WHY You Definitely Want to Go to the 2018 DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase!

WHY YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO GO TO THE 2018

DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase!

By Jana Filip

There are a lot of good reasons to attend the DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase, November 1-3, 2018, which is THE sport aviation event of the year completely Focused on Flying for FUN! Here are just a few of the main reasons.

1. TO EXPLORE Check out the wild and wonderful world of sport aviation with more than a hundred exhibitors showcasing all kinds of recreational aircraft including: ultralights and light sport aircraft, rotorcraft and trikes, powered parachutes and paragliders, and virtually every kind of experimental aircraft.

See the latest technologies and the newest trends in recreational aircraft that you can build yourself, or buy ready-to-fly. Some manufacturers may even take you up in demo flights that run all day, every day, for the three-day event.

2. TO LEARN Choose what you want to know more about with a full schedule of forums and workshops.

Zenith Aircraft will be conducting fuselage and wing-building workshops where attendees of all ages actually help build a real plane. You might be surprised

how easy it is to build your own plane from a kit with simple skills and tools.

Meet and talk to AOPA’s Florida Ambassador, Jamie Beckett, who will be talking about flying clubs and ways you can get up in the air through AOPA’s You Can Fly program that is all about youth programs in your area.

Discover various options for flight training including flight schools and colleges that you may want to attend if you are considering a career in aviation. Speakers from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will be presenting educational forums geared to aspiring high school students. In fact, most of the forums and workshops on Saturday will be geared to students. Some organizations will also be offering college scholarships that could turn your dreams into reality.

3. TO ENJOY! Live life to the fullest in three full days of aviation fun and festivities including good food, live music, cool stuff to buy, skydiving exhibitions, and more.

The DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase welcomes aviation enthusiasts of all ages—whether you are just starting to get interested in flying or you’ve been into aviation for as long as you can remember!

4. TO CHECK OUT DeLAND! Besides all of the exhibits and things to do at the Showcase, you’ll also want to plan some time to check out the City of DeLand. First of all, DeLand is a college town, home of Stetson University, so college students are everywhere. Secondly, the city is known for all kinds of interesting things to see and do like unique shops, tours, fantastic places to eat, shops with homemade ice cream, and one of the best handmade candy stores you’ll ever visit, Pat & Toni’s, that also has a lot of unusual candies that you rarely see anywhere else.

There are also the outdoor activities in the area like swimming in clear, fresh-water springs that come up from the ground, taking a boat tour to see the local wildlife, or renting a boat to go fishing in the St. Johns River where the bass are as plentiful as the gators!

As the sun sets, things really get going (college town, remember?) with live theater shows, and places with live music and dancing like Café DaVinci where everything happens outdoors.

There is even one park nearby called DeLeon Springs where you can swim in the cool spring waters and then walk into an old sugar mill that’s converted to a gift shop and restaurant where you can cook your own pancakes right at your table!

You will definitely want to plan an extra day or two for some of the fun things to do in the DeLand area where even the historical downtown has been voted The Best Mainstreet in America in 2017. If you still want more to do, DeLand is less than a half hour drive from Daytona Beach!

MAKE PLANS NOW Plan now to attend the DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase at the DeLand Municipal Airport (KDED), November 1-3, 2018. Visit the website at SportAviationShowcase.com and search on #DSAS18 to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. You can also browse some of the other things to do in the DeLand area at VisitWestVolusia.com.

If your company is looking at a relocation or possible expansion, be sure to tour the DeLand Sport Aviation Village while on the DeLand Airport campus. The Village is a 40-acre tract at the DeLand Municipal Airport and is heavily supported by Team Volusia Economic Development Council, a public/private economic development organization that stands ready to assist. Team Volusia, a 3rd year Elite Sponsor of the DeLand Showcase, provides location assistance that is free and confidential. Also a team player, Team Volusia recognizes the value of investing in aviation youth entrepreneurs as evidenced in this issue of AviNation.

These are just some of the reasons WHY you will want to attend the DeLand Sport Aviation Showcase—the event of the year completely Focused on Flying for FUN! But if you still need another reason, all students will be admitted free of charge to the Showcase on Saturday! See you in DeLand!