North American P-51C Mustang - Part 3 - Flight - Kermie Cam 

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My old boss in the 1980s told me about his flying P51 Mustang's against Germany near the end of World War II. I told him it must have been great flying that powerful, terrific flying airplane. He replied by saying, "Having the Germans shooting at you takes the romance out of it".

Beautiful aircraft, my favorite WII fighter. Great pilot. I showed this to my 93 year old dad, he flew F6F Hellcat in the South Pacific off a carrier. He was excited to see this video and brought back a lot of memories. I wish I could find a video of this quality about the F6F. My dad has early Dementia but he was very clear thinking about this video. Many thanks to you for putting this together just sorry I have not found it until now. Bless you Kermit Weeks . July4th, 2022 Update: My dad passed away just shy of his 95 birthday, Sept 2021 of COVID. We are losing our greatest generation too fast.

Sure jet planes are far superior in every way... but nothing can replace the style of a prop plane or the amazing sound of the cylinders firing when they fly by. And I’m so glad to see these old iconic planes still exist.

Just told my wife a ride in a P51 would be a great birthday gift.. thank forthe video.

You must look at people with fancy cars and be like, ya that's sorta neat.

I would fly with this guy. Notice his attention to detail in his pre-flight and his run-up. Double and Triple checked everything with physical touch of everything checked. A very safe and conscientious pilot.

I really enjoyed watching this video. I’m in my mid 30s. I grew up in a time where I never really got to see much of these planes. But as I get older I really appreciate them more and more. Although I personally would be terrified to fly something like this, it was absolutely incredible watching this.

Boy I'm light headed from that flight. Man, that's one hell of a plane. when we lived in Minneapolis, MN (Bloomington) those planes came over the house every week end and it was great to see them. It was 1955 and I wish I could go back. Thanks again for the ride. God Bless. Chuck Barth.age 78.

That was a chilling experience! My grandfather flew the P-51 in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. The stories would make the hair standup on my neck. Thank you for preserving this history of the GREATEST generation America ever created!

I gave my dad a surprise flight in a P-51 for his 60th birthday 20 years ago in Arizona. Still the best gift I've ever given. The engine sound alone gives me goosebumps. That was really fun, thank you.

Flies a P-51 with jeans and gym shoes. Nice 👍🏻

"That's for the bombs... and well, we don't use that" 🤣😳

Probably the very best single pilot POV video ever made! Kermit Weeks aviation legend!

YOU ARE A MASTER OF THE SKIES SIR , YOUR SAFETY PROCEDURES AND PRE FLIGHT CHECKS ARE SECOND TO NONE. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS HOW OUR COURAGEOUS FOREFATHERS TOOK TO THE SKIES IN THERE YOUTH IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM .

Don't know whats more powerful the plane or the mustache

Almost 80 years later and this beautiful beast still roaming trough the skies... Freaking love this plane

I want to say, thank you, for posting this video. Its an absolute thrill to see this warbird in her glory. I had the honor and privelage of growing up in a small town in northern california with a small airport. Me being 14 years old and a aviation fanatic, I started hanging around this airport plane spotting. Now this was the mid 80's so things were much different around airports then now a days. I could easily walk on to the ramp, walk through the hanger areas, etc. I would walk around talking to pilots, looking a airplanes and becoming a part of the airport community. I had the honor of getting to know Jack Hovey, Russ Francis, and many other warbird owners and over time earning their trust, I would eventually wash and wax these warbirds for rides. I would never ask, but on some weekends Jack would roll out his gorgeous africa corp, red spinner painted P-51D with the back seat conversion and give me that look...and off we would go cow chasing as he called it...I called it white knuckled at 100 feet off the deck scaring the bajezuz out of cattle. Then on occasion Russ would take out his P-51D or his gorgeous steerman and we would go for a ride to napa airport or tahoe...here I was just some kid who got to go on some amazing flights with the most amazing pilots. This video really cheered me up. Ive been suffering with the effects of my deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and although my physical injuries have healed, the psychological injuries have not and I find it hard to leave the house at times. This video helped a lot and I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you! Signed: A proud Veteran.

Kermit's probably the only guy I'd trust flying with without a checklist 😄

Kermit Weeks, its called living the dream. Other people buy big yachts expensive homes and executive jets. Kermit has his love of aviation and flying. Thanks for preserving important historical aircraft and living our dreams.

There is nothing in this world that says, "I mean business" more than the growl of a WW2 fighter aircraft engine and the Mustang is up there with the best! Glorious!

SWEET! Thanks for sharing. My Dad was in WWII. Have been studying WWII for many years. They were without a doubt, "The Greatest Generation"...

Awesome!! P51 symbol of freedom, sacrifice and glory. God bless America! Greetings from Uruguay.

