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The Aerospace Center for Excellence (ACE) is celebrating a banner year at last April’s Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo after canceling the 2020 event due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. ACE president John “Lites” Leenhouts announced at AirVenture that almost 200,000 people attended Sun ‘n Fun 2021, beating out previous show records. Net revenue was up by about 5 percent in spite of travel restrictions that kept international attendance down and a 15 percent reduction in the number of exhibitors present.
Leenhouts also announced that construction has wrapped up on ACE’s Skylab, a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning center aimed at offering hands-on activities for young people interested in aviation. The project has added 8,000 square feet of convertible space for educational use, events and exhibits, a new lobby and entrance for the Florida Air Museum, a state-of-the-art simulator training lab, holographic theater and planet
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A South Carolina woman who grew up in Erwin and Knoxville has co-authored a new book that chronicles the history-making life and military career of a U.S. Air Force 4-Star general.
The result is the just-published book, âLiving the Dream: the Story of Lloyd W. âFigâ Newton,â a 218-page book co-authored by B.J. âBrendaâ Harvey Hill and Gen. Newton.
Hill was born in Knoxville but lived in Erwin until she was 10 years old. Some of her fondest memories are of her grandparents, Oscar and Ida Peake, and their Unicoi County home. Oscar had a 50-year career with the Clinchfield Railroad, and Brenda and her husband, Pat, have, in recent years, worked to raise money for the Clinchfield Railroad Museum in Erwin.
SUN n’ FUN starts the 2021 American Air Show Season
SUN n’ FUN starts the 2021 American Air Show Season
The Blue Angels performing at Sun n Fun 2021. (All images: Author)
The United States Navy Blue Angels 75th anniversary season kicks off with their “new” F/A-18E/F Super Hornets at SUN n’ FUN 2021.
Officially known as the SUN n’ FUN Aerospace Expo, the famous airshow held annually at Florida’s Lakeland-Linder International Airport, Florida, this year took place over a six day period, from April 13 to 18, 2021. As the second largest air show in the world, after the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, this aviation extravaganza is a mixture of general aviation convention, camping, fly-in, spring break for pilots, and yes an air show.