2017-04-04-Sun-N-Fun-Lakeland-FL: Sun and Fun (SnF), Lakeland, Florida, April 4-9, 2017. Yes, spring break for pilots! Kind of like a mini-Oshkosh! We also flew SeaCubs (seaplanes) at Jack Brown's Seaplane base (F57) at Winter Haven, next to the Winter Haven Gilbert Field Airport (KGIF), and went to Seminole Lake Gliderport and the nearby ultra-light gliders and ultra-light tow planes near Clermont, FL.

	Looking N from FAA building. Note yellow Husky on PK floats, 04/04/17	Jer/ in FAA building after FAA BasicMed briefing, 04/04/17	AOPA Electronic Flight Bag briefing, 04/04/17	Jack Brown's Seaplane Base from the water, 04/05/17	SeaCubs on the ramp at Browns... noted the dolly under the left one.

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	SeaCubs on the ramp and on the water.	Winter Haven Airport (KGIF) Terminal Building and runways... from the SeaCub.	Alligator viewed from the seaplane base.	Approach and water landing.	Danielle, instructing in the front seat of the SeaCub, 04/05/17

	Jer/ in the pilot's seat of the SeaCub (solo from the back seat), 04/05/17	Jer/ and Danielle, after ramping the SeaCub, 04/05/17	SeaCub on approach to the ramp at Brown's, 04/05/17	SeaCub on the other ramp at Brown's. Note, Brown's office is on pylons over the water, 04/05/17	Danielle demonstrating how to get on to the ramp, 04/05/17

	Jer/'s flight instructor, Danielle, at Jack Brown's Seaplane Base, 04/05/17	Jared at Brown's, 1, 04/05/17	Jared at Brown's, 2, 04/05/17	SeaCub taxiing out for takeoff, 04/05/17	Two SeaCubs taxiing out for takeoff, 04/05/17

	Jon Brown, owner of the seaplane base, on the screen patio, 04/05/17	Ramp assistant tieing off the SeaCub., 04/05/17	Jared and Danielle after their flight, 04/05/17	SeaCub on the ramp and one taxiing out, 04/05/17	The Batmobile, viewed by Fred, unknown and Jared, 04/05/17

	Inside the Batmobile, 04/05/17	BatCopter description, 1 04/05/17	BatCopter description, 2 04/05/17	The BatCopter, 04/05/17	BatCopter cockpit, 04/05/17

	P-51 Mustangs on the Military ramp, 04/05/17	P-51 "Crazy Horse", 04/05/17	More P-51s, 04/05/17	B-25, Mitchell Bomber, "Barbie III", 04/05/17	AOPA Third Class Medical Reform forum, with Mark Baker, 04/05/17

	Husky on PK floats, 04/05/17	Dataplate of Husky on PK floats, 04/05/17	PK floats rivet details, 04/05/17	Note hollow chine design, to better direct water flow and get a PK float off the water sooner than other floats, 04/05/17	PK float dataplate, 04/05/17

	Our group, L to R, Harlan, Jared, Jack, Phil, Jer/, Fred, 04/05/17	Smokin' Jim's House of Bar-B-Q, our favorite, with adult beverages, 04/05/17	Jared in front of Smokin' Jim's Smokehouse, 04/05/17	Lyle Cox (R), "working" at Sun-N-Fun, 04/06/17	Tesla, self-driving car, 04/06/17

	Tesla, self-driving car, console, 04/06/17	Tesla, self-driving car, note "gull wing" doors for the back seats, 04/06/17	Rotary engine pickup, Colorado Auto & Parts 04/06/17	Cabin console of rotary engine pickup, 04/06/17	Note propeller overhead and oxygen bottle, 04/06/17

	Note brake and gas pedal, 04/06/17	Jer/ in the Colorado Auto & Parts airplane tug, 04/06/17	Jared on the "Sun 'N Fun" taxiway marking, 2, 04/06/17	US Navy Blue Angels fly-by at Sun-N-Fun, 04/06/17	SeaCubs "beached" at Brown's, 04/07/17

	Another day, another morning of flying SeaCubs, 04/07/17	Hotel suggestions for 2018 Sun-N-Fun, 04/07/17	N7974B, C172, with avionics/panel operational, 04/07/17	N7974B, C172, Dave (owner), instructing, 04/07/17	"Peace The Old Fashioned Way", B-52, 04/07/17

	MyRadar, Virtual Reality (VR) Experience, level 1-5, I did #5, WooHoo! 04/07/17	To build your own seaplane, start with a rowboat, 04/07/17	Yes, a flying rowboat! 04/07/17	Coast Guard intercept boat... gotta get me some 350s!, 04/07/17	Harlan and famous lady at QB hut, 04/07/17

	Phil, with famous Veteran Helicopter pilot and Harlan, 04/07/17	Airboat at Cherry Pocket, 04/07/17	Seaplane at Cherry Pocket, 04/07/17	Tow plane at Seminole Lake Gliderport, 6FL0, Clermont, FL, 04/08/17	House and hangar at Seminole Lake Gliderport, 04/08/17

	SGS-1-26 hung from the ceiling by its shoulder straps, 04/08/17	Note cradle straps of glider hung from the ceiling, 04/08/17	Loft, hung from the hangar ceiling by steel cable, with adjustors, 04/08/17	Hang glider and ultra-light tow plane, 04/08/17	Anglin Space Walker II homebuilt airplane in the Museum, 04/09/17

	Space Walker II, 1, 04/09/17	Space Walker II, 2, 04/09/17	Space Walker II, 3, 04/09/17	Howard Hughes pavilion in the Museum, 04/09/17	Whitman Chief Oshkosh race plane, 04/09/17

	Chief Oshkosh race plane by Steve Whitman, 04/09/17	Lancair, note kid's "pedal Lancair" on the right, 04/09/17	Kid's "pedal Lancair", 04/09/17	SnF, end-of-show, moving display aircraft to the departure ramp, 04/09/17	Frontier Airlines Airbus (ScareBus) 319 seats are VERY UNCOMFORTABLE and do not recline, 04/04/17

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	Mountain Flying safari seminar, 04/04/17	Table "42", where we meet over beer to discuss the day's events, 04/04/17	Jared, Jack and all at the pool hall, 04/06/17	Jer/ flying the SeaCub, 04/07/17	Landing the SeaCub, 04/07/17

	Jer/ after ramping the SeaCub, 04/07/17	Jer/ on SeaCub float, note EAA Young Eagle jacket, 04/07/17	Jer/ in front of Jack Brown's Seaplane Base, 04/08/17	Fred with a Piper Cherokee-6, 260hp on the Seaplane ramp at Brown's, 1, 04/08/17	Fred with a Piper Cherokee-6, 260hp on the Seaplane ramp at Brown's, 2, 04/08/17

	What is it? 04/08/17	Cosmic Muffin, a boat made from an aircraft 04/09/17	Cosmic Muffin... "Which Craft?", 04/09/17	Coopersmith's Brewpub return to Fort Collins Celebrations with "beat with Two Bocks" brew, 04/11/17	Jer/'s hat with pins and name plates, 04/13/17

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