Current Projects

1918 De Havilland DH-4 (U.S. Army Air Corps)

This airplane is the second DH-4 project for Kermit Weeks, Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, FL. Kermit purchased a number of DH-4 projects several years ago. These projects were part of the Tallman/Mantz collection, the Hollywood stunt pilots. They were built by a gentleman named Specth who was building them for Frank Tallman. The projects had been in storage since that purchase. Two of those airframes are being restored for Kermit Weeks/Fantasy of Flight.

The first was a DH-4BM Air Mail airframe which we delivered in October 2006. This airframe will be restored as a flying DH-4B Army Air Corps as built by the Fisher Body Company for the Army Air Corp in World War One. It will be restored using both original and new DeHavilland parts. As with the DH-4BM, this DH-4 will be flyable.

The restoration crew at Fantasy of Flight will complete the work with a Liberty V-12 engine. They will have the instruments certified, install the fabric and paint the plane in a military scheme. They are also supplying the propeller, wheels and tires.

1916 Sopwith PUP (2 airframes)

The Sopwith Pup was a British single seater biplane fighter aircraft used during the First World War. It was manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Company and was officially named the Sopwith Scout. The "Pup" nickname arose because pilots considered it to be the "pup" of the larger two-seat Sopwith 1½Strutter.

These two PUP airframes belong to Kermit Weeks at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, FL. They were damaged by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The broken airplanes were shipped from Fantasy of Flight to our shop in East Wenatchee. We disassembled the aircraft and we will replace any wood or metal parts that were damaged and restore the planes to flying condition.