Fantasy of Flight
Fantasy of Flight is an aviation museum in Polk City , Florida , USA , the over 160 exhibits of which are mostly airworthy. The opening was in 1995.
The visitors are taken on a journey through time through the early days of aviation, the time of the First and Second World Wars to the present day. The owner Kermit Weeks describes his collection as the largest private aircraft collection in the world.
collection
Kermit Weeks collection includes the following aircraft, which are not always stationed in the museum.
- Antonov An-2
- Avro Cadet
- North American AT-6D
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Douglas B-23 Dragon
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator
- North American B-25 Mitchell N1943J
- Martin B-26 Marauder
- Bachem Ba 349 Natter (replica)
- Bell 47G
- Bucker Bü 181 Bestmann
- Bucker Bü 131 Jungmann
- Bücker Bü 133 Jungmeister
- Chance-Vought F4U Corsair
- Cierva C.30A ( gyroplanes )
- Curtiss Junior
- Curtiss Model D.
- Fieseler Fi 156 stork
- Fieseler Fi 103
- Focke-Wulf FW-44
- Fokker D.VIII (replica)
- Ford Trimotor
- Gee Bee R-2
- Gee Bee Z NR77V
- Grumman J2F Duck N1214N
- Grumman F3F
- Grumman FM-2 Wildcat
- Hiller YH-32 Hornet
- Lockheed Vega
- Mitsubishi Zero
- Morane A-1
- Morane / Brock monoplane
- New Standard D-25
- Republic P-47 Thunderbolt in storage, with original shipping box
- Seversky P-35 (under restoration)
- Stamp SV-4
- North American P-51 Mustang
- Piper L-4J Grasshopper
- Polikarpov Po-2
- Ryan NYP
- Short Sunderland N814ML
- Standard E-1
- Standard J-1
- Stinson SM-6000-B
- Stinson Model A
- Supermarine Spitfire N476TE
- Thomas-Morse S-4 Scout
- Trautman Road Air
- Travel Air 4000
See also
literature
- Wolfgang Mühlbauer: Portrait of Kermit Weeks . In: Flugzeug Classic . No. 7 , 2008, ISSN 1617-0725 , p. 57-61 .
Web links
Commons : Fantasy of Flight - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Fantasy of Flight. Kermit Weeks, accessed April 17, 2012 (Museum website).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1916 Brock Morane. In: Fantasy of Flight. Kermit Weeks, accessed October 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Road Air. (No longer available online.) In: Fantasy of Flight. Kermit Weeks, archived from the original on February 3, 2012 ; accessed on October 12, 2016 (English): "first prototype, and last production model built by Herbert Trautman"
Coordinates: 28 ° 10 ′ 7.3 " N , 81 ° 48 ′ 31" W.