronto,” said Kot.The history of the plane gradually

emerged as the L-19 was stripped and restored at Purple Hill Air of Thorndale, Ontario. One of the highlights of the proj-ect was when Kot made contact with the family of Bill Brown, who flew the plane extensively while it was in military ser-vice. They gave him Brown’s flight jack-et to display with the plane.

To add to the authentic look of the res-toration, Kot also collected other items to display in the cockpit, such as original charts from the 1960s and an unopened pack of cigarettes like the pilots would have smoked back then.

Eager to experience all that SUN ’n FUN has to offer, Kot joined the large group of volunteers that make the fly-in possible.

And since he rises early to deliver the daily newspaper to the SUN ’n FUN To-day newsstands all over the grounds, he probably delivered the issue that you hold in your hands today.

Volunteer brings his Bird Dog to show for first time

By JANICE WOOD

In his opening remarks at the Meet the FAA forum Thursday at SUN ’n FUN, FAA Deputy Administrator Michael Whi-taker, a new pilot, noted that he came in a day early to the show so he could take some time to walk around the grounds and see everything. “I was encouraged to see all the ADS-B equipment,” he said, noting that “in the last 12 months there has been a lot of activity surrounding ADS-B.”

ADS-B — Automatic Dependent Sur-veillance-Broadcast — is the cornerstone

of the Next Generation Air Transportation System, known as NextGen.

“ADS-B is how we will control traffic in the future,” he said. “All the ground in-frastructure has been installed and as 2020 comes nearer, we will transition from ra-dar to ADS-B.”

ADS-B provides more accurate track-ing of aircraft than radar, he said, noting that if an ADS-B equipped plane has an emergency and goes down, there won’t be a need to search for it as its location will be known. “We won’t have to concentrate on the search, just the rescue,” he said.

By Jan. 1, 2020, any aircraft traveling in controlled airspace must be equipped for ADS-B-Out — and Whitaker made it clear at SUN ’n FUN that the date for the mandate won’t change.

The FAA held a “Call to Action” recent-ly to assess where the aviation industry stood in terms of equipping for ADS-B. While the airlines are getting aboard, GA has lagged behind. “The biggest issue we heard — loud and clear — from GA was price,” he said. “But already we’ve seen the lowest price on equipment drop from $4,000 to about $2,000.”

That price drop is attributed to com-petition in the marketplace, he acknowl-edged.

He also noted that as the industry gears up to meet the mandate, it’s important that aircraft owners start equipping now.

“Installation is the tricky part of the equation,” he said. “Lots of planes need to start equipping now or the avionics shops will be overloaded.”

He reported that 8,000 GA airplanes had been equipped with ADS-B in just the last eight months. “So that’s a trend in the right direction,” he said.

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This is not your grandfather’s Mooney …The distinctive “backwards” tail re-mains, but Mooney’s new M10 design, a full scale mockup that made its U. S. debut at SUN ’n FUN on Tuesday, repre-sents an important part of Dr. Jerry Chen’s vision for the company’s future.

Chen, Mooney’s CEO, wants pilots to be able to progress from trainers to high speed cruisers while staying within the Mooney product line.

“The M10T and M10J are bringing new technology and innovations to general aviation and Mooney aircraft that have not been seen before,” said Chen, who is a native of Taiwan and has been a U. S. resident since 1996.

Chen took charge of Mooney in late 2013, when he and an investor group pur-chased the iconic Kerrville, Texas-based company, which had operated under previous ownership for five years with a skeleton crew that focused on supporting the fleet instead of producing new planes.

Since then, the aggressive business plan

developed by Chen, a PhD aeronautical engineer, has been steadily implemented by his experienced management team. Leading the way in Kerrville is Mooney veteran Tom Bowen, who returned as Chief Operations Officer after several years at other aircraft manufacturers.

A significant infusion of capital allowed

modernization of the Mooney factory with new production machinery.

In addition, the Kerrville workforce has been increased from eight to 136 and a new R&D center was opened in Chino, California, that now employs 70.

