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Sopwith Snipe - Part 3 - Kermie Cam

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You Are There! We finally got things sorted out on the Sopwith Snipe, and it was time to take her up on her maiden flights at Fantasy of Flight. I figured why not throw a Kermie Cam on and take you along. Parts 1 and 2 feature an in depth pre-flight, warm up and taxi, including a singing wire to deal with... and then its up and away in Part 3. Hope you enjoy the ride. - Kermit Weeks (20130811)
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@frigginFin 9 лет назад

As an aviation enthusiast it amazes me that someone like Kermit shares his expreriences and knowledge with rest of us. Absolutely friggin great footage!

@flynngatlin5310 3 года назад

a trick: you can watch movies on flixzone. I've been using it for watching lots of of movies recently.

@tm4300 6 лет назад

Amazing what a flight. I love all the gauges and levers the days when the only computer was the human brain on board , monitoring everything. Adrenaline was flowing for me watching this, can only imagine Kermit’s. Just think what the pilots had to do back and n the day and operate machine guns to stay up there. Thanks for your valuable time explaining Kermit. Brilliant stuff again.

@kennethscofield4565 5 лет назад

All that and literally sitting on a can of gas the whole time.Incredible, giant stones!

@chriswilson8757 4 года назад

Great flight ! So many to catch up on however thats not a problem as I nearlly always learn somthing new and that is better than the movies! I agree Troy excellent flight Thanks for the amazing footage and some seems like excellent tutorials please keep them coming Kermit Fantastic planes, engines,history,sound I love it all,keep living the dream.

@jhettish 10 лет назад

I have my grandfather's WW1 log book with about 8 hours of training on a Spad in Canada. I think the war ended before he got fully trained. It was really good to see these three videos and to take a ride with you. I knew the engine was either wide open or off and it was good seeing the manipulation of the kill button when maneuvering on the ground and the advice to cut off fuel instead of mag during descent.

@oldcremona 10 лет назад

I wonder if rubberneckers ever have accidents on the highway there. I know I would be straining to see the cool plane.

@sailsailsailsailsail 6 лет назад

oldcremona I4 has plenty of accidents! I bet it is the most deadly stretch of Highway in the country. I’ve almost crashed watching one of his planes land and watching some waterskiiers at some waterski Park.

@TheClaud56 10 лет назад

Thanks Kermit your films are top shelf, being able to enjoy flying through your experience is wonderful.

@phillipiacobacci1369 7 лет назад

To those daring young men in their flying machines, DANG, they had some big ones. That is a thing of beauty. Thanks for the video and love it.

@neomuttley 9 лет назад

Thank You very much for the technical explanations. As a kid, I used to go up to Rhinebeck Aerodrome all the time. I love the old planes :).

@kennethscofield4565 5 лет назад

ok THAT might be the coolest thing I've ever seen.

@billpage6487 3 года назад

Beautiful plane

@simon40607 9 лет назад

Absolutely gorgeous thanks for the great filming

@dougscott8161 5 лет назад

ENGINE NOISE! The best possible back ground music for your videos. Thank you for another one of your fun, fascinating, and informative video's, Kermit. I realize this is a real oldie, but when I haven't seen it yet , it's still new to me. I can't seem to get enough of them.

@nightlightabcd 5 лет назад

This is gr3eat! I saw the DC3 and the Connie on the ground. I would have thought that the forehead camera would be covered with caster oil by now!

@Avibeagle 11 лет назад

Thank you for bringing us along. These videos will be a treasure for generations to come! How about some future Kermie Cam videos about things going on in the hangar and introducing us to some of the fine craftsman that help you with keeping these old birds alive.

@robertb.seddon1687 5 лет назад

😎🤙 Very cool . Great videos with all the intricacies of what it takes to make these vintage aeroplanes fly.

@JuicyFruityify 4 года назад

Nice office there Kerm.✨

@marsukaivelee 7 лет назад

omg. thats real flying. the wind the noise the shake. wow. absolutely great.

@craigpennington1251 6 лет назад

This flies faster than the Stearman. Great flight. It sure is full attention all the time. Definitely flying by the seat of your pants. And of all places, to put a gas tank. Holy Cow, 1 tracer round and your history, let alone all the others. It's insanity. Great video.

