Fantasy of Flight

Seversky P-35 under restoration
Before restoration
Flight demonstration
Biplane ride
Navy Corsair
P-51 Mustang

Interior B-17

B-24 Liberator

Today we toured Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight, the world's largest private collection of vintage aircraft, all of which have been restored to flying condition. The collection includes planes that are totally done as well as others that are in various stages of completion in the restoration shop. There are stunt, commercial and military planes many of which were flown to the site by Kermit Weeks himself. There is a immersion environments room that walks you through a display of flight from the balloon to WWII under combat conditions. This includes a B-17 bomber you can board. I was amazed at how small this plane was and at how little protection was provided for the crew. They had a demonstration flight in a piper reconnaissance plane that is capable of flying at such low speeds that in a head wind it can actually hover. Rides in a biplane or a balloon are also available.