A small but growing sales office in Bei-jing, China, shows Chen’s focus on that

emerging general aviation market.Mooney’s speedy all-metal M20 Ova-

tion and Acclaim models have returned to production and remain flagships of the fleet. Chen is currently focusing on mod-ernizing the manufacturing process to reduce the labor content of those niche-market planes, which are essentially hand-made.

The two new smaller and less-expen-sive M10 models represent significant firsts for Mooney, with modern carbon fi-ber construction, double doors, side-stick controls and Continental turbocharged diesel engines.

The 135-hp, three-seat, fixed-gear M10T is aimed at the trainer market, with a student pilot and instructor up front and an observer in the rear jump seat. The re-tractable-gear M10J model is aimed at the owner-pilot and includes more fuel capac-ity (44 gallons), a larger 155-hp turbo die-sel, and retractable landing gear.

Chen hopes to have the proof-of-con-cept M10T flying this summer, which could lead to FAA certification in late 2017.

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By JANICE WOOD

On opening day of SUN ’n FUN, of-ficials with Mooney International signed a contract with Redbird Flight Simula-tions for Mooney to represent Redbird in China. “We are making new history for Mooney,” said Dr. Jerry Chen, CEO of Mooney Aircraft.

The partnership between Mooney and Redbird began about 18 months ago when officials with Kerrville, Texas-based Mooney approached Austin, Texas-based Redbird about creating customized full-motion Redbird FMX flight simulators to simulate the Mooney M20TN Acclaim Type S. These Advanced Aviation Train-ing Devices were installed at three of Mooney’s locations — Kerrville, Chino, Calif., and Bejing, China.

“We’re very excited about the part-nership we’ve built with Redbird. Their

products are at the leading edge of flight training technology, enhance safety, and will be an important tool for the develop-ment of general aviation in China,” said Chen. “We think Redbird’s simulators have tremendous potential in China, es-pecially given our strong presence in that marketplace.”

Mooney and Redbird’s partnership ex-tends beyond offering just Mooney-spe-cific simulators. Mooney will distribute Redbird’s complete line of products in China, including simulators for Cessna, Cirrus, and Piper aircraft, officials with both companies noted at SUN ’n FUN.

“This partnership with Mooney is a logical extension of an already successful relationship,” said Todd Willinger, CEO of Redbird Flight Simulations. “They’ve been great customers in the past and we’re very pleased to have them represent Red-bird in China.”

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German manufacturer MT-Propeller planned only an introduction of its new-est model at SUN n’ FUN 2015. But sales began almost from the moment the five-blade MTV-27 model was placed on display. “We were just hoping to show the propeller at SUN ’n FUN and hoped for sales later, but we sold eight of them priced at $128,000 each in the first two days of the show,” said MT-Vice President and General Manager Martin Albrecht.

The firm, located near Atting in South-ern Germany, said it received the FAA STC for the QFJ 5-blade propeller on the Beech King Air 350 just last week.

“We have already done over $1 million in sales in the first few days,” said Al-brecht. “That is great. It was completely unexpected. It really shows how impor-tant it is to have your products at SUN ’n FUN.”

The FAA STC is for the 5-blade scimi-tar composite propeller MTV-27-1-E-C-F-R(P)/CFR260-65b on the Beech King Air 300/350 Series powered by the en-gines P&WC PT6A-60A.

MT President Gerd Muehlbauer said the new propellers provide an 8% im-provement in takeoff and climb perfor-mance and cruise is increased by four to five knots.

The MTV-27 has bonded nickel alloy along the leading edges for better protec-

tion of the blades, Albrecht said.“Natural composite blades provide the

best vibration damping characteristics for almost vibration free propeller operation and a significant reduction in cabin noise,” he added. “And these special blades are repairable in case of foreign object dam-age. Our propellers have no life limitation and their construction provides maximum durability and reliability and they are suit-able for all weather operation.”

Albrecht said MT-Propeller is the world’s leading natural composite pro-peller manufacturer with 30 propeller models from 2-blade to 6-blade hydrauli-

cally controlled variable pitch propellers for engines producing up to 5000 horse-power and 2-blade to 4-blade electrically controlled variable pitch propellers for engines producing up to 350 hp as well as two-blade fixed pitch propellers. He added that MT-Propeller is the holder of more than 200 STCs worldwide and is the original equipment manufacturer for more than 90% of the European aircraft industry, as well as 30% of the U.S. air-craft industry with more than 16,000 pro-peller systems flying.

