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Sun 'n' Fun 2017 Opens Tomorrow
By: Chad Trautvetter
Caption: Numerous safety, education and informational seminars will also be held throughout the week.
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The 43rd annual Sun ’n‘ Fun Fly-In & Expo opens tomorrow at Florida’s Lakeland Linder Regional Airport. Organizers are promising improved and increased flightline viewing areas, a new family fun zone with kids' activities, daily aerial displays and airshow, a twilight mid-week airshow on Wednesday and a night airshow, complete with fireworks, on Saturday. Numerous safety, education and informational seminars will also be held throughout the week.

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will be featured during the airshows starting on Thursday, while the French air force Patrouille de France jet team will participate throughout the week. This year’s show also promises to have the largest assembly of P-51 Mustangs in more than a decade, in celebration of P-51 restorer and training company Stallion 51’s 30th anniversary. The contingency of Mustangs will also fly during the Thursday afternoon airshow.

On Wednesday, the fourth annual Sun 'n‘ Fun career fair—sponsored by JSfirm—will be held inside the Florida Air Museum at Lakeland Airport. Thirteen companies are scheduled to participate, including most regional airlines and ultra-low-cost carriers. Job seekers are encouraged to pre-register since space is limited.

Also look for daily special issues of AINalerts this week with news from the show.