Fun flying in the Kitfox Speedster

On Wednesday of AirVenture 2017, air show star Kyle Franklin took to the skies in a new airplane: The 2017 Kitfox Speedster.

The performance and plane got so much attention that he flew it again in Sunday’s closing day airshow.

What many people don’t know is that Sunday’s performance was “25 years to the day” of his father, air show legend Jimmy Franklin, debuting the Kitfox Model 4 Speedster at Oshkosh.

“I was only 12 years old when my father flew it the first time,” he said. “But I remember him saying how fun that little airplane was and how impressed he was with the airplane — and that everybody really liked the way the airplane looked when it flew. I remember, even from back then, the high praise he gave that airplane.”

So when the new model was set to make its debut at this year’s AirVenture, Franklin was ready to see “what this thing will do.”

(Evangle Luo of TTFLY shared with you)