See the propeller at the company’s ex-hibit in Hangar A, Booths 81-82.

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SEAPLANE Grand Champion 2009 Spencer Air Car S-12-G, N356WB William Burtis, Palm Harbor, Fla.Reserve Grand Champion 1971 Cessna 172 Amphibian, N172FP Julie Ann Floyd, Key West, Fla.Best Float Plane Fabric 1939 C-165 Air-master, NC19498 Glenn Larson, Sarasota, Fla.Best Float Plane Metal 1958 Cessna 175, N7223M Bob Welch, Rockwood, Maine

Best Amphibian 1947 Republic Seabee RC3, CFDOQ M.Q. Lush, Mono, OntarioMost Unique Seaplane 1942 Consolidated Vickers PBY-5A, N222FT Wilson Edwards, Garden City, Texas

ROTORCRAFT Best Helicopter 2006 Mosquito Air (ultralight) Paul Grieshaber, Mooresville, N.C.

LIGHT-SPORT AIRCRAFT Grand Champion 2015 Just Aircraft Su-perSTOL, N826AK Gary Jamieson, Eagle River, AlaskaReserve Grand Champion 1999 KitFox IV, N42874 Herb Tipton, Mobile, Ala.Best Commercial 2015 Revo, N250EV Larry Mednick, Zephyr Hills, Fla.Outstanding Fixed Wing 2014 Pipist-rel Taurus, N275D Stephen Dee, Cordova, Tenn.

ULTRALIGHT Grand Champion 2015 Rev Larry Med-nick, Zephyr Hills, Fla.Reserve Grand Champion 2015 SkyCy-cle Michael Theeke, Wildwood, Ga.

Best Commercial Fixed Wing ProCub Lite James Wiebe, Wichita, Kan.Best Trike Factory 2015 SkyCycle Mi-chael Theeke, Wildwood, Ga.

HOMEBUILT Grand Champion Plans 2008 Marquart Charger, N279Y Mark Gilmore, Muncie, Ind.Grand Champion-Kit 2013 Lancair Leg-acy RG, N11LL William Ford, Durango, Colo.Reserve Grand Champion Kit 2014 Van’s RV-8, N951WT William Shook, Au-rora, Colo.Reserve Grand Champion Plans 2014 JS Cub, N128JS Jay Stanford II, St. Mary’s, Ga.Best Metal 2012 Van’s RV-7, N732TS Tom Savrda, Vero Beach, Fla.Best Composite 2014 Glasair 3, N97KD Don Yoakley, Fleming Island, Fla.Outstanding Homebuilt 2014 Lancair Evolution, N38SP Neal Longwill, Austin, TexasBest Workmanship 2012 Van’s RV-7, N485AM Richard Mizeika, Stoughton, Mass.Best Low Wing 2008 Sonex, N178KT Robert Mika, Overland Park, Kan.Best Auto Engine 2014 SaberWing Pro-

totype, N120SW William Clapp, Valdosta, Ga.Best Innovative Design 2013 Wood-pecker, N809BA Brian Austein, Hernando, Miss.Best Biplane 2000 Starduster SA300, N459K Kevin Shaw, Woodstock, Ga.Best Workmanship 2012 Van’s RV-7, N485AM Richard Mizeika, Stoughton, MassOutstanding Aircraft 2015 Van’s RV-12, N912EN David Malcomb, Oviedo, Fla.Outstanding Aircraft, 2014 Van’s RV-12, N910EN David Holcomb, Oviedo, Fla.Outstanding Aircraft 2014 Van’s RV-12, N906EN Eagle’s Nest Projects, League City, TexasOutstanding Aircraft 2013 Van’s RV-12, N903EN Eagle’s Nest Projects, League City, TexasYouth Achievement Eagle’s Nest Pro-gram

