📅 Tuesday, April 1 – Kicking Off with Aircraft Maintenance

🔹 🌲✈️ Where to Find Mechanics for Experimentals & LSA ✈️🌲 

🕥 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM 

👤 Bryan Walstrom – Host & Owner, The Experimental Aircraft Channel 

📍 STOL Basecamp Forum 

🔧 Learn where to find the right mechanics for your Experimental & LSA aircraft.

📅 Wednesday, April 2 – STOL & Partnership Talks 

🔹 RAF and the Power of Partnership 

🕘 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM 

👤 Matt Hofeldt (VP, Aviat Aircraft) & Lou (Georgia RAF Ambassador) 

📍 STOL Basecamp Forum

🔹 STOL for Rookies – How to Get Started in STOL 🛩️ 

🕙 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM 

👤 Jon “Jughead” Counsell 

📍 STOL Basecamp Forum

📅 Thursday, April 3 – STOL Techniques & Off-Airport Flying 

🔹 A Discussion on Safe Minimum Altitudes When Off-Airport Flying 

🕙 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM 

👤 Patrick McInteer 

📍 STOL Basecamp Forum

🔹 Real World Off-Airport VS STOL Competition Flying 

🕚 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

👤 Jughead Counsell, Dan Reynolds, Keith Lange 

📍 STOL Basecamp Forum

🔹 TL Sport Aircraft’s Sirius Backcountry – Taking Composites into the Backcountry

🕛 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM 

👤  Justin Tisdale

📍 STOL Basecamp Forum

📅 Friday, April 4 – STOL Design & Humanitarian Flight 

🔹 Zenith STOL Designs: Form Follows Function 

🕤 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM 

👤 Sebastien Heintz (CEO, Zenith Aircraft Co.) Sheldon Heatherington (“Red Bird” Zenith 750 Driver) 

📍 STOL Basecamp Forum

🔹 High Lift STOL Devices: An Aerodynamics Overview 

🕛 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM 

👤 Collin “The Flying Mechanic” McDonald 

📍 STOL Basecamp Forum

🔹 Operation Airdrop – Pilot Signing Event ✈️ 

🕠 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM 

👤 Russ Keith – Executive Director, Operation Airdrop 

📍 STOL Basecamp Forum

📅 Saturday, April 5 – Backcountry Safety & Adventure 

🔹 Beyond the Runway: Essential Safety in Backcountry 

🕙 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM 

👤 John Hartz, Dan Reynolds, Keith Lange, Jeff Pohl, Pat McInteer 

📍 STOL Basecamp Forum

All meet and greets will be held at Aerobatic HQ (New location – South of Seaplanes)

Don’t Miss Out, Tune In! – SUN ‘n FUN Radio

Whether you are a first time visitor or long time SUN ‘n FUN guest, there is never enough time to take in all the activities at the fly-in. And, did you ever try to read a program book and walk?

We have the solution—SUN ‘n FUN Radio!

SUN ‘n FUN Radio Broadcasts locally on 1510 AM & audio streams worldwide on www.LiveATC.net/snf.

Tune in… We will keep you updated on scheduled events as well as special activities, and guests for the day.Tune in to hear our RadioActive volunteer announcers & reporters bring you interviews with a variety of interesting pilots, builders, aviation enthusiasts, and SUN ‘n FUN exhibitors, sponsors & advertisers, as well as weather updates and major news stories.

We also broadcast the daily airshow commentary & select evening programs.

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Or you can email us at SnFRadio@gmail.com

SUN ‘n FUN Media Productions and SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo TV

Media Productions at SUN ‘n FUN is the Aerospace Center for Excellence’s in-house media gathering team. Production facilities are wholly located within the company’s headquarters. Producing 4K and HD broadcast video assets promotes the organization’s activities across all areas, from the fly-in to education.

Established in 2023 for SUN ‘n FUN, an all-volunteer team produces Live Streaming of television programming, short and long-form video features, and marketing assets for use by the Aerospace Center for Excellence.

In 2024, the Media productions Team:

• Acquired more than 4.3 terabytes (TB) of video footage
• Produced more than 20 hours of Live Television
• Produced 249 video programs, features, or shorts

While this is a volunteer team, members of Media Productions bring more than 70 years of broadcast production experience to the event. This spirit of volunteering and professionalism is the hallmark of the history of SUN ‘n FUN.

Available Assets and Programming

During the SUN ‘n FUN fly-in, Media Productions is actively videotaping multiple events that occur on campus.  Requests for footage should be made to Dave Kalahar at dkalahar@flysnf.org

Live Events can be captured via a Boxcast URL.  Contact Dave Kalahar for details.

The ACE/SNF broadcast studio may be available for outside production. Our fully equipped multi-camera studio is capable of 4K and HD production. Contact Dave Kalahar for details and availability. 

Volunteer Opportunities

Media Productions is always looking for volunteers to help with its work. We need video editors, field camera operators, studio production assistants, and on-camera hosts or reporters. Full details are available at https://volunteer.flysnf.org/volunteer-job-listings/. We look forward to having you join the team.