Fantasy of Flight in Lakeland is open on a limited basis each weekend. Rather than the full museum, they’ve got one hangar open with a variety of aircraft and vehicles on display. There are abbreviated tours, and when we were there they were offering flights in a couple biplanes.
The future looks bright if they can deliver on what they want to do. Based on conversations with some of the staff, the goal is to significantly expand the facility, with hangars devoted to specific time periods, and a centralized area that will have rides and activities. They’re striving to make it more family-friendly, so the target audience won’t simply be airheads like all of us but have activities for significant others and the kids. Kermit Weeks has a lot of interesting aircraft in his collection, so I wish them all the luck and hope they can get started soon.
These photos were taken in December 2015 and show all of the aircraft on display in the single hangar.