WARBIRDS Grand Champion 1941 L-1 Stinson Vigi-lant, N63230 Kermit Weeks, Polk City, Fla.Reserve Grand Champion 1943 SNJ-4 North American, N6360G David Vanden-berg, Chula Vista, Calif.Grand Champion Post WWII 1951 L-19 Cessna, N5308G Stewart Ellis, Luthers-ville, Ga.Best Fighter 1945 P-51 North American, N51MX Louis Horschel, Springville, N.Y.Best Trainer 1942 PT-19 Fairchild, N58109 Michael Mock, Tampa, Fla.Best Transport 1955 L-26 Aero Design, N30U Scott Main, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.Best Liaison 1954 L-21B Piper, N120KH Harvey Hawkins, Asheville, N.C.Preservation Award 1956 L-19 Cessna, C-FTAL Murray Kot, Mulmur, OntarioJudges Choice 1945 C54E SkyMaster Douglas, N500EJ Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation, Toms River, N.J.

COMMERCIAL DISPLAYS Best Indoor Display East Coast Aircraft Painting, B-30 Best Outdoor Display Aviat, MD-30-31

Chairman of the Board Award Recipients

Wayne Harris Susan and Scot Norton Katy Clements Laura Sherwood Ron Barretto Roy “Bunk” Chase Paul and Linda Carter Mike Green Cliff Aiken Frank Klatt David Nielsen

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By MEG GODLEWSKI

Warbirds are some the most popular aircraft on display at SUN ’n FUN. In fact, they are so popular that the size of the Warbird Ramp was doubled this year and given a new name: Warbird Country.

All week the ramp has been crowded. And one of the people on the ramp is Mike Burke from Jacksonville, Florida. Burke, co-chair of Warbirds Judging, spends a lot of time in Warbird Country looking at these expensive and meticulously main-tained machines.

Burke, who has been coming to SUN ’n FUN for decades, has also spent time as a judge for Homebuilt, Classic and Con-temporary aircraft. He enjoys working in Warbirds because they are such a draw. This is his third year as a Warbird Judge.

“The fighters are the most popular,” he says. “People want to see the glory birds, the ones that used to engage in combat. The bombers are the next most popular.”

In addition to bombers, fighters and reconnaissance aircraft, usually a fair amount of training airplanes, such as Stearmans and T-6s, make it to the show.You see them in row after row. It can be a challenge to find the best of the best when there are so many to choose from, Burke says. “The reason there are so many of them is that more trainers than fighters and bombers survived the war,” he said. “Also, the trainers cost a lot less to oper-ate then, say, a fighter or a bomber.”

Photographs are key when it comes to accurately restoring any aircraft. Ac-cording to Burke, one of the challenges of restoring a Warbird is that most of the

photographs are in black and white. That means the restorer needs to find paint chips to make sure the color is authentic.

“If it is close between two aircraft — like they are separated by a tenth of a point let’s say — we will ask to see the color chips,” he says. “There are color chips for all airplanes. Even the zinc chromate, which is often on the inside of the aircraft, has varying hues. We want to make sure it is right for that particular airplane.”

One of Burke’s favorite parts of the job is when he is near a Warbird and en-counters a veteran who flew the airplane so many years ago. Often they share their stories with Burke.

“We see the World War II veterans in fewer numbers every year,” Burke sighs. “They are getting well along in years, and many of them are too old to travel now.”

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Adventure Pilot has introduced iFly 740 GPS, a portable navigation solution for pilots.The 7-inch, 1300 nit Extreme Sunlight-Readable Touchscreen GPS is being offered at an introductory price of $899.

The new model replaces its predeces-

sor, the iFly 720, with a re-engineered touchscreen and twice the brightness.

The iFly 740 offers ADS-B NextGen benefits via a Wi-Fi or Serial connection to a majority of today’s popular ADS-B Receivers and Transceivers. Pilots may further extend ADS-B benefits to the iFly

GPS App for iOS and Android devices with one subscription.

A new integrated circuit-protected Li-Po battery provides the iFly 740 with ap-proximately 30-35 minutes of emergency power or simple flight planning and filing on the go.

Features include performance increases of more than 30% and double the RAM, as well as the new EasyView Seamless Charts, a set of higher-resolution charts.

