Planes, Cranes and Sky Limo in the News with Winterfest Boat Parade

Sky Limo will be the first aircraft ever to participate in the Winterfest Boat Parade on Saturday. A 48-foot long, ten-passenger, twin-engine Sabre 60 jet aircraft, with a 44-foot wingspan was lifted by crane, transported through the streets of Fort Lauderdale, and placed onto a barge where it will be dropped into the Intracoastal for Saturday's festivities.

The unorthodox float drew plenty of South Florida media coverage: reporters from the Miami Herald, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, WFOR CBS 4, WPLG Local 10, and WSVN 7News have been closely watching the events leading up to the parade's 6:30 p.m. Saturday kickoff, dubbed "the greatest show on H2O."

The jet will be themed "Fly Me to the Moon" and will also serve as a collection site for the United States Marine Corps "Toys for Tots" campaign.

"We think that would be an exciting part of the program (to) have everybody come down and bring a toy," says Sky Limo owner Tom Conlan. "We are going to try and fill the whole front of the barge with toys."