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Tempest Fugit – The Resurrection of Two of Hawkers’ Finest Fighters

May 6, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 15

Tempest Fugit – The Resurrection of Two of Hawkers’ Finest by Richard Mallory Allnutt The Hawker Tempest is one of the most revered ground attack aircraft of WWII, and yet so few of them survived beyond […]

Scaled-Down Fantasy of Flight Museum Reopens to the Public

February 2, 2015 Moreno Aguiari 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 […]

Fantasy of Flight, End of an Era

March 4, 2014 Moreno Aguiari 3

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

July 18, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 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 […]

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

June 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 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 […]

Fantasy of Flight Opens Second Storage Facility to Visitors

March 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 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 […]

Fantasy Of Flight

Tempest Fugit – The Resurrection of Two of Hawkers’ Finest Fighters

Scaled-Down Fantasy of Flight Museum Reopens to the Public

Fantasy of Flight, End of an Era

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

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

Fantasy of Flight Opens Second Storage Facility to Visitors

Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group Achieves Major Milestone

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