@whalesong999 9 лет назад

Many visits to Old Rhinebeck in the '70s, too. Cans of Baker's castor oil near all the rotary powered planes. Interesting too the sounds, the props spin slowly enough and are large enough to resemble that of the main rotor of helicopters. The Bentley on the snipe here doesn't seem particularly cranky to run, great old engine.

@TheMemazo 8 лет назад

Which kind of brainless give thumbs down to this kind of videos?. Amazing flight man!!!

@SKYWALKERD 8 лет назад

3 disabled people

@TheMemazo 8 лет назад

That's true. (y)

@SKYWALKERD 8 лет назад

+Guillermo Pereyra :D

@nightlightabcd 5 лет назад

There are ALWAYS haters!!

@donaldparlettjr3295 7 лет назад

Again starting that rotary is an art form of its own

@crewkerne40 9 лет назад

Many thanks for this fascinating video of a beautiful aeroplane,I ve often wondered about the skills needed to check over and fly a WW1 aircraft,now I know!.Best wishes and keep up the good work.

@Andrewatnanz 5 лет назад

Thanks for sharing ! now I know why those old planes made that popping noise and how it works !

@BlueBaron3339 5 лет назад

Long ago I read Arthur Gould Lee's, No Parachute - a splendidly well-written and vivid WWI British pilot memoir - and recall one preflight step you didn't take. They drank a fullsome shot of brandy before flying, "to stun the bowels," as he put it. As you said, the castor oil gets....everywhere 😉 He didn't fly one of these, though. Very few pilots did. It went into service two months before the end of the war and, yes, as you note after the flight, it was the hotrod of that era for the Brits. 130 mph was FAST for 1918.

@starguard4122 9 лет назад

The Military men that flew those planes during the war were some very brave people. From what I've read, more people died trying to fly those things than actually died in combat.

@Danstaafl 5 лет назад

Wow she IS Fast! First thing I noticed when you took off. Didn't act at all the way I expected a ww1 biplane. Very sporty! I would wanna get a real harness and take her full aerobatic every day. I mean, If it was mine, I couldn't resist. What a sweet Airplane.

@kjenkin53 5 лет назад

Brilliant, thoroughly enjoyed the flight. Thank you Kermit. Most of us Aeromodellers gave up using messy Castor for Synthetics about 20 years ago. Suggest some foam over the mike may reduce wind noise.

@brentdykgraaf184 3 года назад

Great content ...great footage.....wwI aircraft do little for me..personally.. how to stay current with so many different aircraft.amazes me...

@steveshoemaker6347 6 лет назад

Thanks Kermit : Great camera work as always simply the best your friend steve I are 75 years old now.I like to fly to can't now what a bummer !

@shortribs11 10 лет назад

That was an awesome experience and I thank you very much!

@zvent1 11 лет назад

What an awesome thing it must be to be you! Great video, as usual. You sir, are living the dream!

@davidholdman8015 5 лет назад

Awesome 😎

@ivatt442 7 лет назад

The way you were flying the aircraft gave an indication of how much you were enjoying it! Sopwiths tried to address all the Camel's shortcomings with the Snipe and the way it flew with you at the controls they seem to have done a good job! Keep up the good work Kermit - I'm hanging on for the Hawkers - 11 & V - they'll be a sight to see!!!

@peterelmer9114 5 лет назад

Excellent stuff; I’m currently re-reading ‘Winged Victory’ by V M Yeates - a Sopwith Camel pilot who served in 1918. He mentions the Snipe as his squadron were expecting them in the late summer of that year. They didn’t get them before the war ended. I did think that aircraft looks fast by the way the ground was moving beneath you and your comment “this things a rocket” confirmed that. The book is a great read and I believe is now considered a classic work of WW1 literature; I can highly recommend it 👍

@peterwhite507 3 года назад

Read about William Barker's trip in a Snipe to get more information regarding the latest tactics at the front. He deviated from his flight and attacked 15 Fokkers. He won the VC that day.

@MarcvanExel 11 лет назад

Awesome, like you said it yourself, that bird is pretty fast. Thanks for this Kermie Cam.

@kalval58 11 лет назад

Dan its a little mascot, Watch part 1 ,Kermit explains the Origin of them .

