"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Mary and I just returned from 6 glorious days at Sun N Fun in
Lakeland, FL, where we enjoyed the most amazingly perfect weather I
have ever seen at such an event. The nights were cool (almost cold
the first few nights) -- perfect for sleeping -- and the days were
sunny and warm. No humidity, no bugs, no alligators -- just lots and
lots of aircraft!...................


Happy to hear you made it home safely.
I took a day off on Friday to attend SnF
with my parents. (We try to avoid the
weekend crowds and traffic.)
I did intend to look you up even though I'm
a sporadic poster on this group at best.
However, we were there most of the morning
and I think the heat was beginning to get to my
folks so we called it a day shortly after noon.
They're both in their 80's. I think my dad
was disappointed that there was no B-17
although he did like the authentically restored
Stearman. He did his first solo in one of those.

Also- I wonder if the new format affected
the attendance. This year the event runs from
mid-week to mid-week rather than from
weekend to weekend. I'm not sure of the
reasoning behind that but I suppose there
are advantages and disadvantages either way.
It did seem that there were fewer attendees
flying in but the spectator crowd on Friday
seemed rather large. (At least the parking lots
seemed full for a weekday).

Blue'ns, Tony P.