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Open Cockpit Days Pictures

Featured aircraft at Open Cockpit Days vary by event and are subject to change without notice. Open Cockpit Days are free to annual pass holders and available to single day admission guests for an additional fee.

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Open Cockpit Days allow guests to get the full 3-D feel of what the pilots experienced when they crawled into these gorgeous beasts, such as this P-51C, and preserve the experience in a photograph. Guests have an opportunity to interact with Fantasy of Flight’s aircraft department as they step into one of the prized planes from Kermit Weeks’s collection during Open Cockpit Days.
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Open Cockpit Days represent a unique offering differentiating Fantasy of Flight from static aviation museums. The attraction completely “drops the rope” and hoists guests directly into the pilot's seat during Open Cockpit Days. You can’t get any closer than this! Guests enjoy a photo opportunity of a lifetime during Open Cockpit Days. This guest is all smiles as he gets up-close to the collection’s P-51C, ‘INA: The Macon Belle.’
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Guests step into the cockpit of rare vintage aircraft—surrounded by the actual instrument panel, stick and stainless steel craft—at Open Cockpit Days. Fantasy of Flight revives the wildly popular and utterly unique tradition of rolling out a couple classic airplanes—true winged beauties—from the collection and encouraging guests to climb into the cockpit at Open Cockpit Days. This photo features the P-51C, ‘INA: The Macon Belle.’