Find out more at Adventure Pilot’s ex-hibit on the grounds, Hangar D, Booths 8-9.

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The SubSonex Air Show, flown by per-former Bob Carlton, made its worldwide debut at this week’s show. Carlton per-formed on opening day and will perform again today. His routine features maneu-vers previously unheard of in a jet aero-batic routine, according to officials with Sonex Aircraft.

“The SubSonex microjet is capable of speeds of 300 mph,” said Carlton, “and can perform all the classic aerobatics, including maneuvers like tail slides, nor-mally considered taboo in a jet. But it’s not just about high speed. With its incredibly wide speed range, the SubSonex can turn tight and stay close so that air how specta-tors aren’t waiting for a turnaround.”

Although Carlton has previously dem-onstrated the SubSonex before crowds at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh with some low passes, this week is the debut of a fully-

aerobatic, full-length routine in the air-craft.

Carlton performs his routine in a stock SubSonex JSX-2 Personal Jet. The Sub-Sonex is available as a kit aircraft from Sonex Aircraft, and the first seven cus-tomer kits were delivered in early 2015. The microjet is powered by the PBS TJ-100 engine, producing 247 pounds of thrust. The jet features fully retractable landing gear, a BRS full-aircraft recovery parachute, higher fuel capacity in a rota-tionally molded cross-linked polyethylene fuel cell, and removable wings.

Along with the debut of the SubSonex Air Show, Sonex Aircraft returns to SUN ’n FUN as an exhibitor — the first time since 2006. Sonex is in the North East Ex-hibit area, booth NE-29, and the AeroVee Turbo powered Sonex Sport Acro will be on display, along with the SubSonex.

SubSonex airshow debuts

At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014, more than 2,500 volunteers helped build the One Week Wonder Zenith CH 750 Cruzer airplane in just seven days, shin-ing a spotlight squarely on homebuild-ing at show center. This summer at EAA AirVenture 2015, the Experimental Air-craft Association (EAA) will embark on another project that further highlights aircraft homebuilding while also raising awareness of the worldwide EAA chapter network.

Project “Give Flight” will focus on building five sets of wings for various types of kit-built aircraft. The goal is to give those completed wing sets to five different EAA chapters to jump-start five projects that EAA hopes will lead to the formation of five flying clubs.

The volunteer-based project will occur at the main crossroads of the EAA Air-Venture grounds on Celebration Way, the same location that hosted the One Week Wonder. Volunteers will build the wings on each of the seven days of the conven-tion and, like last year, anyone who walks

by can participate by pulling a rivet.The chapters that receive the completed

wings for free will then be responsible for raising the funds necessary to complete the aircraft. Although EAA chapters are not allowed to operate an aircraft, they are allowed to build and restore them. Then, if a group of EAA members wants to form an independent flying club, they have an aircraft as a club focus.

“By kicking this off at Oshkosh we will get to highlight two of EAA’s core activi-ties — homebuilding and chapters — to tens of thousands of people,” said Char-lie Becker, EAA homebuilt community manager. “Plus, we will get to promote the concept that flying clubs are a way to reduce the cost of learning to fly as well as the barriers to participation in aviation.”

Becker envisions seeing all five com-pleted aircraft displayed by the Brown Arch in Oshkosh someday, inspiring other chapters to take on a homebuilt project.

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By TOM SNOW

With dozens of interesting forums available on the SUN ’n FUN grounds, it’s hard to choose which one to attend.

However, the title of Gary Reeves’ pro-gram stood out — “10 Ways Using Your iPad can cause FAA Violations and Acci-dents.”

“With so many pilots now using iPads for navigation and weather information, FAA violations related to them have in-creased ten-fold,” says Reeves, a Master Flight Instructor with an ATP rating and 5,500 hours total time.

Recently honored as the FAA’s 2014 Instructor of the Year for the Long Beach, California District, Reeves loves to teach.

He founded Pilot Safety Institute to reach a larger audi-ence. Membership in the non-profit organization dedi-cated to reducing general aviation accidents is free.

In his new role, Reeves has transi-tioned from one-on-one flight instruction to public speaking on aviation-related subjects. His six most popular programs have been recorded and are now available on DVD.

