April 2 - 8, 2003

Sun N Fun 2003

I used to live just 4.5 miles from the Paradise City ultralight strip at Sun N Fun, so Chuck Slusarczyk of CGS Aviation allowed me to display my ship at his booth, and fly demonstration flights for CGS all week. On display in the CGS area were (left to right):

• Fred Anderson's Hawk II Arrow.
• My plane.
• Jon Jacob's 1984 Hawk Classic.
• Chuck's Hawk Plus, painted in Army colors (not shown in this picture).

In front of the CGS trailer.

The cockpit as it looked at SNF.

On the Paradise City flight line before flying home for the night.

Notes concerning the other planes on display:

• Fred Anderson's plane garnered a lot of attention for its three-cylinder Geo engine, and for its innovative "blue jeans and leather" paint job, applied by his wife, LouAnne (did I spell that right, Fred?). Kitplanes magazine was particularly interested - watch for an article on it in a future issue.
  
• Jon Jacob's plane won Best Ultralight Antique. Jon thought the award more properly belonged to Paul Wells - who did a full restoration on it last year - so he sent it to him. This is the plane that Paul flew to third place in the US National Ultralight Championships in September, 2002. JJ will be taking this plane to England in August, 2003 for the World Microlight Championships.