2019 NAS Key West
SOUTHERNMOST AIR SPECTACULAR
With an entire issue of ISnAP I would be hard pressed to describe all
the awesomeness that is Sun ‘n Fun. That being said I’ll try capture a bit
of what I saw over the weekend. Sun ‘n Fun is an immersive experience.
This year it was in the first week of April. For that week it is one of the
busiest air spaces in the country.The US Army Golden Knights dropped in with the US, Florida and POW
flags to open the show. Along with our most advanced fighters there
were impressive examples of historic military aircraft. The B-17G “The
Movie Memphis Belle” Flying Fortress took many flights during it’s
visit to Lakeland. CAF C-47 “That’s All Brother” the storied plane from
D-Day also flew. An extraordinarily rare restoration of an XP-82 Twin
Mustang was on hand for flights and static display. Jim Tobul and the“Korean War Hero” could be seen with Scott Yoak’s Quicksilver and the
“Class of ‘45” as well as a heritage flight with a Navy T-45C Goshawk
trainer. Rounding out World War II era aircraft is the P-40 Warhawk
“American Dream”.Getting more current and more local we see an F-15 from Florida’s own
125th Fighter Wing. Kyle Franklin flew his Demon-1 biplane “Dracula” in
a blood chilling performance. And the Blue Angels finished under blue
skies with some building clouds in the background.