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.

Aircraft Reg'n Thumbs Notes
Anzani W-3 engine   1909 3-cylinder fan (semi-radial) 25hp engine
Brown B-1 Racer NR83Y (N83Y) 8  
Brown B-2 Racer replica N255Y  
Consolidated B-24D Liberator nose   Marked as 41-11825 "Hail Columbia"
Consolidated B-24J Liberator 44-44272 N94459 Ex RAF KH401, Indian AF HE771, marked as 42-50551 RR "Joe".
Curtiss Robin B NC8313 (N8313)  
De Havilland DH-4 replica    
Douglas DC-3A N4797H 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    
Granville Brothers Gee Bee R-2 Super Sportster replica NR2101 (N2101) 7  
Granville Brothers Gee Bee YL-1 Senior Sportster replica N3215M NR718Y (N718Y) 7  
Granville Brothers Gee Bee Z Super Sportster replica NR77V (N77V) 4  
Grumman F3F-2 N26KW 7-F-7 Ex USN 1028
Grumman J2F-6 Duck N1214N Ex USN 33549
Howard DGA-5 Ike replica 'NR56Y' (N56Y)  
Laird LC-DW-500 Super Solution replica N22ML 400  
Lockheed L-1649A(F) Starliner N974R D-ALAN  
Lockheed Vega fuselage Unknown  
Messerschmitt Bf109 Unknown  
Morane-Saulnier A-1 A-1 1572-12  
Museum exterior    
Nardi FN305D I-TOMI 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 "INA the Macon Belle"
North American P-51D Mustang N921 (NL921) HO-P "Cripes A' Mighty 3rd" Ex USAF 45-11507, RNZAF NZ2417 and ZK-CCG.
Polikarpov I-16 N30425 2421645 45 Soviet AF
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 8A36 Venezuelan AF Ex USAF 44-32814.
Savoia Marchetti {American Aeronautical) S-56 NC349N (N349N) I saw this in 2007 on Long Island with its previous owner, Cradle of Aviation Museum.
Standard E-1M Defense N49128 Ex USAAF 49128.
Supermarine Spitfire LFXVIe NX476TE (N476TE) Ex RAF TE476, G-XVIB
Vought F4U-4 Corsair N5215V 5 Ex USN 97286.

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