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Fantasy of Flight visit- Photos

Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:59 am

After our visit to the Golden Hill Storage area we spent the rest of the day at Fantasy of Flight. Here is some of what we saw during our step back in time...

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Lots of Golden Age Racers...

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Re: Fantasy of Flight visit- Photos

Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:06 am

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I did not realise Kermit had a B-24D nose. Neat way to display it:

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The definition of a Hands On Owner... Towing out the plane of the day...

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They are prepping the Spirt replica for a trip to Paris this summer

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Re: Fantasy of Flight visit- Photos

Wed Apr 23, 2014 8:11 am

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B-25 noses.

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Most of the regular flyers are in a hangar across the ramp. Kermit's B-24J is in there too...

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Re: Fantasy of Flight visit- Photos

Wed Apr 23, 2014 10:50 am

Great photos,

Thanks for posting Bryan

Andy

Re: Fantasy of Flight visit- Photos

Wed Apr 23, 2014 5:07 pm

We tend to forget how large, and how diverse, his collection is.
It has got to be the world's greatest private aircraft collection.

Re: Fantasy of Flight visit- Photos

Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:28 pm

Man, you ain't kiddin' -- that's an eye-popping picture post right there! :shock:

What's the story on this GeeBee, didn't know he had it...?

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Re: Fantasy of Flight visit- Photos

Wed Apr 23, 2014 6:36 pm

That's the Gee Bee that Delmar Benjamin built and flew for years on the airshow circuit.

Andy

Re: Fantasy of Flight visit- Photos

Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:03 pm

That's what I was thinking. WOW -- and fly it he did!! (Try searching that up on Youtube sometime!)

Thanks Andy! 8)

Re: Fantasy of Flight visit- Photos

Thu Apr 24, 2014 4:52 am

Super-groovy stuff! Thanks much for sharing these...

Was the TP-40N anywhere to be seen?


Fade to Black...

Re: Fantasy of Flight visit- Photos

Thu Apr 24, 2014 5:58 am

Here is he TP-40N.

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Mark Fidler
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