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Scaled-Down Fantasy of Flight Museum Reopens to the Public

February 2, 2015 WarbirdsNews 4

Kermit Weeks reopened his Fantasy of Flight museum to the general public this past weekend, although on a much smaller scale. The original incarnation of Fantasy of Flight closed to all but private events last […]

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30-minute WEDU Interview With Kermit Weeks

November 7, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

Last week WEDU,a PBS member station based in Tampa serving the 16 counties of West Central Florida, aired a very interesting interview of Kermit Weeks.Warbird enthusiasts who followed Kermit’s blog and Facebook page have wondered […]

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Fantasy of Flight’s Stinson L-1 Flew Today!

July 18, 2013 WarbirdsNews 7

After a very long restoration project and recent FAA sign off, a Stinson L-1 Vigilant owned by Kermit Weeks’ Fantasy of Flight Museum of Polk City, Florida took the sky today for the first in […]

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Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Lands at Fantasy of Flight

June 30, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

Kermit Weeks and his team from Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida, spent about a week in Texas earlier this month disassembling the 1937 Sikorsky S-43 that Howard Hughes commissioned for a record-breaking around […]

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UPDATED: First Confirmed Warbird Sales From Jerry Yagen Military Aviation Museum

June 24, 2013 WarbirdsNews 11

NOTE:The latest news on the dissolution of the MAM collection, including the destination of the Focke Wulf Fw 190 and the B-17 “Chuckie” are added at the bottom of this article. As we recently reported, […]

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Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43 Heading to Fantasy of Flight Collection in Florida

June 13, 2013 WarbirdsNews 6

This week, Kermit Weeks of Fantasy of Flight of Polk City, Florida will be heading to Texas with a crew of technicians to begin disassembly of Sikorsky S-43 N-440, once owned by Howard Hughes. Hughes […]

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Duluth Aviation Institute Recreating a Hundred Year Old Flying Boat From Scratch

May 31, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

The Duluth Aviation Institute of Duluth, Minnesota is in the process of completing a flying replica of the Benoist XIV flying boat named “Lark of Duluth” which debuted in Duluth in the summer of 1913.

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Fantasy of Flight Opens Second Storage Facility to Visitors

March 15, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

Polk City, Florida-based aviation attraction Fantasy of Flight opened a storage facility onsite to visitors last year and it proved to be so popular with patrons that they now have opened a second storage hangar […]

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Fantasy of Flight Stinson O-49 Vigilant Soon to Fly

March 11, 2013 WarbirdsNews 0

Soon to be the only flying Stinson O-49 Vigilant in the world, 40-3102/N63230 is completing its restoration at the Fantasy of Flight Museum in Polk City, Florida. The two seat light observation aircraft was damaged […]

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Warbirds Over Wanaka Airshow Update

April 15, 2021 0

With the air show world sensing a much-hoped-for return to normalcy beginning to arrive, the legendary biennial Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow in Wanaka, New Zealand is already making plans for their event over the […]

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Fagen Fighters’ Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver – Restoration Update – April, 2021

With the recent arrival of their freshly restored Grumman Hellcat, which we reported on a couple of days ago, comes news from the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum about progress with their ultra-rare Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver Bu.83393. [...]
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