@FlyingHutch419 11 лет назад

Anyone else see that bird doing a big "oh crap!" u-turn off the right wing just before 1:16? :)

@mudkow5092 9 лет назад

Very cool... thank you again for sharing.

@bshepa9502 10 лет назад

looks like it cruises quite fast for it's time!

@kalval58 11 лет назад

Yeah I think they call it a Blip Button, Its turns the Magneto off to cut Engine, thereby cutting revs intermittently for reducing height coming in to land and to Taxi. When he pushes it in you can hear the engine miss.I think that's right anyway !

@rll661 10 лет назад

FANTASTIC!

@eagledancer2000 11 лет назад

awesome!! we need that for the albatross!!!

@tyrssen1 8 лет назад

Watched all 3, and will now watch some more ... This was so cool! I've never been a pilot but always loved that "feeling of flight," probably should've learned, in younger days. Love these old WW1 era planes; looks complicated, but fun! Got any vids on the Pfalz D3, by any chance? (That was arguably my favorite of the era!) Thanks for posting these!

@Mike_Sierra_2711 4 года назад

That lucky bird at 1:15 - close call!

@johncrispin2118 5 лет назад

Thanks Kermit without you and Peter Jackson et al we would not have this fabulous living history, If any one is interested in the life of a WW1 pilot , the book to read is ‘Winged Victory ‘ by VM Yeates , not widely read sadly but about the daily life of a Camel Pilot lucky enough live to tell the tale . I am rather hoping Peter Jackson might bring his movie making skills to bear on a dramatisation based on such a book For the big screen

@jonnybeck6723 8 лет назад

People driving on that 4-lane must TRIP when they see you bopping around up there...

@sailsailsailsailsail 6 лет назад

Jonny Beck that’s I4! I hated that deadly stretch of Highway when I lived in Florida.

@nightlightabcd 5 лет назад

It's doubtful that they even noticed.

@richb.4374 5 лет назад

@@nightlightabcd I've driven past that spot many times and was never lucky enough to see a biplane or other cool old aircraft flying.

@nounoufriend 5 лет назад

Been past on I 4 loads times never been lucky enough to see anything flying . Sailsailsailsail got admit every time driven down I 4 there's been a crash some were beginning think it was me causing then lol

@Shifty303 11 лет назад

Amazing flight once again Mr Weeks. Keep the Vids coming please :)

@PanzerChicken69 10 лет назад

Hi, Id like to thank you. Being a longtime WW1 planefan, Ive learned more looking at you flying this magnicifent plane than staring at any number of plans, drawings, pictures or documentaries. I understand you build this beauty yourself? I salute you. One day I will build my own but for now looking from the side of your head will do just fine. Thanks again, keep up the good work. If your looking for a new project; the Hanriot HD.1 would be my choice.

@schlusselmensch 9 лет назад

Flying Dutchman WoT/WoWs Gameplay TV. My choice would be the Bristol M1.

@PanzerChicken69 9 лет назад

Schluesselmensch Thats a beauty aswell

@pcka12 11 месяцев назад

Interesting that the cockpit is not drenched in caster oil so far as you can tell!

@Sch00lbu5 4 года назад

I suppose the torque makes it easier to cruise to the right?

@Angelum_Band 7 лет назад

Bandits at 1 O'Clock low 1:16

@leesherman100 6 лет назад

Kermit cheats death again. Another excellent flight and vid!

@ryangis431 7 лет назад

0:12 I saw the little red guy in the top right, and thought it was a person on the runway. Aye yai yai!

@snoopy7647 8 лет назад

Bandit... Pelican... 1:30 (1:16 video)... WATCH OUT! Jet Skier 2 O'clock low... Please buzz them... NEXT TIME... Great video, Kermit... Thank you for, "Keeping them Flying!"

@modshaman 7 лет назад

was that a Super Connie I saw ?

@rogerturner5504 4 года назад

Did you stop the wires singing?

@user-uo8px3tf5h 4 года назад

Есть самолеты на которых вы не летали?)

@DogWalkerBill 4 года назад

I am wondering what the long tube is on top of the engine mount to the pilot is. Is that a gun site? Looks damned inconvenient for a gun site! Or a bomb site????

@MrRexquando 10 лет назад

Love it! Wipe the castor oil off your face? Guns and all! Cool ride thanks for sharing!