Although Reeves is a huge fan of Fore-Flight, as are many pilots using iPads in

the cockpit, his forum on Wednesday was an eye-opener.

Here are his 10 ways to get into trouble using an iPad in flight:

Not taking time to learn the software, which can lead to critical mistakes, such as turning TFR warnings off;

Having the iPad turn off at a critical time due to overheating or a dead battery;

Multitasking and “head down” issues related to iPad use when the pilot should be looking outside the cockpit;

iPad zoom issues — not zooming out to look far enough ahead;

Relaying on expired weather data for cockpit decisions;

Depending on the software for ter-rain awareness … yellow does not mean

you’re safe; Geo-referencing not saved; Failing to get an FAA-legal weather

briefing; Programming errors (garbage in …

garbage out); Navigating closer than two miles from

restricted airspace, which can cause viola-tions because the FAA’s obsolete radar is not as accurate as onboard satellite navi-gation systems.

To purchase a video version of Reeves’ iPad talk and other aviation subjects, such as Mountain Flying and IFR Made Easy, visit his outdoor booth located on the grass area behind the Pilot Mall store or go to PilotSafety.org.

How an iPad can get you in trouble

By ELIZABETH WALKER

The RAF Cadets volunteering at SUN n’ FUN 2015 put on a “proper” British tea at their camp site Thursday.

RAF squadron leader Flight Lt. John Wohlgemuth said the event was in honor of St. George, England’s patron Saint.

The St. George’s Day Tea drew dozens

of guests from various areas of SUN ’n FUN, particularly volunteers and officials from the event leadership.

The chef and organizer for the food and beverage part of the tea was Sgt. Alan Hublin, who is a Savoy Hotel-trained chef who said he began working with the RAF Cadets because his grandchildren have been participating in cadet activities.

Visitors to the Camp Cliff Mullins site arrived to find a display of St. George flags and an array of finger sandwiches, scones with jam, English pastries, and, of course, real tea from England.

Preparation of the sweets was particu-larly easy for Hublin, who said he is op-erations director of a dessert factory in the United Kingdom.

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A new blog will soon debut on the SUN ’n FUN website chronicling the aviation adventures of Catie Rosenoff, a 16-year-old honors student at George Jenkins High School in Lakeland.

Catie has been around aviation her whole life, as her Dad is an A&P/IA. He’s currently restoring a Piper Cherokee 140 and also builds RC aircraft.

“I get to hang out with him and help if he needs it,” Catie said during SUN ’n FUN. “It’s cool that I can see that side of it and also see the pilot side of it.”

She’s also the recipient of a James C. Ray flight training scholarship, learning to fly at Kingsky Flight Academy at Lake-land Linder Regional Airport, which has two Cherokees in its fleet.

“They are very similar to my Dad’s, so that’s good,” she said.

Catie is set to take her check ride on her 17th birth-day, Aug. 3.

The high school junior has no doubt she will have a career in the aviation industry. “I fell in love with everything about it,” she says.She’s trying to decide between being an aerospace engineer or a corporate or airline pilot.

You can follow her adventures at SUN-n-FUN.org.

By MEG GODLEWSKI

Most pilots know Jeppesen for its ap-proach plates and en route charts, but there is another side of the company dedi-cated to the training of not only pilots, but also maintenance technicians.

You can find out much more by visiting the Jeppesen Training Experience in the Aerospace Discovery at the Florida Air Museum on the SUN ’n FUN campus.

“The museum is a prime location for the experience, because the museum is a focal point for school groups who visit SUN ’n FUN and are looking at careers in aviation,” says Bob Brannan, product manager for aviation training solutions at Jeppesen. He added there is an addi-tional Jeppesen exhibit on the main show grounds in Hangar C, Booths 18-20, showcasing the products the company is famous for.

The Jeppesen Training Experience is part shopping, part educational display. There are comfortable couches to give visitors a chance to sit down and talk about training materials they may be in-terested in, as well as get their questions answered about the process of flight or maintenance training.

