The Flight to Lakeland (1/7 Days of Sun and Fun)

Sun and Fun 2021 is in the books, and after we all missed out in 2020, it was great to see the event again this year, albeit with some differences from past years. In this first of seven days of Sun and Fun, I'll take you with me on my flight from Panama City, FL to Lakeland, where I set up camp next to my Bonanza for the week at the fly-in.
Next up: the (night) airshow
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[@bobshaw4063]

AHi Martin ! I hope you had a lot of fun @ Sun & Fun in Lakeland .

[@martinpauly]

I sure did, Bob. - Martin

[@calcobb442]

Well done, Martin....I see Kevin and Jamie are there as well.

[@martinpauly]

Yes, I saw them as well - and also Baron Pilot, Steveo, Niko, Valerie, and Bruno. I probably forgot a few here... - Martin

[@donemory7459]

Martin, great flight! It look a little busy especially being a single pilot in the cockpit...however, you did great handling it all. Thanks for sharing. I look forward the rest of Sun' N' Fun with you! :-) Don/NE Ohio

[@martinpauly]

Thanks for coming along, Don. - Martin

[@mishmish1968]

Great to see you in sun and fun, I'm sure that we're gonna have a great content in the coming days, i wish you to enjoy the time and tuning for next upload, all the best.

[@chuckmartin5773]

Great way to end a week.....with a Martin video!

[@martinpauly]

Enjoy, Chuck - and have a good weekend! - Martin

[@chuckmartin5773]

@@martinpauly thank you! You as well!

[@chcr8150]

Really neat to see the plane superimposed over the Sun n’ Fun diagram to see how the approach works, nice touch! Looking forward to the night air show. 😎😎👍🏽👍🏽

[@martinpauly]

Glad you found that useful. Enjoy the airshow! - Martin

[@projectcontrols]

Great video and I love your avionics. Thanks for showing the checklist on the Avidyne

[@martinpauly]

Thanks, James. - Martin

[@scottmiller4711]

I briefly talked with you while down at SnF. You were also on with ATC when I was arriving as well...nice to meet you!

[@martinpauly]

Nice to meet you as well, Scott. I hope you had a great time in Lakeland! - Martin

[@WolfPilot]

Excellent arrival Martin! I can't wait to watch your videos from the event! You have a way of bringing everything to life. I love that photo with you, Kim , Kriss and Kev.

[@martinpauly]

It was great to see those guys and gals in Lakeland. The longer I fly, the more I realize aviation is about people more than it is about airplanes. And SNF / AirVenture are our family reunions, if you will. - Martin

[@dutchygirl]

That was fun watching, Martin! Looking forward to see more of your trip to Sun 'n Fun :-)

[@martinpauly]

Thanks, Cindy. Part 2 (airshow) is now out. Enjoy! - Martin

[@dutchygirl]

​@@martinpauly Thanks, just watched it! Another great one :-)

[@odayta]

Great to ride with you Martin. Top notch video production. I hope you will take us along with you to KOSH 2021!

[@johnkoetting7198]

Really enjoy your vidoes. Very professional..

[@martinpauly]

Thank you, John. - Martin

[@iflyc77]

Great to meet you while walking back to parking/camping that evening Martin! The Vg video with Doug was again top dollar work.

[@martinpauly]

Thanks, Curt. Doug is a great teacher; I am fortunate that he has shared so many things with me. - Martin

[@GGBSystems]

This is going to be a fun series, Martin. Looking forward to it!

[@martinpauly]

Thanks, Jeff. I hope you enjoy the rest of it, too. Part 2 (airshow) is now out. - Martin

[@ecossearthur]

Outstanding!

[@dennisd7292]

Nice job Martin. It was a pleasure to meet you at the show.

[@martinpauly]

Thanks, Dennis. Glad to meet you, too! - Martin

[@kenstevenson4133]

Good times. Look forward to the next vid!

[@martinpauly]

Good times indeed, Ken. - Martin

[@prestonmiller9552]

Looks like great fun Martin. Thanks for sharing.

[@martinpauly]

It WAS great fun, Preston. - Martin

[@terry7340]

Welcome to Lakeland. You came over our house at about 1500'. Great vids and great flying.

