As a local (Tampa Florida), and a long time attendee of Sun N' Fun, it has
been my experience that the first 4 days of the event are the most
worthwhile. Towards the end of the show, many of the fly-in planes have
departed.......particularly the warbirds. Also the vendors become exhausted
after 4 or 5 days and are less likely to be friendly and/or helpful. On the
other hand, the early days are also more crowded and it's more difficult to
get access to the vendors.
A little trick from us locals.............if you go the day BEFORE Sun N'
Fun officially begins, you'll get in for free, and you'll see all of the
planes on display as well as all the vendor booths, since everyone is
completely "set up" before the event starts. The only thing you'll miss is
the air show.
Because everyone's schedule is different I think it's best if we simply say
we'll meet every day at 11:00 at the Europa booth.
Garry Stout
914-tri, 450 hours.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Bbryanallsop@wmconnect.com>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 8:58 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Sun n Fun. Meet-up days
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> Sun n Fun runs for a week, 4th to 10th April. Whilst I will be in Florida
> during that time I do not think that my family would appreciate me
> spending every
> day at Lakeland, so it is likely that I will only be there for 2 or 3
> days.
>
> It seems to be generally agreed that a daily 11am rendezvous at the Europa
> tent is acceptable, this still leaves me a less than fifty percent chance
> of
> meeting up with others, because they could be there on a totally different
> day.
> It would be nice I could narrow this down a bit. With that in mind I
> wonder if
> some of the days are going to be less popular than others. Conversely, are
> there any days in that week when we are all likely to be there. Perhaps we
> could
> even target a couple of days.
>
> With this in mind I wonder if I could solicit the advice of Florida
> locals,
> and regular attenders. Could it be that there are some days when they
> would
> advise us not to go, or some not to miss? If they could visit the event
> for only
> one or two days, which ones would they choose?
>
> Cheers. Bryan Allsop
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