You’ll find educational texts and manu-als materials for both pilots and mainte-nance technicians. As many colleges and universities use the Jeppesen syllabus in their programs, it’s an excellent opportu-nity to see what is required for that course of study. You can also pick up pilot sup-plies like plotters, an E6-B, and even a Professional Pilot Logbook.

Brannan, a CFI, CFII and MEI, has de-cades of experience teaching. He noted that people learn in different ways. Some may prefer hard-copy materials such as the Jeppesen textbooks, and benefit from a traditional ground school that uses a powerpoint presentation that uses the same figures and images that appear in the textbooks.

Other students may do better with the ever-evolving electronic technology.

“We are talking e-books and online courses that are interactive and browser-based so it doesn’t matter if the client is using a PC or a Mac,” he says. “In ad-dition our enhanced E-pubs now have animation and videos so they aren’t just static.”

Brannan adds that Jeppesen is expand-ing the use of apps for mobile devices such as iPads, iPhones and Android devices.

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What’s happening todaySUN ’n FUN 2015

SUN ’n FUN FORUMSForums are held in classrooms at the Central Florida Aviation Academy (CFAA). Volunteers are near all entrances to help you find the right room.

Rm# 9 am

2 Decrease Costs: How to minimize and avoid Bird Strikes, Gary Cook/LtCol David Pauls-grove

3 Bird Strike reporting: Life cycle of a report, Sara Brammel/Mike Begier

4 Lead Acid Aircraft Battery Air-worthiness Chris Holder

Rm# 10 am

2 The Seaplane Pilots Asso-ciation Water Landing Directory App 101, Steven McCaughey

3 Tablet Technology Aware-ness, Tom Letts

4 Day in the life of a NORAD fighter pilot, LtCol Kevin Roethe/LtCol Mike McMillin

7 Mastering Crosswinds, Tay-lor Albrecht

Rm# 11 am

3 A&P/IA Licensing Process and FAR Review, Thomas D. Black

4 IFR made easy, Gary Reeves

7 The Politics of Aviation, Dan-ny Lucas

9 Engine Management, In-cluding Lean of Peak Operation, Bill Ross

Rm# 12 pm

2 Maintenance & Inspection of Standard and Tuned Exhaust Systems, Darren Tillman

3 3D Scanning and Printing: Potential for a New GA Aviation Industry, Dr. Damayanthie Elu-wawalage

4 Airpark Real Estate: Living the Dream, George Gratton

Rm# 1 pm

11 Light Sport Buying and Flying Tips Louis Mancuso

FAA FORUMSFAA Forums are held at the FAA Aviation Safety Center located in the middle of the exhibit area at the corner of Laird Drive and SUN ’n FUN Drive. The FAA Center opens daily at 8 am and the FAA Exhibits are open daily 9 am to 5 pm.8:30 am Pilot Deviations Expectation Bias, Rick Lovell, Daytona Beach Air Traf-fic Organization10 am Bahamas Flying, Greg Rolle, Ba-hamas AviationPARADISE CITY FORUMSLight-Sport Aircraft, Sport Pilot and Ul-tralight forums are held in the Paradise City Briefing/Forum Tent.10 a.m. Registration & Certification Of Homebuilt Aircraft, Timm Bogenhagen, EAA Forum

MUSEUM PROGRAMSNone scheduled today

AOPA ACTIVITY TENT FORUMSA variety of forums will be held through-out the week at the Aircraft Owners and Pi-lots Association (AOPA) Activity Tent.11 a.m. After The Crash: Surviving An Aircraft Accident, Mark Grady12 p.m. NORAD: TFRs, Special Use Air-space & Intercepts, Kevin Roethe1 p.m. Jeppesen: Climb Via…, James Morgan

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Aspen Avionics has reduced the price on its single-band ATX100 and ATX100G transceivers. Originally priced at $3,995, the ATX100 now lists for $2,645 while the ATX100G to $3,495 from $4,995. The ADS-B solutions are compatible with As-pen Evolution PFDs and MFDs. Each can utilize either a single, bottom-mounted antenna or a diversity antenna system (an-tennas not included in price) with top and bottom mounted antennas for optimum traffic detection. Learn more at Aspen’s exhibit in Hangar B, Booth 78.