Last time I saw a working p51 in person was all the way back in 2019, when I went with my grandfather to the Chattanooga Airport to see the p51, a pt-17 trainer, a b24 liberator, and a b29 superfortress in action. They were truly amazing, and were in absolutely magnificent condition. It was a memorable experience that I may never forget until the day I die.

The best sounding fight of all time!

Thank you for making me smile again after a period of sadness.

In all my years going to watch airshows around the country. I never had the chance to actually sit in the cockpit and hear that Rolls Royce Merlin Engine purr like I did in this video. I always heard the P-51's engines in passing. The only thing I am missing now is the vibration of the raw power this engine makes as you are flying it. Those WW II boys were a special breed of men who had a chance to fly some the most powerful piston engine aircraft ever built by Americans. From the P-51, to the Corsair and the P-38. I'll say it again, those men were something special. While the aircraft of today rely on stealth, supersonic and advance avionics to rule the skies. There will always be a place in my heart for those skilled pilots who control powerful aircraft like these with nothing more than stick, rudder and throttle control. In other words, these pilots, (like you sir), do one thing well. They fly the aircraft. Thanks for this video. It is appreciated.

love how this dude is in the air and *still* checking stuff

“Hi Mom!” at the end. Love it.

I was lucky enough to be there one weekend when the Tuskegee pilot the plane is painted for was there and gave a great talk.... then we saw Kermit fly the plane. It was a moment that you really can't describe if you are an aviation and/or history buff. Thank you Mr. Weeks for preserving this history and sharing it with all of us.

Thanks for making me feel like I was flying the plane , you are so cool Sr

It is a great pleasure to see the love and care you have for the warbirds of WWII, for giving us as viewers the opportunity to do the walk around inspections and the front row seat as you fly these great warbirds of all nations. Thank you Kermit and crew.

Nice fly with the "Cadillac of Airs" Mr Commander Kermit! Tanks for your lesson!

Thanks for putting a smile on my face and for sharing your love of flying with people who don't have the opportunity. You da man!

The sounds of that beast is amazing.

Great to get a in cockpit view from start to finish,thank you

I can’t imagine if my car had so many buttons like this. Maybe I can retire with a car. LOL🤣

Man now that's what I call living the dream!!

This video is the closest I‘ll ever get to seeing that plane. The P51 was always my favorite airplane for as long as I can remember. In every video game of WW2 fighter planes, I either flew the P51 or the Spitfire. Thank you for this video and for preserving such amazing artefacts of history! Greetings from Austria

I have watched this video a dozen or more times, it's fantastic, makes me feel like I'm there. Thank you Mr. Weeks for sharing your love and passion with the world. Also there is just something satisfying about a grass runway!😃

Well sir, here it is 7 years after you posted. Thank you ever so much for allowing us to go for a ride in your P 51. I am 67 and ever since I was a kid I have loved this plane. Took all these years until technology of the internet to allowed me to do just that. You must be a very contented individual. Hope you are still flying.

Oh I am not jealous at all. Not at all. ......... (Thank you for sharing)

Imagine what we would be seeing if there were go pros back in ww2

I was born to truly love this video. Thank you!

lol at the end "hi mom"...great flying!

I'll bet during the war they pretty much hopped in, fired it up and hauled ass. I would think the ground crew probably kept these things where they could just hop in and go. Owning one of these must be an astronomical price. You are a very blessed man to be able to fly this icon.

Wow. That will bring a smile to your face.

Wow, thank you America for producing these wonderful machines that mad the world free.

One of best aviation videos I've ever seen

très beau vol très belle machine volante a conserver le plus longtemps que possible pour faire voir au future génération

LOVE THE VIDEO -----just so happened that my wife and I watched the documentry on the Wild Cat last night and I happened on that video and then this one and what a thrill to fly with you in both these aircraft,, I have been flying for over 55 years just got honored with the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award and was humbled and touched as the FAA gave me the presentation... I'm still flying at the young age of 78 (Astra Jet) hard to ground us old pilots... Would love to come visit your place some time. Thanks so much for keeping our history alive.... Always Flying ---Smitty

I was at an air show. When you would bank that plane in for a fly bye the sound on that Merlin wide open made the hair on my neck stand up, no other plane did it like that Mustang. One of the must memerable days of my life. Thanks Kermit.

Grew up in Miami. Got my private pilots license in 1979 at Tamiami Airport. Weeks Aviation used to be based on that field. One day by chance taxied out in my C172 to 9R behind KW in his P-51. He did a 90 degree turn at the end of the taxiway to do his pre departure mag checks etc. I parked next to him to do my pre departure mag check. Highlight of my day, right? Keep in mind he was the current (or nearly so) US National Aerobatics champion. He then asked the tower to approve a “vertical 180 departure”. Tower OK’d it. I am now a retired airline pilot. To this day it was the most thrilling takeoff I have ever seen. He lifted the P-51 off the runway, sucked up the gear but stayed right on the deck picking up speed. Then pulled the plane straight up and over in a half loop until inverted, then descended down to about 100 feet and flew back down the runway (yes, upside down) and past me again waiting on the taxiway. Pushed the nose up (down?), half roll to right side up and climbed out towards the Everglades. I’ve never forgotten it.

