One thing I like about Kermit is he is very knowledgeable but still has the humility to be open about the fact that there's stuff he doesn't know. That's really endearing.
Kermie my Uncle was a mechanic on the Spitfire's and Hurricanes in the desert campaigns. 3 squadron RAAF he passed away in the last year, he would have loved what your doing at your aerodrome. Thank you for your efforts in keeping History alive. Aussie Jeff
I have no doubt they probably met. My Uncle was known for being a incredible tuner. Many a pilot would make an excuse to get diverted to his airbase. My grandmother would right to him and asked what he needed. He would write back more handkerchiefs please. Every time he worked on the carbys a hanki would be used to keep sand out of parts. Went on to develop diesel intercoolers for plant equipment after the 2nd war. Incredible man. Lest we forget.
If memory serves correctly, ( I'm 85 ) I remember seeing these parked at end of runway at Grenier Field, Manchester, NH during the War. We lived in Litchfield, NH just down the road from the airbase at the time, and aircraft parked at or near end of runway closest to the road were often visible. A lot of ferry flights - especially B-17's - left this base during the War for overseas destinations.
I used to drive by this Aircraft every day in the 70's when it was parked at Metro field in Fairbanks, AK. At that time I was working at Gabe's Truck and Auto.. and I spend many the lunch hour walking around this sexy bird! Funny story, at that time we were building the "GFRA" race track, on permafrost ground.. It was so soupy during breakup that we "lost" a D6 Cat by leaving it running overnight.. in the morning only the top of the roll cage was showing above ground lol. So needless to say, we put tons of material on the track and we were "Gifted" about 150 barrels of "Waste Oil" (Oil, Antifreeze, DN-600, ATF and one unknown ingredient) from Alyeska Pipeline Co.. So we used that "oil" on the track and wacker-packed the heck out of it.. and on the first Sunday race day, the track looked great! The first qualifying race was ready to go and after a roaring start the cars blipped there throttles to "setup" for the corner.. Of course they backfired,, and WOOSH a 360 deg ring of fire around the track! (Turns out that waste oil's secret ingredient was Jet A😀 Over the years I lost the VHS tapes of the A Stock cars racing through the flames! That's how the Greater Fairbanks Racing Association's new race track was christened by fire! Small world Kermit that you ended up with her, Thank you for bring back great memories and a gorgeous Warbird!
I have a 1/72 scale Corgi Diecast B25B, modeled on 'Ruptured Duck' used in the Doolittle Raid. I am really grateful for the real true look through and on top! of the plane (my head was hoping you didn't have an event there). Thank you so much Kermit. I look forward to the Part 2 edition.
Considering you decided to throw this together at the last minute, you're doing an outstanding job! Really appreciate all the little details - makes me appreciate the original engineering AND the level of competence in the restoration 👍
Kermit, you are amazing. Thanks for showing this beautiful historic American icon. Someday I want to visit your museum. I’m in Jupiter, FL so it is a snap. Stay safe!
Corona virus thing....here again sitting in my car at stsrbucks for the free wi fi i need. Come everyday and look at utube stuff. I've been to your museum about 6 yrs ago. Wish it was open. I guess this years air shows over here on east coast of fla. Have been cacelled i guess ? Vero beach and space coast i go to every year, so, i must watch all your kermi cams. Glad you collect radial engines . 🇺🇸
What a rare treat to crawl around inside your B-25 at your elbow! This is stuff we absolutely won't see anywhere else. Thanks, once again. Oh and, beautiful restoration, too.
Thank you for doing this tour! The B-25 holds a special place for me, as my father was a pilot (he was an instructor pilot at Randolph Field during WW2) and this was his favorite airplane to fly (he also was an instructor pilot in the B-26, as well). She is a beautiful machine and a real treasure! Thank you for preserving all of this history!
i know im randomly asking but does anyone know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account? I was stupid forgot the login password. I appreciate any tips you can give me!
@Grayson Rocco Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im trying it out now. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Please do a Kermie Cam for the B-26 Marauder. Even if it isn't yet restored to the same high standard as the B-25, it would still be wonderful to see how the interior is laid out.
So cool, AMAZING restoration! When I was a 7 or 8 year old kid back in the late 50's they had one of these as a static display at Friendship Intl (later BWI) my father a B-24 Bombardier took me aboard and I distinctly remember him picking me up to the tunnel over the bomb bay and we both crawled into the cockpit. Years later 1966 or so they had one parked on the far side of the field as an old relic. I would sneak under the fence and go aboard and play "Sky King". I loved old planes and still do.... jets, suck and the blow pretty much, at least from my experience in the Navy. I'll take props any day!
