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Fantasy of Flight
Fantasy of Flight is an aviation museum in Polk City, Florida.
The Weeks Air Museum was incorporated in 1981, but only began to grow significantly in 1985 with Kermit Weeks's purchase of 36 aircraft from the Tallmantz Aviation collection. It opened in March 1987 at Tamiami Executive Airport near Kendall, Florida.
By mid-1992, plans for a new aviation-themed attraction in Polk City, Florida had been finalized. However, that August, the Kendall facility was severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew. The hangar collapsed and many of the aircraft inside and outside were severely damaged. After rebuilding, the museum reopened at the same location in July 1994. This was followed by the opening of the new location, named Fantasy of Flight, on 19 October 1995.
Plans announced in 2005 called for the museum and surrounding area to be developed into a regional tourist attraction called "Orlampa". It would feature themed "villages" focused on different periods of aviation history. However, it suffered from being too far from established theme parks. By the following December, the facility had opened the Orlampa Conference Center.
The last of the aircraft were moved to the new location in May 2009.[better source needed]
Starting in February 2011 and running through at least October, the museum held a six part symposium called Legends and Legacies featuring veterans from World War II.
In the summer of 2011, Kermit Weeks and a crew from Fantasy of Flight flew to Cotswold Airport in the United Kingdom to evaluate a Douglas C-47 Skytrain for possible purchase. The aircraft had flown sorties during the D-Day invasion and Operation Market Garden. At the end of July, Weeks went forward with the purchase. Following minor repairs, the plane, registration number N1944A, was flown back to the United States by Weeks and his crew. The aircraft arrived at the EAA AirVenture Museum in August 2011, where it was placed on temporary display. After several months, it was flown to Fantasy of Flight, where it landed on 2 May 2012.[better source needed]
By December 2013, the museum began building a reproduction of a Benoist XIV flying boat to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the first scheduled commercial airline flight.
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Fantasy of Flight
Fantasy of Flight is an aviation museum in Polk City, Florida.
The Weeks Air Museum was incorporated in 1981, but only began to grow significantly in 1985 with Kermit Weeks's purchase of 36 aircraft from the Tallmantz Aviation collection. It opened in March 1987 at Tamiami Executive Airport near Kendall, Florida.
By mid-1992, plans for a new aviation-themed attraction in Polk City, Florida had been finalized. However, that August, the Kendall facility was severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew. The hangar collapsed and many of the aircraft inside and outside were severely damaged. After rebuilding, the museum reopened at the same location in July 1994. This was followed by the opening of the new location, named Fantasy of Flight, on 19 October 1995.
Plans announced in 2005 called for the museum and surrounding area to be developed into a regional tourist attraction called "Orlampa". It would feature themed "villages" focused on different periods of aviation history. However, it suffered from being too far from established theme parks. By the following December, the facility had opened the Orlampa Conference Center.
The last of the aircraft were moved to the new location in May 2009.[better source needed]
Starting in February 2011 and running through at least October, the museum held a six part symposium called Legends and Legacies featuring veterans from World War II.
In the summer of 2011, Kermit Weeks and a crew from Fantasy of Flight flew to Cotswold Airport in the United Kingdom to evaluate a Douglas C-47 Skytrain for possible purchase. The aircraft had flown sorties during the D-Day invasion and Operation Market Garden. At the end of July, Weeks went forward with the purchase. Following minor repairs, the plane, registration number N1944A, was flown back to the United States by Weeks and his crew. The aircraft arrived at the EAA AirVenture Museum in August 2011, where it was placed on temporary display. After several months, it was flown to Fantasy of Flight, where it landed on 2 May 2012.[better source needed]
By December 2013, the museum began building a reproduction of a Benoist XIV flying boat to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the first scheduled commercial airline flight.