PROJECT REVIEW
The historic collection includes
a Grumman Wildcat
WAR HEROES I
RELIVING A FLIGHT ABOARD A WWII FLYING FORTRESS IS AMONG THE TREATS AT FLIGHT OF FANTASY. NICK FARMER INDULGES HIS LOVE OF OLD AEROPLANES
n November 2011, I travelled with many others in our industry to Orlando for the IAAPA show. And could I be found doing research among the world’s greatest col- lection of theme parks? Well
Nick Farmer describes his day out
actually no, I sneaked off to visit Fantasy of Flight an hour down the road in Tampa, to indulge my love of old aeroplanes. There are Mustangs and a Mitchell, a Sunderland and a Spitfi re, a Focke Wulf and a Ford Trimotor – more than 40 aircraft in immaculate concourse condition, most of them airworthy, all presented in a won-
derful art deco hangar facility. Some lucky visitors were taking pleasure fl ights in a fi ve-seater open-cockpit 1920s Standard.
MUSTANG ALLY Fantasy of Flight is owned and operated by Kermit Weeks, a world champion aero- batic pilot and collector of fabulous fl ying machines. A man with a fi ne moustache and ponytail to match, he has built up a truly wonderful collection of historic aircraft, pretty much all of which he has fl own. On the day I was there, he fl ew his Grumman Wildcat, a Grumman Duck and
A B17 mission plane is among more than 40 aircraft on display
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