God I love the sound of that engine. I visited Fantasy of Flight around 2005 when Mr. Weeks hosted our Annual Powered Paraglider Event. One of my favorite memories other than seeing all the vintage airplanes was while flying my PPG around the area during the day was the smell of the Orange Blossoms rising up during the heat of the day. My recently passed Father was a member of Navy Squadron VP-50, 'The Blue Dragons' and served in the Korean War with the PBM's and P5M's. We were lucky when the annual reunion was in Tucson and the Pima Air and Space Museum pulled the ladder up to the fully restores PBM Mariner and we got to do a walk thru. All the old guys were commenting on how small it seemed inside after all those years. Gee, I wish I had Mr. Weeks toy box. His Double, Triple and Quadruple check of preflight and inflight systems is to be admired.

What a fantastic video, great commentary, and an in depth look at a marvellous aircraft. Thank you sir.

When the 109 is done I'm going to watch you fly that and then this again....Thanks for sharing with us, I'll never get to fly one but this was really an experience just to watch!!!! Some people with money really now how to enjoy it. But even better you preserve the past and SHARE with all of us. If I had money I would donate to you!!!!!

....I could listen to that engine ALL DAY.

P51 MUSTANG, The most beautiful fighter ever. Greetings from Brazil,

"Pretty cool, huh?" Understatement of the year!

Awestruck by the exhilerating majesty of that take off - jaw dropped, dumbfounded and teary eyed. And gosh once aloft that engine sounds so beautiful

When you lifted off, I got a little teary eyed thinking about all the WW2 pilots who flew. Truly the greatest generation. I don’t have the capital$, sense of direction sucks and I get motion sickness. Maybe in the next life my dream will come true. Thank you Kermit, this was amazing. Felt like I was flying the plane. As a mechanic, I can appreciate your narrative about prelube and warmup, etc.

One of the coolest videos you will find on RU-vid. What an experience. Thanks for taking us along! Stallion 51 here I come!

That's what I call truly enjoying life. Thank you

Sehr cool ! Sehr sicher ! Top check! Ein Traum ! So geht man mit einer alten heißen Lady um . Klasse 👌

Nothing says fighter jock like a pair of Levi's and a set of new balance tennis shoes. 😜 All kidding aside this is the best P51cockpit video yet.

I have seen many cockpit videos, but these are the only ones i have seen that work - that give you the feeling of being in the cockpit. You took me on a little flight. cheers

What a beautiful plane. I get emotional when ever I see one fly. My grandfather flew in WWII. God speed

Sir, THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I waited 58yrs for that flight!! Your bird has been what I've alway wanted to experience flying. I didn't want you to land either!! You made a long time wish come true! Thank you! Believe me, you and I will fly this again. I'm bookmarking this RU-vid link at the top of my page! CHEERS! Soup :)

Man I could watch your videos all day!!! The P-51 is a beautiful aeroplane along with the Spitfire. Cheers for sharing. 👍🏻👍🏻

Kermit, many thanks for taking this 89 year old for a flight in your P-51C. I've always loved these planes and was very young when the P40's came to New Zealand on their way to the Pacific war zone and can remember waiting for the plans to arrive at the Model shop after the war, so I could build and fly one. It was a treasured model and was powered by a Max 3.5cc homemix diesel fuel.and was a dream to fly. I never got to see inside one ,though I watched them take off and land at Whenuapai and Hobsonville Air bases near by. Again my thanks . Cheers. Harley Nathan.

Thank you for posting this video, it put a smile on my face that plastic surgery couldn't remove!🤘😁👍

I was lucky enough to see Mr. Weeks fly the D model a few years ago at Fantasy of Flight. What a beautiful machine. He took the time to talk to a crowd of about 50 of us about his future plans and current projects. I had a great day and got to talk to and hang out with a legend for a few minutes. My hat's off to you sir. From one Purdue drop out to another. Fair skies.

Thank the Lord for Kermit Weeks' Hangar and Jay Leno's Garage!