[@martinpauly]

Thanks, Terry. I hope I didn't make too much noise buzzing your house. - Martin

[@FarkyDave]

Great job, Martin!

[@martinpauly]

Thanks, Dave. - Martin

[@waelbeheiry6056]

Thanks Martin for sharing such a nice video, have fun and enjoy it..

[@martinpauly]

Thanks, Wael. - Martin

[@jetdoctn]

Well Martin looks like you and I have the same dream plane. I did enjoy the atc banter "70TB do you want to cancel in the air or on the ground? I need another 1000ft lower to cancel in the air, 70TB descend and maintain 3000." :) Great video as always looking forward to the next ones.

[@martinpauly]

Shall we start a PC-12 partnership, Mike? 😁 - Martin

[@jetdoctn]

@@martinpauly Sounds good to me I can probably do the first 50k, your good for the rest right?

[@martinpauly]

@@jetdoctn Oh, I wish... 😂

[@johnnytoobad7785]

Looking forward to ALL these vids..:)

[@martinpauly]

Thanks, Johnny. Part 2 (the airshow) is now out. - Martin

[@paratyshow]

👍☑️ TKS Martin, gonna be good!

[@UAL1kFlyer]

Outstanding vid. Your talks at SnF were excellent too.

[@martinpauly]

Thank you - were you there, in one of my presentations? (KZbin is kind of anonymous, often I don't know who people are.) - Martin

[@UAL1kFlyer]

@@martinpauly Yes, I was in the back, on your right in the corner, at your last talk on Saturday about making aviation videos (incognito -- not wearing any UAL1kFlyer swag, and without my usual entourage of supermodels). I took a bunch of notes and have already patronized some of your suggested gear. The talk was outstanding. The time you spend is apparent and appreciated.

[@martinpauly]

@@UAL1kFlyer Thank you - but next time please feel free to bring your "usual entourage" into the classroom with you. 😀 - Martin

[@Shaneepe1]

Great opener!!! I was wondering if you were going to cut the corner and fly over water. See you took the safer route :). Can’t wait for the next 6 vids!

[@martinpauly]

I like to be in gliding distance of the shore if at all possible, Shane. Part 2 is now out, with the airshow. - Martin

[@MooneyM20J]

Martin awesome job on the checklist on the IFD. 👍

[@martinpauly]

Thanks, Shawn. I just programmed that recently. - Martin

[@MooneyM20J]

@@martinpauly thank to you 😎 I end up selling my GNS and getting IFD 540. I love it better than GTN 750 😊 Avidyne was supposed to release a new softener 10.3 last year with new features and improvement. Wondering if you’ve heard anything?

[@martinpauly]

@@MooneyM20J I hope you'll love your IFD as much as I love mine, Shawn. Avidyne was talking about version 10.3 in Lakeland at Sun 'n Fun and talked about a release later in 2021. From the features and improvements they mentioned, this does indeed look like a nice upgrade. I suspect we'll hear more details at AirVenture. - Martin

[@MooneyM20J]

@@martinpauly thank you 🙏

[@cperry61]

You were parked/camped right in front of us! It was a pleasure meeting you!

[@martinpauly]

I had a blast the whole week, Chuck. Will you fly to Oshkosh as well? - Martin

[@cperry61]

@@martinpauly Right now I plan to try and make it to Oshkosh but work and wife may change that, so we'll see

[@gordonfeliciano4315]

It looks like you smashed a couple of bugs on that approach! Nice job!

[@martinpauly]

Yes, bug season has started again. A little sooner in Florida than in Iowa, of course. - Martin

[@1shARyn3]

PC-12 ---- You and Mike Ojo! Expensive tastes ....

[@ecossearthur]

Boom!

[@martinpauly]

You win the prize today for first comment, Arthur! 👍 - Martin

[@ButchRahman]

That "V-shaped building" at 18:15 is Publix Supermarkets Headquarters.

[@martinpauly]

Good to know! - Martin

[@5128goldenrod]

I came in am early Friday IFR, after an overnight in Gainesville.....actually an anticlimax not the fly the VFR procedure. Hope you got your plane cleane, my A36 has never been so dusty/dirty!

