Leenhouts Also Noted The Camp Grounds Are Already Full

By Anthony J. Liberatore

At the briefing for the media at the Sun and Fun Press Building, CEO and President of the Sun n Fun Aerospace John Leenhouts said, “The world is ready for an aviation event” after working with government and heath agencies, the Sun n Fun team came up with protocols that made the event a reality. Leenhouts noted that their social media hits are over 1.1 million and current revenues for the event are 1.2 million in pre-event sales. Leenhouts also noted the camp grounds are full, and aircraft clubs such as the Cessna 195 and Piper Comanche clubs are flying to Sun n Fun in numbers those organizations have never before seen.

Leenhouts also told the media present of not only a ribbon cutting ceremony to kick off the event but the unveiling of the worlds most advanced mobile “Air Boss Stand.” Made of container boxes standing 3 stories high, the unit can accommodate controllers, camera crews, and media teams internally. Leenhouts also noted the world hasn't seen anything like this before, and that it was designed and built by a Mulberry FL firm -- and that the Sun n Fun Aerospace Expo not only owns it, but will be leasing it out to interested parties in the future.

Leenhouts also discussed how this event helps to keep the expansion of the “Skylab” facility on the airport grounds -- that teaches STEM -- to teach the science portion using aviation as the delivery vehicle, if you will, via a hands on approach. When asked about crowd densities in the Hangar exhibit areas in this Covid19 environment, Leenhouts said they have a 1000 person limit per building, however safety personnel in the hangars will monitor the size of the crowds and will throttle that back to a maximum number of 500 people. He also said the current number of exhibitors is 385, and that is down 21% which is not that bad, all things considered.

Leenhouts turned over the mic to Jim Campbell, CEO of Aero-News, who is also publishing the online digital daily news program for Sun n Fun (with his team) at www.SNFDD.com. Jim thanked John and his staff for their phenomenal cooperation and opined that aviation is on its way back to being alive and well -- and offered his help to other media teams to help make this event a success.

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