The short video features the Grumman Duck “Candy Clipper” from Fantasy of Flight in Florida, with owner Kermit Weeks sharing some fascinating facts about the bird.
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Visiting the Gee Bees at Fantasy of Flight
Ted Luebbers visits Kermit Weeks’ Fantasy of Flight in Florida and gets an up-close look at the Gee Bees.
Fantasy of Flight reopens; plans for Act III underway
After a year of dormancy, Fantasy of Flight, Kermit Weeks’ vintage aviation attraction in Polk City, Florida, has reopened to the public in a limited fashion. “We have opened a small scale museum housed in our former maintenance hangar,” explains Kandice Stephens, operations and events manager for Fantasy of Flight. “We will have 11 to […]
Receive $5 off with a toy donation at Fantasy of Flight
POLK CITY, Florida — Fantasy of Flight is offering visitors who donate an unwrapped toy $5 off of full-priced admission for each donation through Dec. 15. The toy drive will benefit Toys for Tots of Polk County. Every person in a group must bring a donated unwrapped toy to qualify for the discount. The donated […]
Paranormal activity returns to Fantasy of Flight
POLK CITY, Florida — Fantasy of Flight is once again hosting nightFlight, an exploration of the paranormal activity at the largest private collection of vintage aircraft. The event began several years ago as stories of unexplained occurrences such as unidentifiable noises, temperature changes and the detection of mists and shadows caught the attention of professional […]
Treasure trove unveiled at Fantasy of Flight
POLK CITY, Fla. — Everyone likes to go behind the scenes and get a glimpse of what happens “behind the curtain”… Now, at Fantasy of Flight, the curtains have been thrown open and guests can see what was previously off limits — an additional 20,000 square feet filled with more rare and vintage aircraft, aircraft […]
Black History Month brings Tuskegee Airmen to Fantasy of Flight
POLK CITY, Fla. — For the fifth year, Fantasy of Flight will once again welcome the Tuskegee Airmen when it kicks off its 2013 Legends & Legacies Symposium Series Thursday, Feb. 7, through Saturday, Feb. 9. The attraction will celebrate Black History Month not only by hosting a three-day limited engagement event called “They Dared […]
Flying the Curtiss Pusher
The twin airfoil canard out front looks like a box kite, one of the prominent building materials is bamboo, and there was never a Pilot’s Operating Handbook of any kind produced for the airplane. However, when Kermit Weeks lines the Curtiss Pusher up on a 5,000-foot grass strip to take his first hop, heads turn […]
Fantasy of Flight founder publishes second children’s book
Kermit Weeks, founder and owner of Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Fla., has just released his second children’s book, “The Spirit of Lindy.” Weeks’ first book, “All of Life is a School,” which was published in 2008, won a Bronze IPPY Award in the 13th Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards. Weeks won the Bronze […]