On 7 April, there will an Aviation Day at Page Field in Fort Myers, FL. Details are here: http://www.flylcpa.com/AviationDay/

There will be two featured aircraft at this year’s event – a Douglas C-54E and a FG-1D Corsair. The a Douglas C-54E “Spirit of Freedom” is a four-engine military transport aircraft used during World War II, the Korean War and the Berlin Airlift. This year commemorates the 70th anniversary of the historical 1948-1949 Berlin Airlift. Aviation Day visitors will step back in time as they view a flying museum and memorial housed in the interior of this original aircraft. The FG-1D Corsair “530” is a distinctively designed fighter plane that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. The Corsair became the most capable carrier-based fighter bomber of World War II.

Coming to Sun N Fun 18, is Jerry Conley and his DH115 Vampire.

Development of the aircraft began during the Second World War in 1943 as an aircraft suitable for combat that harnessed the new innovation of jet propulsion; it was quickly decided to opt for a single-engine, twin-boom aircraft equipped with the Halford H.1 turbojet engine, which was later known as the de Havilland Goblin. Originally ordered as an experimental aircraft only, the decision to mass-produce the aircraft as an interceptor for the Royal Air Force (RAF) was finalized in May 1944.

In 1946, the first production aircraft entered service with the RAF, months after the conflict had come to a close. The Vampire was the second jet fighter, after the Gloster Meteor, operated by the RAF, and it was the service’s first to be powered by a single jet engine. The Vampire was quickly used to replace many wartime piston-engine fighter aircraft. The RAF operated it as a front-line fighter until 1953. About 3,300 Vampires were manufactured.

More details about this aircraft can be found on his site: http://vampireairshows.simdif.com/index.html

Sun N Fun posted amazing news that the Lewis Air Legends will be attending the show.

Today’s #WarbirdWednesday is going to thrill you die-hard warbird fans! Not only will we have multiple B-25s as we normally do, but scheduled to appear are the rare A-20 Havoc and P-38 Lightning of Lewis Air Legends! That’s right, the famous “Glacier Girl” will be gracing the warbird ramp at #SNF18 along with two of her most famous sister ships. Have you ever seen the P-38 or A-20 up close and personal?

 

Thirteen years ago, I married my beautiful wife. It relates to warbirds to us as we rented the Fantasy of Flight Museum for the venue and had a 40’s themed wedding. Married between two P-51s, swing dancers, cigarette girls and so forth.

I love you my wife.

From the Sun N Fun Facebook page! Two Corsairs will be onsite and maybe more.

In addition to all the sundry warbirds that arrive each year to SUN ‘n FUN, this year we’re featuring two B-17s, a P-63… and now we celebrate #WarbirdWednesday by adding the Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing’s Corsair to the list of warbirds scheduled to attend #SNF18!

The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was a carrier-capable fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Demand for the aircraft soon overwhelmed Vought’s manufacturing capability, resulting in production by Goodyear and Brewster: Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built aircraft F3A.