Beautiful B-25. Yours should be the standard all are restored to. The red crank at the radio operators station is to lower the flaps in the event the hydraulics are lost. They only crank down, so once they're in, they're in. Our B-25 doesn't have it, but it was on the SIC test. The crank for the bomb bay is up by the navigator, but we don't have that either. Thank you for your videos.
Kermit thanks for the video on the B-25. Keep bringing us aviation videos on your aircraft. i'm a former member of Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Thanks to a drunk driver those days are in the past. I worked on our B-25 Briefing Time. Thanks for the memories. Stay safe out there.
This was a cool video. Thanks. The one that you went far and beyond for was the Mars videos. You realy sweated your ass off for that. And got into the nook and crannies like no other. So, Cheers mate.
Any time I see a notification on my phone of a new video, I look forward to getting home after work and watching during dinner. Thank you for your content sir!
The level of restoration is amazing. I always like the look of the B-25, but having a full interior is so cool. I hope that the A-26 would be as good when finished.
Bring on pt2, Watching these old birds fly its easy to forget how little space there was on board for those young men flying,fighting and sadly in many cases dying in these machines. Amazing anyone got out of them when the brown stuff hit the fan.
It's amazing when you see all that went into making this airplane to realize just how many 100s were made. Super super video Kermie - thank you. Great editing too. :)
Mate that's fantastic , what a great plane and video of it , imagine sitting in the back on the carrier deck waiting to go of to Tokyo , gee that had some balls doing that stuff in those days , thank you for saving and showing the world these planes , well done
This Man's a "National Treasure",,, Always Sharing His Life With Us and Now Risking His Life, Doing a Little "Wing Walking" On a B-25... Kermit Is Doing All This To Give Us a Few Minutes of Enjoyment and a Little Entertainment, During These "Trying" and "Political" Times... Kermit Is a "One of a Kind"... He's Very Special... So Knowledgeable and Oh So Talented... Now The B-25,,, If It Was Good Enough For "Jimmy",,, and Good Enough For Kermit,,, Then It's Good Enough For Me... Can You Image,,, Someone Asking You To Fly One Fully Loaded Off The Deck of a Carrier,, Then Go Ahead and Fly It On To Tokyo, and Then Drop a Few Bombs... Now, If You Are Still "Alive",,, and You Haven't "Crashed" Yet,,, "Go Ahead,,, Just Go Ahead and To Fly It To China,,, Land,,, and Have a "Late Lunch" With "Madam Chiang",,,"The Empress of China"... This All Sounds Very Unsafe To Me,,, So I Will Say This Now... "Who Ever Thought This "Caper Up",,,, "Had To Be Stark Raving Mad",,, "Nuts To The Core",,, Just "Plain Crazy",,, Now Just To Make Such a Suggestion Like This,,, "They Had To Be Stark Raving Nuts,,,, Maybe Living In "Shangri-La",,, Shangri-La
Of all the Aircraft you share with us , this is my favorite. We had one here at the Deland Fl airport for the longest time but have not seen it in a while. Hope she when to a better home. Thanks for the walk around. Stay safe guys. Time for a nice Rum and Coke.
An old WW2 pilot I had the pleasure of speaking with while I'd service his car (over 20 years ago) told me he LOVED flying the B-25. He said it was super stable, easy to fly, resilient, and easier to take off and land with the nose gear versus the tail dragging B-17 that he said could get a little tricky landing. Great video Kermit! Too bad there aren't any flying B-26's. (My personal favorite.)
I live just down the road from Hamilton Airport,Ontario. They have a beautiful B25 and Lancaster that regularly flyover my house in the summer. I just about beak a leg trying to get out of the house to see them. 😂 Thanks for all you do, preserving theses beautiful planes
One of the best walk-around videos I've ever seen, and I watch every one that I can find. I wish that you could do all of them, I would certainly watch them all. Please do more like this. I'd like to see you do the B-17 and P-38 like this if you could. Thanks, and I'm looking forward to part two of the B-25.
@JStephen Allington, unfortunately Kermit's P-38 is only "pieces parts" since Hurricane Andrew, which was what caused him to move to Polk County and build FoF. It's stored in his "Golden Hill" storage hangar.
