Wed, Apr 26, 2017
Organizers Say Event Was The 'Best Ever'
The 43rd Annual SUN ‘n FUN International Fly-In & Expo presented by Visit Florida and the Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association took place April 4 –9, 2017 in Lakeland, Florida.
Organizers say the event was "the best fly-in Sun ‘n Fun has ever had.
According to the officials stats, the event drew about 200,000 guests from over 60 countries. Other than U.S. citizens, Brazil, Canada and United Kingdom once again had the highest amount of visitors.
Other numbers include:
- More than 3,000 volunteers helped during the 6-day event
- HAM Radio worked 39 States, 12 Countries, Canada, Italy, Norway, Estonia are some of them and had a total of 742 worldwide contacts for the 6 days.
- 38 Student tours were conducted with 969 students
- Approximately 400 people attended educational workshops
- 500 Students attended the Blue Angels Symposium
- 10,000 Visitors toured the Piedmont Aerospace Experience, the only working Boeing 727 Classroom on a high school campus
- 7 speakers in the Museum that travelled Mach 3 (3 times the speed of sound) in the iconic SR-71 Blackbird
- 130 Career Minded individuals from 48 states and 3 countries attended our 4th Annual Career Fair with 14 exhibitors
- One astronaut, Senator Bill Nelson, spoke to educators during the Aerospace Educators Workshop
- First ever UAV Demonstration during an Air Show
- 500 People participated in the inaugural Drone Zone
- 443 media representatives attended from 16 countries
- 5,988 people attended 331 forums
- 3,228 People attended 56 workshops
- Over 9,000 aircraft movements took place
- 510 Exhibitors participated in the event
The event is planned for April 4-9 again in 2018.
(Image from file)
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