{"id":36088,"date":"2026-08-02T22:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=36088"},"modified":"2026-08-02T22:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:40:19","slug":"wearing-the-26-florida-panthers-thunderbirds-jersey-at-airventure-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/front-page-slider\/wearing-the-26-florida-panthers-thunderbirds-jersey-at-airventure-2026\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Wearing the #26 Florida Panthers “Thunderbirds” Jersey at AirVenture 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019m always up for trying something new and being unique in some way. As some of you know, my day job is working in the video game industry and I love it when games and aviation come together! A couple of years ago I bought a bunch of aviation related video game shirts to wear throughout the week at AirVenture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t have anything unique planned for this year though. However, two of my favorite worlds did come together again (hockey and aviation this time) earlier in the year when Matthew Tkachuk of the Florida Panthers got to fly back seat with the Air Force Thunderbirds! I wrote an article about it because it was a fun story for me<\/a>. I took note in that article that the Panthers presented the Thunderbirds with a number 26 \u2018Thunderbirds\u2019 jersey. I thought to myself and put it in the article, \u201cI totally want a #26 \u201cThunderbirds\u201d Florida Panthers hockey jersey! I would absolutely wear that at Oshkosh this year!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, the Florida Panthers liked that idea too and actually sent me a #26 \u2018Thunderbirds\u2019 jersey to wear at AirVenture this year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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