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Permalink Reply by David Gallagher on February 11, 2022 at 6:59am

John,

I see no one has responded yet, so I will give it a go.  I am certainly no Sun-N-Fun expert and I have not gone in about 5 years now.  Every time I went, I camped out.  In my experience, it was never full to the extent they were turning away any arriving campers.  But you might need to drive around a bit looking for an open spot, not unlike what I've experienced at Oshkosh.  If you know anyone else going and getting there before you, they can probably buy you a spot and mark it off for you next to them.  The early arrivals will definitely get the closer spots and you will be relegated to what I think they called the cow pasture.  Bring a flashlight if you plan to make evening trips to the porta-johns so you can avoid the 'land mines' that the recently displaced cow residents left for you.  The walk to the flight line was not bad.  I always took a scenic route that had a path through the woods and swamp and ended up at the back of the exhibitors area.

Have fun,

Dave

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Permalink Reply by John Austin on February 11, 2022 at 7:23am

Thanks for the info, Dave.  Living on a farm, I'm all too familiar with "land mines" the cows distribute! LOL!  In fact, one time the cows got out onto the airstrip and left some "mines," and I hit one with my 206's left wheel - the prop swirl distributed it all along the left side of the fuselage - what a mess!  Learned my lesson and now if they get out, I definitely do a FOD walk! Ha!

John

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