Sun 'n Fun CEO Reassures That Airport Expansion Would Be Good

[system]

Gene Conrad, installed as President and CEO of the Sun ‘n Fun Aerospace Expo in 2022, has assuring words for those who worry that increased usage of the show site, Lakeland Linder Airport (KLAL), will compromise the future of the event. As former director of the airport, the Oshkosh, Wisconsin-raised Conrad has deep insight into the planning of the airport and its future expansion.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/air-shows-events/sun-n-fun-leader-assures-the-future-of-the-show-is-safe-at-klal

[joe5]

Limited to 12 take off and landings per day during SNF? That’s one every other hour by the clock. If they are no operations after a certain time frame, say they shut down at 2200, then those 12 operations are bunched even closer together. Have these people never heard of wing tip vortices effect on small aircraft? This is just stupidity and greed at it’s worst.

[rpstrong]

Can you to tell us, what accident that was from?

Here’s one of numerous links returned by a Google Lens search.