Very cool. I got to go inside the B-25 in San Marcos,Tx at the CAF. I lived like a mile fromthe airport so I was forunate to see alot of old airplanes fly over my house. So I noticed that you have a few r/c planes. How showing them to us and perhaps fly a few since there isn't much else to do.
I saw my first B-25 in July 1998. I was visiting Florida for the first time and was in my motel on Irlo Johnson Highway, Kissimmee, when loud racket went overhead. I jumped outside in time to see a B-25, with wheels and flaps down, clearly on final to some airfield. I went to the motel office and got a map of Kissimmee. I found the airport and put it on the To-Do List while I was in town - my main mission, on that trip, was to drive out to the Space Coast and watch STS-88 Endeavour launch the second module of the Space Station, but there was room in my schedule for extra activities. A couple of days later, I was able to get to the airport and spent a few hours at the Flying Tigers Warbirds Museum. Very interesting place. Don't worry, Kermit: next trip to Florida, you're on my To-Do List. Definitely! PS Space Shuttle Endeavour didn't launch. That happened to me two out of two trips.
Beautiful restoration, I believe this is the finest WW2 bomber restoration that I've yet seen ... fantastic job. I still have hopes if visiting Fantasy of Flight once the pandemic ends. Thanks for making this video, really fantastic :)
The actual pilot of the Apache Princess when she was shot down was my Father in Law, Ted Hart. I never knew him very well as he had Alzheimers by the time I came along. He passed away on 1 April 2000, and all of his children have now passed on. He'd never talk about the incident, but I read the story of his survival in a Japanese POW camp on Formosa which, of course is now Taiwan. It was quite a story. I believe he was the only crewmember who survived the POW camp. It is really nice that you chose that plane for the restoration. Thanks.
No worries - great content. I appreciate all the effort and fully understand how renders and uploads can be time consuming even if everything goes as planned. When I was on the Honor Squadrons show years ago we had the CAF B-25J "Devil Dog" for a camera ship.
I'm so glad I found your channel! We've driven by your sign on I-4 so many times, And i never really knew what the place was! We will definitely be making a visit after all this craziness is over! Thanks for the video, Kermit!
Back in 1980 when I was doing cargo conversions on CV-240s, the owner of the conversion company told me he flew B-25s during the war and said that on takeoff he could rotate until the tail bumper scraped the ground, and the 25 would climb out no problem. Pretty cool. Wright Flyer, USAF (1968-1972).
The B-25 appears to be tidier than the B-24. It has a very nice layout inside. And some really neat features, like the ladder in the aft entrance hatch. I hope you get time to fix the fuel tanks soon.
The B-25 has been a personal fav since I was a little kid (way back when). I always enjoy getting a chance to see them up close and personal. There's one not far from me now in Delaware flying out of Georgetown airport I believe. On the rear, one of those holes could be a shell casing ejection? Stay well Kermie, we'll get back to something akin to normal soon.
25th April , the most solemn military remembrance day in Australia & New Zealand, Anzac Day! Was to be in Florida for Memorial Day with other soldier mates, but this virus stopped me. I was to come and see your beautiful museum also. Save a few Naked In Jamaica Rum bottles for me (Full) I'll be there as soon as this virus goes. keep up the good work, look forward to Part 2. And when Part 3 commences and is completed. You're a legend in Melb Australia!
And I thought my office was cluttered! lol. Seriously though you have the most beautiful B-25 I have ever seen. It is lacking nothing, like it just rolled off the assembly line. From functioning bomb racks to original self sealing fuel tanks. you could fly it into combat tomorrow . Do you know if your Mitchell ever actually saw combat? Was it used in Pearl Harbor? (I know that the Doolittle Raiders flew C models).
Love this place went there when they we open and had a great time so much history....I thought prices to get in were to cheap and I would of paid a lot more. Hope they open again I will be going back.
love your videos kermit I have been watching for a few years now It is on my bucket list to come down to see your amazing collection and you and your videos have ignited a passion I never knew I had for aviation and the goal to learn to fly one day thank you sir
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May God bless you for your insight into aviation that you may share with us all.If not for your constant vigilance for preserving these artifacts we, and the future generations would not fully understand the sacrifice of the young men whom have given everything to preserve our American way of life.thank you Mr Weeks!