[@martinpauly]

Hi Andy. My Bonanza was dirty, very dirty. Funny thing is I flew home through heavy rain, but it only cleaned the leading edges. Most of the wing I still had to clean by hand after I got home. Great to meet you in person in Lakeland! - Martin

[@5128goldenrod]

@@martinpauly my dust accelerated some rime icing at 10,000 ft, which took 35 mins to sublime off !

[@beechcraftsierra7146]

Great Video, why did it not seem like total chaos on the radio when you arrived? I listened to a couple other videos from other KZbinrs and I was getting stressed out with them... yours was great, assuming a lot of editing or was it fairly seamless? I am thinking about flying in this year but was Leary of it as Im not up for that stress yet as I am a low time PP

[@freakfly23]

You should have stopped and visited me at the tower in Bartow. Next time.

[@tnarg1432]

Great video I currently fly a beech sundowner Which headset are you using

[@pilotsalmanalkhaldi5649]

اشتقت له I miss it

[@SkylineBaronPilot]

Great job Martin. It was awesome to finally meet you at Sun n fun! Hope to get together soon. See you at EAA Oshkosh ✈️✨

[@martinpauly]

Yes, less than 100 days away. You may want to consider going to KMCW the Thursday night before Oshkosh; usually they have around 150 planes and a BBQ, lots of warbird and other historic airplanes. I'll head over to KOSH from there on Friday morning. - Martin

[@SkylineBaronPilot]

@@martinpauly see you soon!

[@joelparish3851]

Martin can you explain the reasoning or benefits of having the two IFD’s in the panel. I’m currently VFR only but considering getting my IFR ticket. I would need to upgrade some avionics to do so. I would love to hear why so many pilots seem to install two. Thanks Joe

[@martinpauly]

Hi Joel. Good question; especially since the free IFD100 app turns an iPad into a second, larger screen to control the IFD, view maps and make flight plan edits etc. The reason I still added a second IFD is a little bit comfort, but mostly for redundancy. If the sole IFD (or a GTN, or a GNS) fails, you lose GPS navigation, VOR navigation, and VHF radio communications. Especially on an IFR flight, losing all that at one - unlikely as it is - would be a bad day. Having said that, we all decide for ourselves how much redundancy we want and how much risk is acceptable (even my dual IFD setup could fail), so there is nothing really wrong with having just one IFD - especially if you have a simple VHF NAV/COM radio as a backup. Best regards, Martin

[@waukeshapilot6462]

Spelling error on the Run Up Display #3 Free and Corret???????????

[@martinpauly]

I'll have to check the spelling next time I'm at the hangar. 😁 - Martin

[@waukeshapilot6462]

@@martinpauly 3:25 I saved you a trip!

[@CalebICT]

Maybe a Cessna Denali?

[@martinpauly]

Let's see how they will do against the PC-12. - Martin

[@mariozambrano3681]

Hey neighbor

[@martinpauly]

Mario! Mein Nachbar in Lakeland! Ich hoffe, Dein Heimflug war angenehm. Würde mich freuen, wenn wir uns irgendwann mal wiedersehen. Herzliche Grüsse, Martin

[@davidrumolo422]

curious....why not stay IFR for arrival? See you at OSH?

[@martinpauly]

Why not stay IFR? Assuming that was a serious question, David: it is clearly spelled out in the Sun 'n Fun NOTAM that above certain weather minimums IFR flights are expected to cancel IFR and follow the Lake Parker visual arrival. Lakeland couldn't handle the traffic volume they handle if they had to apply IFR separation. I'll be in Oshkosh - see you there! - Martin

[@davidrumolo422]

@@martinpauly Ah....makes sense....since I was not headed there. i never thought to look at NOTAM. Just downloaded the OSH NOTAM!

[@martinpauly]

@@davidrumolo422 You'll find very similar language and instructions in the AirVenture NOTAM, David. IFR even requires a slot (reservation) for Oshkosh, so it's even more stringent than Lakeland in that regard. - Martin