Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida |
| My second visit to Kermit Weeks' "World's greatest collection of vintage aircraft", the first being in 2016. Visitors are still restricted to the secondary hangar, across the runway from the main exhibition hangar, and it's pretty crowded. Some of the exhibits have changed, but many have remained the same, but the one outside exhibit, the Lockheed Starliner, has noticably deteriorated. We visited on 11th April during a storm that cancelled the airshow at Sun 'n Fun. |
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| Anzani W-3 engine |
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1909 3-cylinder fan (semi-radial) 25hp engine | |
| Brown B-1 Racer | NR83Y (N83Y) 8 |
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| Brown B-2 Racer replica | N255Y |
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| Consolidated B-24D Liberator nose |
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Marked as 41-11825 "Hail Columbia" | |
| Consolidated B-24J Liberator | 44-44272 N94459 |
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Ex RAF KH401, Indian AF HE771, marked as 42-50551 RR "Joe". |
| Curtiss Robin B | NC8313 (N8313) |
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| De Havilland DH-4 replica |
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| Douglas DC-3A | N4797H |
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Ex 43-48362, KJ839, G-APNK, VP-BAB, VP-BBM, VP-LIX. A sad advert for the Fantasy of Flight. |
| Fiesler Fi103A-1 V-1 Flying Bomb full scale model |
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| Granville Brothers Gee Bee R-2 Super Sportster replica | NR2101 (N2101) 7 |
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| Granville Brothers Gee Bee YL-1 Senior Sportster replica | N3215M NR718Y (N718Y) 7 |
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| Granville Brothers Gee Bee Z Super Sportster replica | NR77V (N77V) 4 |
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| Grumman F3F-2 | N26KW 7-F-7 |
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Ex USN 1028 |
| Grumman J2F-6 Duck | N1214N |
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Ex USN 33549 |
| Howard DGA-5 Ike replica | 'NR56Y' (N56Y) |
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| Laird LC-DW-500 Super Solution replica | N22ML 400 |
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| Lockheed L-1649A(F) Starliner | N974R D-ALAN |
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| Lockheed Vega fuselage | Unknown |
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| Messerschmitt Bf109 | Unknown |
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| Morane-Saulnier A-1 | A-1 1572-12 |
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| Museum exterior |
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| Nardi FN305D | I-TOMI |
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Ex Italian AF MM380. This aircraft set a class speed record for a flight from Rome to Addis Ababa in 1939. |
| North American P-51C Mustang | N1204 72 |
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"INA the Macon Belle" |
| North American P-51D Mustang | N921 (NL921) HO-P |
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"Cripes A' Mighty 3rd" Ex USAF 45-11507, RNZAF NZ2417 and ZK-CCG. |
| Polikarpov I-16 | N30425 2421645 45 |
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Soviet AF |
| Republic P-47D Thunderbolt | 8A36 |
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Venezuelan AF Ex USAF 44-32814. |
| Savoia Marchetti {American Aeronautical) S-56 | NC349N (N349N) |
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I saw this in 2007 on Long Island with its previous owner, Cradle of Aviation Museum. |
| Standard E-1M Defense | N49128 |
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Ex USAAF 49128. |
| Supermarine Spitfire LFXVIe | NX476TE (N476TE) |
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Ex RAF TE476, G-XVIB |
| Vought F4U-4 Corsair | N5215V 5 |
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Ex USN 97286. |
