Lakeland is home to the annual EAA Sun n Fun fly-in and the International Sport
Aviation Museum is situated on the airfield. More information on this Museum is given in
the final section of the book.
Tony’s Airside Restaurant is also situated on the airfield and after arrival, if
you ask the tower for "taxi to Tony’s" they will allow you to taxi and park
your aircraft right outside the restaurant which is situated next to the Tower.
Lakeland Tower - the entrance to Tony's is on the left
(Photograph courtesy of Alan Le Marinel)
This can be an extremely busy restaurant, especially at Sunday lunchtimes and this, in
itself, speaks volumes for the quality of the food and service.
One final word about Lakeland. It can be an extremely busy airfield catering for a
wide variety of different types of aircraft although the standard of the air traffic
controllers is one of the best in Florida, probably because of their experience with Sun n
Fun.
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