WWI Dogfight - Omaka Air Show - Kermit Weeks & Gene DeMarco 

That is the reason that an average lifespan of a British pilot in bloody april, just two weeks was

A helmet gives a false sense of safety.

they had no pararchute not to jump out and finish dogfights even if they wered overhelmed. Its a true historic fact.

@Bob Wilson i do nog know of the was the case fying in WW1 was for the elites normale... Ik do nog know of forced pilots.

@Pranit CHHABRA for this is WW1 not ww2 when they had parachutes to save themselves. Allthou jumping is serious a risky business. But AVG of two week you have some that die in the first missions some that die after 4 weeks or longer. Historicly your first 5 missions' are the most dangerous. That's why we now have this like red vlag.

I have to agree.

pretty well instantly

Henrik Carlsen yah he did

The Old neck didn’t swivel that good .,

From the moment he took off LOL

Every word true. I've been to the last three and already have my Gold Pass for 2021.

Sorry to inform you that our Museum Lite is currently in a seasonal closing, and will still be closed in September. Check the Fantasy of Flight website calendar for open dates starting November 10th, Veteran's Day Weekend.

Kermit Weeks Videos interesting, I was born in a town called Kermit.

Agreed. Dead as a doornail...

Kermit has god mode on

Your welcome still great job

Ignition controlled throttle in the sopwith

Yeah, caught him on the rise!

machia0705 Was he a bomber or fighter pilot during the war ? Richard Bach was adamant there are important psychological differences between the two. Generally,A A had a policy of bomber pilots for decades. Anyone else had a particularly tough time getting hired. That number you quoted is staggering. I doubt modern pilots can achieve those very high numbers of hours. Hope you had a great relationship with the man. He must have been both tough and disciplined. Cheers.

The disclaimer on the bottle, too: "Warning: Do not drink and re-enact vintage WWI aircraft dogfights."

All work on the Tempest V has stopped, since Andy Salter retired. It will be picked up again someday in the future.

There should have been eight in 2017, but one was grounded by a fuel leak. The downside of 2019 was no DR1s at all. Maybe next year - I'll be there, too.

The only rotary engine to truly not have a throttle was the Gnome Monosoupape because of the oddball design it used. The Bentley BR. 2 used in the Sopwith Snipe had a basic carburetor and full throttle control, though it did keep the blip switch from earlier rotary engine types. Kermit does idle the engine at 4:18 without using the blip switch to cut the cylinders out. You can hear it ramp up and down without the cylinders cutting out, but he did make liberal use of the blip switch throughout the flight, since it's an easier way of slowing down such a heavy gyroscopic engine with a two stroke style fuel and oil system. The throttle has a bit of a delay since rotary engines use a two cycle style lubrication and fuel system where everything is thrown into the crank case before being inducted into the cylinders through tubes that run from the crank case to the top of the cylinder.