This web page was created programmatically, to learn the article in its unique location you may go to the hyperlink bellow: https://aviationweek.com/business-aviation/aircraft-propulsion/photo-gallery-multiple-aircraft-make-their-sun-n-fun-debutsand if you wish to take away this text from our web site please contact us [ad_1] Photo Gallery: Multiple Aircraft Make Their Sun 'n Fun Debuts | Aviation Week Network Skip to main content Michael Lavitt April 17, 2026 Credit: Michael Lavitt/Aviation Week The TBM 980 is the newest aircraft in Daher's fleet and made its airshow debut at Sun 'n Fun this year. Daher has delivered 10 of the aircraft in the U.S. market and has production availability for 2027. Credit: Marie Souffez/Daher The pressurized, six-seat TBM 980's cockpit features Garmin's third-generation G3000 Prime avionics suite and has a touch-controlled flight deck with three 14-in. edge-to-edge touch screens. Credit: Michael Lavitt/Aviation Week The six-seat TBM 980's cabin features 100-watt USB-C ports, an upgraded passenger display with enroute flight data and a factory-installed, Starlink Mini satellite-based internet connectivity system. Credit: Michael Lavitt/Aviation Week The Kodiak 100 demonstrator that Daher brought to Sun 'n Fun uses the company's latest livery named Tehuano after a powerful mountain wind in southern Mexico. The TBM 980 at the show sports the same custom paint scheme. Credit: Michael Lavitt/Aviation Week The Kodiak 100's flight deck combines large glass screens with a rugged center pedestal with throttles and other controls. Credit: Michael Lavitt/Aviation Week Piper announced on April 14 that it secured a European Union Aviation Safety Agency supplemental type certificate (STC) for a composite seven-blade MT-Propeller for the M700 Fury. The aircraft was on display at Piper's booth. The Vero Beach, Florida-based company expects to receive an FAA STC for the prop soon. The Fury has a maximum speed of more than 300 kt. true airspeed and has a 2,048-ft./min. climb rate. Credit: Michael Lavitt/Aviation Week One of six Trojan Thunder T-28s that peformed at Sun 'n Fun taxied on the runway prior to peforming in the opening day airshow. Credit: Michael Lavitt/Aviation Week NASA brought its bespoke Super Guppy aircraft to Sun 'n Fun for the first time this year. The aircraft, developed during the Apollo era to carry spacecraft sections and components between NASA centers, borrows parts from a range of aircaft. It is a highly modified KC-97 Stratotanker with its cargo area blown out to a 25-ft. dia. and 111-ft. length. The nose gear is from a Boeing 707 while the main gear is from a B-52 bomber. Its four Allison T-56 engines were first used on the P-3 Orion antisubmarine warfare aircraft. The nose swings out 110 deg. to permit full cargo loading from the front. When the nose is open, struts taken from a dump truck support the fuselage, James Goetze, the load master, says. The Super Guppy at Sun 'n Fun, one of four built, carried the Artemis 1 crew and service modules and Orion rocket sections. Credit: Michael Lavitt/Aviation Week The Chinese-built Nanchang CJ-6A that performed at Sun 'n Fun is a 3,000-lb. fully aerobatic military trainer. Its HS-6A nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine produces 285 hp. and propels the aircraft to a maximum speed of about 190 mph. China originally developed it for the People's Liberation Army Air Force. Credit: Michael Lavitt/Aviation Week The Vought F4U-4 Corsair dubbed Korean War Hero was near the entrance to War Bird Alley at Sun 'n Fun 2026. The aircraft had U.S. Navy Bureau No. 97143. Daher's TBM 980 made its airshow debut at Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo 2026 as did NASA's Super Guppy bespoke transport. Organization President and CEO Gene Conrad said advance ticket sales were up 25% from last year, and a record 560 exhibitors booked space at Lakeland Linder International Airport, Florida.In addition to the 980, Daher brought its Kodiak 100. Both aircraft are demonstrators painted in the company's livery. VP of Communications Jeff Lenorovitz said previously Daher has delivered newly built aircraft as fast as they came off the assembly line, but these will be retained as demonstrator aircraft.Show visitors lined up to climb into the Super Guppy's massive cargo bay. Michael Lavitt Michael O. Lavitt, Director of Editorial Content Production for Aviation Week, has extensive experience in both traditional print and new media. He began his career as a reporter with daily newspapers, worked on developing online services in Chicago and New York in the mid-1980s and then joined Aviation Week & Space Technology as a news editor. [ad_2] This page was created programmatically, to read the article in its original location you can go to the link bellow: https://aviationweek.com/business-aviation/aircraft-propulsion/photo-gallery-multiple-aircraft-make-their-sun-n-fun-debutsand if you wish to take away this text from our web site please contact us