‘The Biggest Impact’
When President Jim McCarthy joined the North Florida Land Trust in 2014, the non-profit conservation organization had a $233,000 budget and a staff of three. In seven years, the trust has grown to 14 full-time employees and a budget of $8 million and has secured protection for more than 25,000 acres.
“The secret to that (success) is finding really good people,” McCarthy says. “But, we have also stayed focused on where we could have the biggest impact.”
The organization achieves its mission of preserving the natural resources, historic places and working lands of North Florida by purchasing or receiving donations of land, as well as by helping public agencies with real estate transactions.
Certainly, we re not over the pandemic yet. But we re making steps right now. And what a great way to be outdoors and enjoy an air show to get out there and do things that we didn t have the opportunity to do last year during that pandemic, Kesselring said.
Gates open at 8 a.m. Saturday and Sunday along the south side of the airport, off NASA Boulevard. Tickets must be purchased in advance at greatfloridaairshow.com they are only available online.
The aerobatic lineup includes the U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper Demonstration Team; U.S. Special Operations Command Parachute Team; EA-18G Growler (a modified F/A-18F Super Hornet); a P-51 Mustang and F4U-4 Corsair (World War II fighters); a U.S. Coast Guard water rescue demonstration; U.S. National Aerobatic Championship pilots Mike Wiskus (flying the Lucas Oil biplane), Rob Holland (flying a carbon-fiber MXS-RH) and Mike Goulian (flying an Extra 330SC); an Aero L-39 Albatros (a 1960s Czechoslovakian jet trainer
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels arrive in Melbourne ahead of The Great Florida Show, taking to the skies above Orlando Melbourne International Airport this weekend, May 15-16.
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels demonstration squadron arrives at the Orlando Melbourne International Airport ahead of The Great Florida Air Show, taking place May 15-16.
Blue Angels to appear in Melbourne this weekend for The Great Florida Air Show
Orlando Sentinel 1 day ago Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel
For the first time in six years, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels will take to the skies of Melbourne as they headline The Great Florida Air Show May 15-16.
Orlando Melbourne International Airport will host the highflying team and other performers in partnership with The Air Show Network, with Northrop Grumman as the presenting sponsor.
The show site will be among the first to view the Blue Angel’s new F-18 Super Hornet planes, which are nearly 25 percent larger than their legacy predecessors.