Lockheed Vega - Project Update Trip - June 2014
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 มิ.ย. 2014
- It's been a while since my Lockheed Vega left Fantasy of Flight and headed up to Kevin Kimball's shop for a total restoration, back to flying.
On a beautiful summer morning, I decided to fly the Fieseler Storch up to Kevin's to check on the Vega's progress. It was the first time I've visited since the plane arrived there. - บันเทิง
Kermit runs a Smithsonian where the planes are meticulously restored to exacting specs, then instead of hanging them from the ceiling to stare at, he flies em for everyone to see. Think about it, visit, donate and do your part to help keep em flying. It is a massive undertaking to even keep one in flying condition, so do it and be proud of your contribution.
I love the fact that you cut from cockpit view to ground takeoff and back again. You get to appreciate the whole aircraft takeoff & landing from all perspectives.
That 1:1 fieseler storch looks like a fun plane to fly. Love the original markings as well. Best 1:5 scale I ever had.
Most people choose between 1 or 2 cars to get them somewhere... Mr. Weeks looks around his hangar and selects from tons of stunning aircraft. Kudos to you sir.
Amazing visibility from the pilots viewpoint in the storch, excellent design.
Those old birds are a woodworkers masterpiece.
This man is living my dream what i would give to fly these amazing aircraft from the golden years of aviation.
I should have known that wasn't a Vega cockpit at first glance. You can see everything from a Storch, you can see almost nothing from a Vega. Mostly the sky and to the sides and down. Still a super cool plane though, it was the high performer of its day.
Love it Kermit, Please keep posting, I watch all the videos with great pleasure.
What you do it unique......
Seeing that Burbank Beauty come back to life makes my sing
thanks so much
Yea, it makes my sing too
The sound a Fantasy of Flight engine makes when it starts... "goodgoodgood good good yeahyeahyeah yeah yeahhhh ..."
You forgot ac, ac, ac, ac, actually!
Thank you for showing Kimball's shop and the interesting details of the Vega restoration. Can't wait to take a vacation to your new facility when it is reborn.
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us!!!
well made video
Great video! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.
Love the videos you produce. Keep them coming!
Love the vid. Kermit, could you PLEASE give us a video tour around and inside the Constellation you have there, for us overseas who will never get the chance to get over there to see your great place. Would love to see it.
Great stuff, need more!
I Love the Vega 5C, my Dad Stan Stanton, Braniff Pilot #6, flew them. There's a photo of him standing next to his passenger, Will Rodgers, on the net.
Great video!
Love the Storch flight of course...... ;-)
We have similar issues, with restoration of Klemm 107 here in Mannheim. Some of us are Glider Pilots and still familiar with spruce works.
Thank you for restoring a replica of the WINNIE MAE,
Great stuff.
More please..
Vega is a project of my fathers time he worked for Lockheed . but Dehavaland is my families air force . the mosquito is war threaded and I hope you a god blessed fiuture.
Kermit,how cool is it to fly over and check out what to your bro is doing g to your airplane
6:15 A good spar, that's for sure (it's a cantilever wing).
I can't wait to see the progress on this planes completion There is a VooDoo 1650 and a Hunter Nedin posts of a Lockheed Vega. Is this the same restoration from Kevin Kimball"s shop ? I thought Kermit Weeks was involved as finacer of said restoraion project or just first time test flyer and eventual owner.Love Kermie Cam videos . Makes sitting on the sidelines still as satisfing as possible under the curcomstances.
I guess I should read these before I post them heart sing makes my heart sing
Or you could just go back to your original comment where you noticed you mistake and hit the “edit post” button instead of making a whole new comment.
Kermit clearly doesn't hav a Mosquito problem at FOF. Every time he starts a plane from storage he drops the Mosquito population by half.
First thing - MORE!
Second thing - would you show us more german planes like you used to with the camera? Please!
Or not german any, I love those videos so much.
Wish Kermit did more cross country vids.
Kermit, I noticed on the way over in the Storch that you did some IFR flying, i.e., "I Follow Roads". LOL I did have a question - What does the bicycle chain on the port side of the cockpit control?
I wonder what was blurred out in there ... Lol.
Nazi secret UFO.
Amelia Earhart
Zew Zew’s petals.
The guy made a comment about another plane project, wonder if that's a separate video. Or it's someone else's project that John Q Public doesn't need to know about.
Videoing and sharing w/others has alot of Regularity laws that need to be followed.
keep them vids coming Kermit.
Dear kermit, my next life I wanna be just like you:-)
Kermit, you had the Storch, and an admiring audience and you didnt do a 80' take off? . Shame!
I would have asked the crew to take a 10 min break.
I wish my family was tied in like that to drive both sides of a wagon.
"I need to nip upstate to check out something.... I think I'll take my Fiesler Storch with the Nazi insignia..." :)
Fiessler Storch,
were you in bentonville arkansas with this plane in the past two years? we saw one like it in the glass hanger there at the bentonville airport