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
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