Steve Ashby
Steve Ashby is a sometime lawyer and full-time aviation aficionado from Atlanta, Georgia. He learned to fly in 1980 and has adopted a 1968 Skyhawk (your Grandma could fly it). Steve is also working on a Van's RV-8A which he swears will be completed on (a) Thursday.
Dan Reynolds’ Yukon Chinook at the STOL Competition Sun ‘n Fun...
You think your airplane can land short and take off fast? Here's your measuring stick. Our man Steve Ashby watched and then caught up...
TL Sport Offers New Amateur-Built Retractable Luxury Cruiser
Do you remember the TL Sport Sting? It is a two place low wing sexy looking light sport from Europe. There are 120 flying...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal #5 – Sun ‘n Fun 2023 Edition
The last full day at the Sun 'n Fun fly-in is always a little melancholic. Although I have been yearning to get back home...
Resurrected RV-6 Shines
When Dave McCormick of Antioch, Illinois got the homebuilding itch in 1997, he ordered an RV-6 kit and promptly began construction. Dave steadily riveted...
Comp Air 6.2 Prototype Flies in to Sun ‘n Fun
Comp Air flew its new 6.2 sport utility prototype into Sun 'n Fun on Thursday. The 6.2, a totally new airplane for the company...
A Gyroplane Sticks Out at HBC
A casual tour of Sun 'n Fun’s Homebuilt Camping (HBC) grounds will reveal the usual suspects; scores of RVs, a Murphy Rebel or two,...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal #4
A fly-in airshow’s campground is a little city, filled with different neighborhoods, various stores and vendors and even a few entertainment and gathering venues....
Steve Ashby Visits the Parts Exchange
If you're at Sun 'n Fun 2023, you need to visit the parts exchange building. Looking for a project? Need some cheap airplane parts?...
Good BBQ at SnF
There are a plethora of food vendors at Sun 'n Fun to cater to most any taste or gastronomical predilection. Selections range from county...
Old Pilot’s Camper Journal #3 – Sun ‘n Fun 2023 Edition
Camping at a fly-in is an experience of all of the senses, the pastel sunrise you see when you unzip the door of your...
In Case You Missed It
Your Head, Your Heart, Your Hands and the Truth
Three chords and the truth. That’s how songwriter Harlan Howard, who, with Hank Cochran,...
