Registration is a low rate of $30.00 for teachers and administrators.

What does Registration Include?

• Regular admission to the SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo for the day (Saturday)
  • You will be given THREE Sunday passes and one parking pass before the program ends so you can bring back your family and/or friends on Sunday for a day at the SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo!
  • You HAVE to be in attendance for the entirety of the Saturday program to receive your three passes and parking pass.
  • Children 12 and under are FREE.
• Fly-In Survival Backpack
• Hot catered breakfast in one of our premier flight-line chalets
• A chance to be selected at random through a drawing to fly with the Titan Aerobatic Team! (The rides are for teachers currently in the classroom, and they must be physically able to climb into the cockpit, without assistance, of a T-6 aircraft and weight less than 250 pounds.)
  • Flights will take place on SUNDAY morning at 7:30 am. Further instructions will be provided to you before you leave on Saturday.
  • The flight is NOT guaranteed due to weather and unforeseen circumstance.
  • You HAVE to be in attendance for the entirety of the Saturday program to be eligible.
  • The drawing will happen during lunch.
• Private tram tour of the flight line with special stops along the way
• Lunch with our Keynote Speaker
• Premier airshow seating reserved for teachers
• Parking Pass
• Stay and explore the remaining areas of the fly-in and enjoy the night show!

*****Family members are NOT included in breakfast, programming, tours, lunch, or airshow seating, but can join you on Sunday for a fun-filled day at the Aerospace Expo.

Ray Lien was reputed as an excellent aviation educator. He envisioned an Aerospace Educators Workshop in 1988. Ray was introduced to aviation in 1925 by his Platte, South Dakota, neighbors. Ray enlisted in the US Army Air Corps in January 1942. Throughout WWII, Ray served as a Maintenance Officer in various locations, but predominantly in North Africa with B-26 and B-25 aircraft. After the war, Ray joined the Air Force Reserve, where he continued to serve in the maintenance field until his retirement as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1970.

Ray Lien earned a BS in Agricultural Engineering from South Dakota State College in 1941 and an MS in Agricultural Engineering in 1958. He actually began teaching at Purdue University in 1953, which he continued until 1987. He was one of the few Purdue University faculty to ever rise from an Instructor to Full Professor without earning a Ph.D. In 1988, he became Coordinator (and later Chairman) of Educational Project for SUN ‘n FUN and started the first Aerospace Educator Workshop.

In Ray’s honor, we proudly present the Ray Lien Award annually during the SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo during the Teachers’ Pre-Flight Experience. This award is given to recognize an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to aviation education.

Click to submit a nomination!

Nomination Procedures – Deadline February 1, 2025.

• The award will be presented at the SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida during the Teachers’ Pre-Flight Experience. We request the recipient be present to receive the award.
• Anyone can nominate a person and it can be self-nominated. The nominator must submit a letter of support for the candidate by describing his/her contributions to aviation education.
• The nomination letter of support should be submitted no later than February 1, 2025.