{"id":43317,"date":"2024-03-25T11:54:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=43317"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:54:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:54:27","slug":"victorys-arsenal-theatre-at-sun-n-fun-pays-tribute-to-the-planes-and-pilots-who-flew-for-our-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/03\/25\/victorys-arsenal-theatre-at-sun-n-fun-pays-tribute-to-the-planes-and-pilots-who-flew-for-our-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"VICTORY\u2019S ARSENAL THEATRE at SUN \u2018n FUN pays tribute to the planes and pilots who flew for our freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 50th SUN \u2018n FUN Aerospace Expo takes place from April 9-14 at the Lakeland Linder International Airport in Lakeland, Florida. Among the annual Expo crowd favorites is Victory\u2019s Arsenal Theatre, a daily showcase of select \u201cwarbirds\u201d \u2013 historic military aircraft – and the stories of those who flew them in harm\u2019s way.  Each aircraft type to be featured played significant roles in WWII, Korea or other conflicts, and were made famous by the likes of the Doolittle Raiders, Tuskegee Airmen and other heroic pilots and crewmembers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting on Wednesday, April 10th, Victory\u2019s Arsenal Theatre will present an aircraft each morning in front the grandstands on the SUN \u2018n FUN warbird ramp. At 10:00am and again at 11:30am, the pilot or owner of the aircraft will share their unique personal insight and history of that warbird\u2019s service. Featured aircraft include everything from a venerable Ryan PT-19 trainer to a twin-engine B-25 Mitchell bomber to an iconic tri-tail Lockheed Constellation once used as a transport by General Douglas MacArthur and President Eisenhower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serving as the Victory\u2019s Arsenal Theater master-of-ceremonies will be Ron Kaplan, former executive director of the National Aviation Hall of Fame and a contributing editor to Flight Journal Magazine. Based in Dayton, Ohio, Ron is also founder of the Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame and Learning Center and operates Warbird Aviation Art, hand-painting unit insignia and authentic WWII nose-art on flight jackets and aluminum for collectors worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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