Fantasy of Flight

Fantasy of Flight is an aviation museum in Polk City, Florida.

Fantasy of Flight
Aerial view of the site
Location within Florida
Fantasy of Flight (the United States)
EstablishedNovember 11, 1995 (1995-11-11)
LocationPolk City, Florida
Coordinates28.171192°N 81.808787°W / 28.171192; -81.808787
TypeAviation attraction
Collection sizeover 150 aircraft
FounderKermit Weeks
Websitefantasyofflight.com

It opened in November 1995, to house Kermit Weeks' collection of aircraft that, until Hurricane Andrew damaged many in 1992, were housed at the Weeks Air Museum in Tamiami, Florida, On April 6, 2014, it closed to the public, aside from private events and on January 30, 2015, it opened a scaled-down museum displaying a small selection of aircraft while the facility is upgraded for a future reopening.

Many of the aircraft displayed are airworthy and some are flown from the facility's grass runways or its seaplane runway.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.