Catching Up with Kermit Weeks: Inside the Groundbreaking of Fantasy of Flight’s Act III - Vintage Aviation News
Catching Up with Kermit Weeks: Inside the Groundbreaking of Fantasy of Flight’s Act III - Vintage Aviation News
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OK, Gang, during my recent trip to Chino Airport, California, I was invited to tour and have lunch at the YANKS AIR MUSEUM! I hope you enjoy the visit as much as I did, so grab some friends and go CHECK IT OUT when you get the chance! | Kermit Weeks
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OK, Gang, during my recent trip to Chino Airport, California, I was invited to tour and have lunch at the YANKS AIR MUSEUM! I hope you enjoy the visit as much as I did, so grab some friends and go CHECK IT OUT when you get the chance! | Kermit Weeks
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OK, Gang, I recently toured the Stockton Field Air Museum in California and got the chance to look at their Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon. Pour yourself a beverage, learn about the cool stuff they do with Bomber Camp, and check out the cool Harpoon I went to look at! | Kermit Weeks
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OK, Gang, I recently toured the Stockton Field Air Museum in California and got the chance to look at their Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon. Pour yourself a beverage, learn about the cool stuff they do with Bomber Camp, and check out the cool Harpoon I went to look at! | Kermit Weeks
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A short video bio of Kermit Weeks and his life in aviation and beyond. | Kermit Weeks
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A short video bio of Kermit Weeks and his life in aviation and beyond. | Kermit Weeks
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Come along with me to Anoka County Airport in Blaine, Minnesota to visit Greg Herrick and get a tour of his hangar, the Golden Wings Flying Museum, and his collection of over 30 rare vintage aircraft. | Kermit Weeks
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Come along with me to Anoka County Airport in Blaine, Minnesota to visit Greg Herrick and get a tour of his hangar, the Golden Wings Flying Museum, and his collection of over 30 rare vintage aircraft. | Kermit Weeks
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OK, Gang, when I was up visiting my Ford 4-AT Trimotor restoration recently, I stopped by to check out the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, Ohio, where my Trimotor flew out of for MANY years, hauling school kids to and from the islands in Lake Erie! Pour yourself a beverage, sit back, and join me as we check out the cool stuff they’ve got and what they are working on! | Kermit Weeks
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OK, Gang, when I was up visiting my Ford 4-AT Trimotor restoration recently, I stopped by to check out the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, Ohio, where my Trimotor flew out of for MANY years, hauling school kids to and from the islands in Lake Erie! Pour yourself a beverage, sit back, and join me as we check out the cool stuff they’ve got and what they are working on! | Kermit Weeks
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In this Video from the Vault, here's Part 2 of my visit to Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Museum. Have any of you visited? | Kermit Weeks
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In this Video from the Vault, here's Part 2 of my visit to Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Museum. Have any of you visited? | Kermit Weeks
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Here’s a great short video we did during ACT II that shows a little glimpse of where Fantasy of Flight is headed! It will not be about teaching history; it will be about using history to teach people about themselves! I learned the hard way that the aviation museum industry will never pay the light bill, so I am being led to go after the rest of the planet! One day, I hope to create a win-win situation and build something NO ONE in the aviation industry will ever attempt, which will blow away th
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Travel Air flies at Fantasy of Flight Kermit Weeks talks about his Travel Air and then takes her out for a flight. | Kermit Weeks
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From the library... The Military Channel's show Air Aces came to Fantasy of Flight to film episode segments on the Tuskegee Airmen. The shoot consisted of one day of scenes with actors, and one day of filming Kermit Weeks flying his P-51C Mustang. Kermit flew on one of the hottest days of the summer, in full jacket and gear, for over an hour. Heat, Plane, and Action... it was a hot shoot all around. | Kermit Weeks
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OK, Gang, in anticipation of building a new Museum Lite hangar, we’re going to need to move the Constellation! | Kermit Weeks
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OK, Gang, here’s a short video of when I recently took the Boeing 100 fuselage over to the Museum Lite. I gave a bit of a presentation and then let people come out to look at it and ask questions. It was a fun time, and I should do it more often! | Kermit Weeks
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Here's a great clip we used to show at Fantasy of Flight featuring the WASPS. It's a great way to wrap up Women's History Month. | Kermit Weeks
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OK, Gang, the Museum Lite will be opening soon for our Summer Season! Make sure you Like and Follow Fantasy of Flight to stay up to date! | Kermit Weeks
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OK, Gang, the Museum Lite is now open for our Summer Season! Make sure you are following Fantasy of Flight to stay up to date! | Kermit Weeks
