{"id":31545,"date":"2023-03-31T15:06:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T19:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=31545"},"modified":"2023-03-31T15:06:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T19:06:27","slug":"here-are-two-things-you-dont-want-to-miss-this-weekend-before-sun-n-fun-flies-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/03\/31\/here-are-two-things-you-dont-want-to-miss-this-weekend-before-sun-n-fun-flies-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Here are two things you don&#8217;t want to miss this weekend before Sun &#8216;n Fun flies away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>U.S. Navy Blue Angels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/maxresdefault-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/maxresdefault-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/maxresdefault-1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/maxresdefault-1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/maxresdefault-1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy&#8217;s Blue Angels officially arrived Thursday morning at Sun &#8216;n Fun in their Boeing F\/A-18 Super Hornets. This year&#8217;s demonstration team includes Lt. Amanda Lee, the Blue Angels&#8217; first female pilot, who will be flying in the No. 3 position as left wing. Here&#8217;s where to see them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Friday afternoon airshow, 1:30 &#8211; 5 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday afternoon airshow, 1:30 &#8211; 5 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday afternoon airshow, 1:30 &#8211; 5 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Bonus opportunity: Blue Angels pilots speak to students at the Lakeland Aero Club hangar at noon Friday.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>F-35 Lightning demonstration teams<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/USAF_F-35_HF_Team_transits_to_F-35_Demo_Team.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/USAF_F-35_HF_Team_transits_to_F-35_Demo_Team.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/USAF_F-35_HF_Team_transits_to_F-35_Demo_Team.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/USAF_F-35_HF_Team_transits_to_F-35_Demo_Team.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Capt. Andrew \u201cDojo\u201d Olson, F-35 Heritage Flight Team pilot and\rcommander performs a high-speed pass in an F-35A Lightning II during the Bell Fort\rWorth Alliance Air Show Oct. 14, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas. Equipped with the largest\rsingle-engine ever built into a fighter aircraft, the F-35 is capable of\rreaching speeds up to 1.6 times the speed of sound. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior\rAirman Alexander<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gene Conrad, CEO and president of the Aerospace Center for Excellence, has boasted that the expo will be the first airshow to host all three variants of the F-35 Lightning: The U.S. Air Force will bring the A version and a demo team, U.S. Marine Corps will bring a B version known for a short takeoff and the ability to vertically land, and the U.S. Navy will present the C variant of the fighter jet. See them in action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marine Corps F-35B Lightning demonstration team, Friday&#8217;s afternoon airshow.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Air Force and Marine Corps F-35A and F-35B demonstration teams, Saturday afternoon airshow.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Air Force and Marine Corps F-35A and F-35B demonstration teams, Sunday afternoon airshow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Navy Blue Angels The U.S. Navy&#8217;s Blue Angels officially arrived Thursday morning at Sun &#8216;n Fun in their Boeing F\/A-18 Super Hornets. This year&#8217;s demonstration team includes Lt. 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