Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 12:54:30 -0500 "Jim Nichols" _jhnichols@bellsouth.net_ (mailto:jhnichols@bellsouth.net) wrote: "My memory isn't too clear after 40 years. I was renting a plane to fly locally, and practiced landings at Kissimmee when there was nothing there except for me and some cows. My, how that has changed. When I asked about the Mustang, I seem to recall that the young man had family connections to the oil industry, hence money to afford such toys." Jim, I'm willing to bet the man was Kermit Weeks, who was a national aerobatic champion and inherited a ton of oil money from South Africa, IIRC. He later built an air museum in Kissimee, which he later moved to Polk City, FL as the "Fantasy of Flight." He advertises it as the "world's greatest collection," and he's not far from the truth. _http://www.fantasyofflight.com/_ (http://www.fantasyofflight.com/) Very Best Regards, Ira ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.