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You Are There! Come fly the Albatros with me over the beautiful countryside at Shuttleworth Old Warden Aerodrome in England. This plane is one of the magnificent works of art built by Peter Jackson's, The Vintage Aviator Limited in New Zealand. This is my first flight over here with this aircraft, so let's take to the skies... maybe we'll run into Gene DeMarco from TVAL piloting the Re-8. - Kermit Weeks | Kermit Weeks
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In this Video from the Vault, we're going back to Part 1 of my visit to Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Museum. They have an incredible collection and some amazing exhibits. What is your favorite plane you see in the background? | Kermit Weeks
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Here's another great clip from the archives - The North American B-25. An overview of the history of this great warbird is intermixed with footage of our awesome B-25 example, The Apache Princess. See vintage footage from the war time B-25 assembly line all the way to modern times with some cool footage of WWII pilots taking the controls once again. | Kermit Weeks
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OK Gang, here’s a great Flash from the Past video of me flying our DeHavilland B-35 Mosquito at Oshkosh decades ago when I was 36 YEARS OLD! It is still on display in the EAA Museum and, one day, will be disassembled and brought back to Florida. Since it has not flown for over three decades, it will need a detailed inspection of its 75-year old wood structure and a total restoration before it will fly again. At the time, this was the ONLY Mosquito flying in the world, so enjoy the other ones now
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On a beautiful Florida afternoon at Fantasy of Flight, Kermit Weeks takes the Curtiss Wright CW-19R out for its first test flight after acquiring and assembling it in California. Kermit takes her around the circuit several times, a couple of landings and take-offs, and then wows the ground crew with a few low passes. | Kermit Weeks
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It was earlier this week in 1942 when U.S. Marines took Henderson Field on Guadalcanal and the first plane landed. It was a PBY. It was soon joined by a️🦆! That little moment marked the beginning of the Cactus Air Force and one heck of a battle in the Pacific. Check out part 2 of 3 of a "Kermi Cam" from the vault! | Kermit Weeks
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A unique opportunity to discover Mr. Kermitt Weeks’ Fantasy of Flight, the world’s greatest aviation collection. Thank you, Mr. Weeks, to you and your teams for this incredible day... IT’S NOT THE DESTINATION IT’S THE RIDE! To be continued… #kermitweeks #fantasyofflight #aviationmuseum | Barnstormer
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It was earlier this week, back in 1937, the mighty Short Sunderland took to the skies for the very first time! This flying boat became one of the legends of WWII, patrolling vast oceans and earning the nickname “Flying Porcupine” for its heavy defensive firepower. Check out part 1 of 2 in this Video from the Vault, we’ll take a look at my own Sunderland and share a bit of its incredible story. | Kermit Weeks
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In this Video from the Vault, let's look back on a visit to my De Havilland Mosquito at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh. It was great to be up there! Here is Part 2 of 3! | Kermit Weeks
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The celebration continues! We started last week with the P-51’s first flight anniversary, and now we’re wrapping it up with Part 2 of 2 of our Kermie Cam as our Video from the Vault. More history, more horsepower, and one unforgettable machine! | Kermit Weeks
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It was #OTD in 1960 that the B-29 was officially retired from service. In this video from the Vault I am sharing the special opportunity I had to fly FiFi to Tallahassee with the Commemorative Air Force B29 B24 Squadron a few years back. How many of you have gotten to see a B-29? You can also check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E84GfAhn2o&t | Kermit Weeks
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Here's video from my YouTube channel where you'll find more than 340 videos including this one from three years ago when I stopped to see Jerry Yagen and his museum. ---------------- During a recent trip up to Washington D.C., I made a side visit to Jerry Yagen's Military Aviation Museum. I thought it would be good to visit Jerry and check out his place. As you'll see, it looks very very familiar . . . a lot like another aviation attraction and facility I know of. Anyway, come on along with me a
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OK, Gang, we just had the coolest airplane recently delivered to Fantasy of Flight, so pour yourself a beverage, sit back, and help us unload what could be the COOLEST future Art Deco potential ride airplane! | Kermit Weeks
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It was earlier this week, back in 1943, that the first Lancaster X arrived in England. My specific aircraft, KB976, is an example of the pinnacle of development for these four-engined bombers. Let's see what else we can discover in Part 2 of our Video from the Vault! | Kermit Weeks
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OK, Gang, here’s a bit of a tease of the Hawker Demon I did at the Museum Lite before we closed for the winter season. As I’ve mentioned before, we took a LOT of video of the airplane going together that we will post later. Enjoy! | Kermit Weeks
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