Senate Bill sb1204

    Florida Senate - 2003        (NP)                      SR 1204

    By Senator Alexander





    17-1019-03

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing the Florida Air

  3         Museum, operated by Sun n' Fun, a

  4         not-for-profit corporation that is compiling an

  5         extensive collection of aviation memorabilia

  6         and educating the public on aviation history.

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  8         WHEREAS, the mission of Sun n' Fun, as approved by its

  9  Board of Directors in June 2001, is to become the "Aviation

10  Experience of Choice" in the United States and

11  internationally, and

12         WHEREAS, to further this mission, Sun n' Fun maintains

13  a large museum complex, provides an annual air show and

14  convention, and has implemented year-round, aviation-related

15  programs to foster the interest of children of all ages in

16  both aviation and the math, science, and technology that are

17  required for safe aviation, and

18         WHEREAS, the Sun n' Fun Museum hosts several programs

19  dedicated to aviation education, including a Young Pilots

20  Program, an aviation lecture series, and a Young Eagles

21  Program, and

22         WHEREAS, the Sun n' Fun air show and convention brings

23  more than 650,000 people to Lakeland, Florida, making it the

24  second largest of its kind in the world in terms of attendance

25  and the largest in terms of the number of air show performers

26  and the size of its night air show, and

27         WHEREAS, the Museum presently showcases a

28  20,000-square-foot central museum that houses approximately 65

29  aircraft, many of which are unique to the evolution of

30  aviation in America, and

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  1         WHEREAS, the Museum also has a 20,000-square-foot annex

  2  that houses more than a dozen vintage World War II aircraft,

  3  including many one-of-a-kind items, and

  4         WHEREAS, the Museum is home to the collective archive

  5  of all of the documents from the estate of noted aviation

  6  pioneer Howard Hughes, as well as housing the most extensive

  7  archives of aviation publications in the state, and

  8         WHEREAS, the Museum has a wall dedicated to the history

  9  of aviation in Florida, NOW, THEREFORE,

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11  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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13         That the Senate recognizes the Florida Air Museum

14  housed at Sun n' Fun, as the official aviation museum and

15  aviation education center of the State of Florida.

16         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

17  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the

18  Florida Air Museum as a tangible token of the sentiments of

19  the Florida Senate.

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