Great vids Kermit!! My partners uncle flew the P51 mustang in WW2. a few years ago he told me what a great aeroplane it was. He is 96 and has dementia now and doesn't speak. I am sure if I could get his son to bring up this video on the laptop in widescreen he would give some sort of reaction like he did when the son wore a spitfire t shirt a few months ago. He recognised the image and said "I used to fly those" and then went silent again. When he was in good health he told me the spit was great for what it could do but the mustang was something else, I seem to remember him saying the range was incredible, it could fly from England to Yugoslavia and back if need be. A different breed of men in those days. Respect

Went to High School with Kermit. Years latter I was south bound at the east end of the Tamiami Airport. A P-38 Lightning rose up in front of me and banked left. Moments latter a P-51 rose up, banked left in hot pursuit. Months latter I ran into Kermit. Reminded who I was and asked about the 2 planes. He said he was flying the P-38. I asked who was flying the Mustang and he replied “my wife”. I about fell down! Now years latter I have had the great pleasure of flying back seat in the Collings Foundation’s P-51 trainer. I was floored at how light the controls were and how quickly it responds to input. I only wish I could afford to do so again (and again!) Kermit, keep up the good work!

checked checked checked....P-51C Top shelf Man

Wow, that is a busy aircraft! No copilot to help you with check list. I think that has more knobs and controls for flight than the fighters I worked on back in the 70’s! Thanks for the video, brilliant!

I felt like I was flying the Mustang. Thanks for letting me fly along. Great Video. I learned a few procedures. Now, I can go and get me a Pony also. Continue to Fly safe.

What a plane and what an airport. I saw Connie, goose, albatross and an old gooey bird or two. Boy I could have some fun there.

The P51 is my favorite airplane, so beautiful I had no idea how difficult it was to fly, all the instruments and stuff you have to learn, makes me appreciate the Men that flew these awesome Birds a lot more 😁

that was so cool. thanks for the ride.

Wow! Thanks for the ride! What an incredible machine! Makes a 172 look like, well a 172 LOL!

Wow ; thank you . What an experience .... and the sound . thanks again, much appreciated.

That is one beautiful piece of history sir..!

Excellent!! I have always been a huge fan of the P-51. This is the first time I've seen this type of video on one. Loved seeing it and thanks for the pre-flight and ride.

Beautiful p51 great confident American pilot, excellent thank you.

Thanks Kermit enjoyed the ride, I'm only 85 never off the ground 😂❤

Great video! Thanks for sharing your Mustang with us Mr. Weeks.

Absolutely beautiful aircraft. Cannot mistake that sound;)

What a beautiful Cadillac of the sky and a very informative video sir. A "C" model Wow! That has to be a rarer breed of Mustang still flying. A privledge to watch. Thanks

This plane is beautiful. Thank you, to show us, this machine , you are very didatic and a excelent pilot.

Love to see those warbirds great flying sir God bless you 🙏

The P51 has always been one of my favorite aircraft. Was lucky enough to have a customer of mine who was one of the designers and test pilot of the original Mustang Mk I. I believe there are 3 P-51 few miles away from my home here in Ormond Beach. They are based at the Spruce Creek Fly-in.

This has got to be one of the coolest things of all time to do! I wish I was so lucky to experience this.

Mustang, is the most beautifull plane of all time.

Kermie, you are one of the luckiest, no doubt deserving guys i've seen, keep it flying, i am military, my dad was a 7th grade high school dropout to work on the farm, he taught me everything, including love of airplanes, he built one from scratch the FAA would'nt let him fly, using a lycoming 4 cylinder, his love was for the mustang, it sits in my mom's back yard in the middle of a residential area, no way to get to it, what a shame, anyways, thanks for the flight tutorial , it was a blast, dad would have loved it, i wanted to get him a flight with mustang ops in Florida, but he's gone, might have to do the flight myself and dedicate to dad, that would be cool, safe flights bud

Mr. Weeks, I want to thank you for the ride! It's not everyday that we get to see, from the pilot's seat, what it's like to fly a Mustang. That Merlin sure sounds good, but God, 46" of MP and 3,000 some RPM on take off. Blows this old GA pilot's mind. A Cessna 150 never had THOSE numbers. :p Thanks for that video.

Bloody excellent, it was like actually being in the cockpit and flying the aircraft! One of the best videos I’ve ever seen. Really enjoyed it. Many thanks.

Damn, I think I have watched your 3 Mustang videos at least 30 times over the years. Never gets boring.

My son (19) is at Luke working on F-35’s .. has had time on F-16’s & a whole day on a F-22 (fuels).. my 21 yr old daughter is trying to get into avionics or systems for F35’s, my youngest (18) wants to be a PJ.. goes to Meps in a week. Best part as an old 55ry old naval corpsman, and grandson to Msgt Leeroy Billings (Wikipedia) ? The kids are sending me up in a mustang for my birthday this Christmas 1/4 mi from my home in Chandler AZ, private field & owner. All 3 of them are probably more excited than I am. Me? I’m just proud of them. I’m going to watch this 10x in the next few weeks. Appreciated.