@skyviewflier 11 лет назад

Wonderful! What is that little 'creature' (visible at 15:28) up front to the right of the gun barrels?

@Xblanque 11 лет назад

Wow. What's it like to combat the torque created by that rotary engine?

@talley1013 11 лет назад

Sweet

@torkdork69 7 лет назад

Clouds at face attention. Rubber side down. Happy landings plural. Viscous aioli viscous. Dijon don.

@lalotowers7160 6 лет назад

It must be exhausting having the throttle in your thumb all the time. Question? The machine guns are pointing the propeller Why they didnt damage it when shooting?

@bbmoroski9396 11 лет назад

Hmmm, button hard to push? Anybody know what that button is for? I don't. Thanks in advance. Cool video...

@biglift1 7 лет назад

sooo jelouz .... love to fly that bipe :)

@kz4506 10 лет назад

your a brave man,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

@jonnybeck6723 8 лет назад

What speed does the Snipe stall at?

@hoodoo2001 10 лет назад

Kermit. Thank you for the video. Can anyone identify Kermit's watch?

@schlusselmensch 9 лет назад

hoodoo2001 I'd say it's a Rolex GMT Master II in stainless with gold. Although you can order them in platinum with gold, Kermit seems a little more sensible than that.

@donaldparlettjr3295 7 лет назад

Do you sing the Mary Poppins song "A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down" after investing all that castor oil? Starting that rotors

@jonnybeck6723 8 лет назад

One more time around 'cause no brakes??

@haroldcagle2324 9 лет назад

Big bird at 1:17.

@gljay 11 лет назад

Kermit, any advice on how to purchase a wwll fighter plane?

@skswig1 10 лет назад

what speed are you landing at?

@carls.5433 10 лет назад

I might of missed it, but what is the button for?

@skswig1 10 лет назад

it is a blipper it grounds the mags and stops the spark

@woooster17 7 лет назад

She has some pace about her...!

@thehoeser 11 лет назад

Both mags left hot right at the end after shutdown?

@martinharris3468 6 лет назад

Were they? I'm just guessing but British convention for switches is normally (not in modern aviation though) up for off so possibly in WW1 the direction differed?

@Pitchplus8 11 лет назад

In the next Video please Show us how the Gins are Wirkung :-P Nixe Video Niice plane. Respect.

@jorgenelsonfelix52 7 лет назад

😃👍👍👍👍👍😃

@brex50 5 лет назад

M.G. charging handles very close to your face look rather ominous..........

@brentdykgraaf184 3 года назад

The idea...want to slow down " some" have shut off one third of your engine..33 %...or 66%.. nothing in between.. NOTHING in between..nope...

@UserName-us1nm 10 лет назад

CAMEL!!

@schlusselmensch 9 лет назад

Damn, Kermit,with all your bucks you fly old stuff like that off a strip with a big stand of trees at the end, followed by a frickin lake?

@paintcheckPB 9 лет назад

Schluesselmensch it's Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida. It's a museum of sorts where they have a ton of old aircraft and they fly them.

@schlusselmensch 9 лет назад

paintcheckPB Thanks for clearing up that deep mystery for me, Sherlock lol.

@GekkoKamen 9 лет назад

Schluesselmensch Yes Einstein, that's why he flies stuff like that, he's got plenty of bucks to indulge into it regardless the money. XD

@K1W1fly 9 лет назад

+WarblesOnALot Maybe in the States that is narrow clearance, but compared to the grass airfield I fly my taildragger from, Kermit's Airfield is enormous! He could probably land the Snipe across the runway. Lots of room. I'm based at a 2000ft x 20ft Grass strip with poplar trees about 60ft off the centreline. You learn to fly accurately!

@Enid2Sacramento 10 лет назад

To bad there were no DVIIs around. Great video and much appreciated. Hard to believe WWI began 100 years ago!

@torkdork69 7 лет назад

Fac dish inferior laughter louda. Das leapshin ket appeal.

@mustang1191 7 лет назад

I'm missing the smell.

@horaciogaticaa Год назад

No no no!!...definitivamente no me convenció el vuelo en ese tipo de avión, no se puede ver casi nada hacia el frente!!!!.... o no se, estará mal diseñado el habitáculo del piloto??! en este avion??!!... igual, lo veo como que no disfrutaría de volar en el con ese mal campo de visión!!....