Lloyd Sowers

5 days ago | fox13news.com | Lloyd Sowers

A Bay Area driver is burning up the track in a new kind of race car. It’s fast and full of new technology – and the person behind the wheel is about to become a grandmother. Marta Hansen, an architect, was among the first members of The Motor Enclave community in Tampa to purchase a $135,000 car that’s like a giant go-kart. It’s so fast and agile that its maker named the brand Radical. Pictured: Radical race cars at The Motor Enclave.

1 week ago | fox13news.com | Lloyd Sowers

L3 Harris test pilot Clint Logwood lives in St. Petersburg. He's showing off his company's new warplane close to home, in Tampa, during SOF Week: The Sky Warden Skyraider 2. It's a relatively small, single-wing airplane that’s armed to the teeth to meet any threat. It can also land and take-off in a cow pasture. READ: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at Special Operations Forces Week event in Tampa "I'm qualified in 88 different aircraft, and this is by far the most fun," smiled Logwood.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Lloyd Sowers

The BriefThe Sky Warden Skyraider 2 is a relatively small, single-wing airplane that’s armed to the teeth to meet any threat. It's one of many battlefield technologies being shown off at Special Operations Forces Week. The plane is built with the engine and other systems that have been previously used for years on its crop-dusting cousin, but with special avionics and weapons systems installed. TAMPA, Fla. - L3 Harris test pilot Clint Logwood lives in St. Petersburg.

1 week ago | fox13news.com | Lloyd Sowers

In 1954 in Ybor City, the cigar industry was in a downturn. World War II G.I.'s had changed from smoking cigars to cigarettes, which were supplied with their rations, but Tampa was still the center of the cigar universe. READ: Commemorative cigar pays homage to Tampa Smokers, marks beginning of baseball season The backstory: "The cigar industry built Tampa 100 years ago," said Drew Newman, whose great-grandfather founded the J.C. Newman Cigar Company in Cleveland on May 5, 1895.

2 weeks ago | fox13news.com | Lloyd Sowers

A dilapidated warehouse and industrial district on the southern edge of Ybor City is slated for drastic change. It will be a new neighborhood firmly rooted in the history of old Ybor City. "There are few places in America, let alone in Florida, where you can see genuine history, authenticity, and just that great character," said Graham Tyrrell, senior vice president of Kettler Inc. Tyrell represents the master developer of a planned 50-acre project that’s known, for now, as Gas Worx.