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Short Trips: Fantasy
of Flight
Here are some shots
from our trips to Fantasy of Flight, on I4 betweeen Orlando and Tampa.
They had a few nice planes there, but I was mostly left with the impression
that some rich guy had just allowed us the privilage to shell out over
$50.00 to gaze at a few of his lesser aircraft. And even then, matters
are made worse by having those ropes around everything so you can't even
get near the planes. I took a zoom lense thiugh, and you can see better
views than we got when we were there.
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This is a
typical view of the airplanes. We were on a sort of catwalk that
runs around one wall of the hangers. It gave about the best view,
but keeps you away from the planes, too. They had several areas
where they had a partial cockpit or something that you could sit
in and check out.
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This British
rotor wing was about half the size of a stearman, and was hanging
very close to the catwalk. Looked like a scary rig to fly in. They
had several WWI fighters in various stages of restoration scattered
around, and it was interesting to see just how flimsy these birds
were. Imagine being 10,000 feet up in something made out of sticks
and rags, with a motor that could quit at any moment.
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This
was a really nice Texan. They had several P51's and a Corsair, as
well as some other fighters too. I've put some P51 shots below. Click
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