Levil Technology Corp., which manu-factures GPS/ADS-B/AHRS/SV portable systems for iOS and Android tablets, has launched an upgrade to its existing line of Wireless Integrated Avionics Mod-ule (WIAM) systems. The new, portable iLevil2 SW and the permanent-mount iLevil2-AW provide the foundation for a virtual IFR panel display on any iPad or Android device. Their dual-band design will allow pilots to see more ADS-B traf-fic at any altitude, according to company officials.

Working with all major GPS/ADS-B apps, the iLevil2 SW is a backup when primary avionics or power systems fail — or anywhere situational awareness can be improved for VFR or IFR flying including Synthetic Vision (SV) and obstacle dis-

plays, company officials said. The iLevil2-AW is designed to be a permanent-mount WIAM and connects to the aircraft’s pitot static system, enabling it to provide ac-curate indicated airspeed (IAS), vertical speed indication (VSI) and barometric altitude for display on a compatible tab-let app. The AW is well suited for LSAs, experimental and kit/homebuilt and ultra-light aircraft where weight and cost are a concern, company officials noted.

The iLevel2 series also introduces new compatibility with ForeFlight and pro-vides additional solutions, such as the new Aero Watch App for Android Wear smart watches.

List price is $1,195 for iLevil2-SW and $1,395 for iLevil2-AW.

Learn more at the company’s exhibit in Hangar C, Booth 16.

Azalea Aviation introduced a new air-plane at SUN ’n FUN this year: The Sa-berwing. A composite two-place utilizing Azalea Aviation’s Spyder Corvair Con-version engine, it is capable of carrying two people, 40 gallons of fuel and 100 pounds of baggage at 150 mph burning less than 5 gallons per hour, according to company officials.

Look to find the prototype on the flight line, while Azalea Aviation is in the North Exhibit Area, Booth 8.

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avi-onics revealed at SUN ’n FUN that Cir-rus Aircraft will feature the company’s 2-inch MD302 Standby Attitude Module (SAM) on the all-digital Special Edition SR22T Accelero and GTS option pack-ages for the SR20, SR22 and SR22T aircraft. SAM is the first digital standby instrument to display attitude, altitude, airspeed, slip, vertical trend, and heading information in a 2-inch format, according to Mid-Continent officials.

For more information check out the Cirrus display in Hangar D, Booth 22.

Scheme Designers is showcasing this week its Cirrus Applied Art, 12 limited edition vinyl design sets available for Cir-rus aircraft. Only 15 of each set will be sold and each set is numbered and signed by the artist, according to company offi-cials. Each kit is $1,999 at the show (this does not include installation). Scheme Designers will work with each customer to create their color combination from the range of colors available.

Find out more at Scheme Designers ex-hibit in Hangar A, Booth 17.

Continental Motors Group has re-ceived the validation of its European supplemental type certificate (STC) by the FAA for the Piper PA28 family of air-

craft powered by the jet fuel diesel cycle engines CD-135 and CD-155. The STC includes the Piper PA-28 models PA28-140, PA28-150, PA28-151, PA28-161, PA28-161 Warrior II, PA28-161 Warrior III, PA28-161 Cadet and PA28-180.

The FAA validation of the European STC, completed in partnership with Piper Aircraft, will allow the direct conversion and certification of aircraft to Continental Motors’ diesel powerplants in the United States.

Find out more at Continental’s exhibit on the grounds in Hangar C, Booths 10-12, or at Piper’s exhibit in the Manufac-turer’s Display area, Spaces 18-19.

Flight Outfitters has introduced two new bags made specifically for pilots. The Thrust is designed with a single, ad-justable padded shoulder strap to “sling it” over your shoulder. It is small enough to fit between or under the seats, yet still accommodates an iPad and ANR headset, company officials note. Price: $79. The Lift is a pilot bag with a fleece-lined head-set pocket and a protective iPad sleeve. Multiple organizer sections inside keep everything separated, while an external pocket is ideal for a back-up radio, com-pany officials noted. Price: $99.

Both bags are on display in the Flight Outfitters booth in Hangar A, Booth 30.

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