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This Stits SA-7 is the testbed for the new turbocharged Corvair engine being developed by our friends at The Corvair Authority. This Stits airplane is a bit odd in that it isn't covered in Stits fabric.
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This is a nice lineup of RANS airplanes... two S-7 Couriers and an S-6S Capella.
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Two nice Cubs... the yellow one is the new Legend Cub.
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The Legend Cub is a nice-looking machine.
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This WW1 replica looked like it was just waiting for the Red Baron to show up.
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Beware the Hun in the Sun!
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A spaceship waits for the mother ship to return...
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... Oh wait, it's just a Dyke Delta. This is a 4-seat airplane... the pilot sits in front, and there are three seats across the back.
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This turbine-powered Aerocomp can haul a LOT of cargo... but it will never win any beauty contests!
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This is a one-off carbon-fiber design called the Raptor. It only has 45 hours on it so far. Rate of climb is about 10,000 ft/min and it's fully pressurized.
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Some warbirds are quite colorful.
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A very friendly-looking DC-3 patiently awaits the start of the show.
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The TBM Avenger is a large beast of a plane... this nice example is from the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Dallas.
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Each prop blades on this Sea Fury is larger than the wings of some of the smallest homebuilts.
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Glacier Girl, the P-38 that was restored after being dug out from under 238 feet of ice in Greenland, arrived at Sunset. What a beautiful sight.
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One guess at what kind of RV this is.
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This Aeronca C-3 wasn't exactly the sleekest plane ever designed, but many people learned to fly in them.
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The C-3's cockpit is pretty basic.
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The Thatcher CX-4 is a very attractive, single place aluminum light plane.
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Dave Thatcher was kind enough to invite your fearless Webmaster to try the CX-4 on for size... it fit pretty well!
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Wicks Aircraft has finally discovered the long-lost Holy Grail of Wing Ribs.
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The Yellowbird Skybolt is parked right in front of the Aerobatics tent.
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Barrett Brummett and Mike Hughes refill the Skybolt's wing tank with smoke oil in preparation for tomorrow's fly-bys.
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Mike Hughes ande Mike Jones get the prop display ready. This year we have both MT and Hoffmann props on display.
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We can't wait for the show to start!
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Barrett's Pitts S1-C is parked on the corner of hte display this year, with a Pitts fuselage frame nearby. It's quite eye-catching.
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Rob Moller's Firebolt is in the tent usually occupied by the Yellowbird. This beautiful plane actually has a Skybolt fuselage, but has the Firebolt wings, canopy, and landing gear. The plane was built bu Steve Corum.
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Our friends at Gesoco are on the north side of our tent. In addition to the cutaway M14, they have a really neat little 5-cylinder, 125 hp radial that uses the same cylinders as the M14. It should be available around the end of the year.
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How often do you see a flyable Super Connie? It was flown into the grass field with little difficulty.
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BONUS PICTURES: Kermit Week's Fantasy of Flight is just down I-4 from Sun N Fun. We highly recommend a visit, as they fly planes almost every day.
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The Outback blimp was staying at Fantasy of Flight. Here it's seen over the L-1049 Super Constellation that's staying on the site.
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The Stampe is hand-propped... and yes, the prop does spin "the other way".
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This French Stampe biplane was going up for a flight demos.
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The Stampe takes off from the manicured grass runway.
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Back from another successful mission!
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This New Standard D-25 biplane gives rides on a regular basis. It later came to Sun N Fun to give rides there.
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The Outback blimp comes in for a landing.
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