Hey, Mr.Weeks don't know what else to call you butl I hope that you're doing good with everything going on right now I just wanted to let you know that I have been watching your video for year's now and LOVE all that you have done. I love anything flying related since I've been a kid I used to go to the airport it Bridgeport CT and go for airplane rides and have loved everything flying all my life so I enjoy all your videos and watching all the videos you have done over the years just wanted to let you know that I appreciate all your doing to help aviation out so THANKS FOR EVERYTHING MARK DRASKOVICS
Solid movie! Good radial sounds! Too bad no flying due to the crisis, same here with our B-25 “Sarinah” here in The Netherlands. She was just finished after some years of TLC.
Kermit, sometimes you do things the hard way, climbing over that engine like that. Thanks for the show of that fabulous bird. B-25s are cool and have a very unique sound. Also love the B-26s. Those really look fast. Thanks for sharing and climbing around that thing for us. I, probably like you are a 10 year old when these things are around. They just make you feel good.
Watching this on a big screen tv and at 4:21 i had to stop the vid and go get my phone and comment to give you proper recognition for bravely climbing up over the prop and onto the engine cover and giving us a bird's-eye tour. Anything else in this vid is gravy. (Would've liked to have poked my head into that engine compartment a little more, but still good)
One thing I like about Kermit is he is very knowledgeable but still has the humility to be open about the fact that there's stuff he doesn't know. That's really endearing.
The key to understanding, is admitting we still don't know shit.
I did my part on restoring planes and still some stuff baffles me.
You can make up a good reason to be confronted it was something else.
Kermie my Uncle was a mechanic on the Spitfire's and Hurricanes in the desert campaigns. 3 squadron RAAF he passed away in the last year, he would have loved what your doing at your aerodrome. Thank you for your efforts in keeping History alive. Aussie Jeff
Jeff Moore My father flew spitfires in 243 Squadron RAF during the North African and Italian campaigns. He was an Australian pilot in an RAF squadron.
I have no doubt they probably met. My Uncle was known for being a incredible tuner. Many a pilot would make an excuse to get diverted to his airbase. My grandmother would right to him and asked what he needed. He would write back more handkerchiefs please. Every time he worked on the carbys a hanki would be used to keep sand out of parts. Went on to develop diesel intercoolers for plant equipment after the 2nd war. Incredible man. Lest we forget.
If memory serves correctly, ( I'm 85 ) I remember seeing these parked at end of runway at Grenier Field, Manchester, NH during the War. We lived in Litchfield, NH just down the road from the airbase at the time, and aircraft parked at or near end of runway closest to the road were often visible. A lot of ferry flights - especially B-17's - left this base during the War for overseas destinations.
Thank you Kermit for describing al these details, it's so very useful for modelers.
Especially because of the restoration to original state.
Kermit youir B-25 is a superb example with so many original items,thank you for putting this together on our behalf,love the quality artwork too.
I used to drive by this Aircraft every day in the 70's when it was parked at Metro field in Fairbanks, AK. At that time I was working at Gabe's Truck and Auto.. and I spend many the lunch hour walking around this sexy bird!
Funny story, at that time we were building the "GFRA" race track, on permafrost ground.. It was so soupy during breakup that we "lost" a D6 Cat by leaving it running overnight.. in the morning only the top of the roll cage was showing above ground lol. So needless to say, we put tons of material on the track and we were "Gifted" about 150 barrels of "Waste Oil" (Oil, Antifreeze, DN-600, ATF and one unknown ingredient) from Alyeska Pipeline Co.. So we used that "oil" on the track and wacker-packed the heck out of it.. and on the first Sunday race day, the track looked great! The first qualifying race was ready to go and after a roaring start the cars blipped there throttles to "setup" for the corner.. Of course they backfired,, and WOOSH a 360 deg ring of fire around the track! (Turns out that waste oil's secret ingredient was Jet A😀 Over the years I lost the VHS tapes of the A Stock cars racing through the flames! That's how the Greater Fairbanks Racing Association's new race track was christened by fire! Small world Kermit that you ended up with her, Thank you for bring back great memories and a gorgeous Warbird!
SUPERB!! We LOVE KERMIT in the UK!! Always fantastic videos from Kermit!! What an amazing B25! the very best!!
Great Video, amazing restoration Mr. Kermit. Looking forward to part 2 of of the B-25 and Waco......
An outstanding restoration of a beautiful aircraft. .....thanks fer takin' us along...
I have a 1/72 scale Corgi Diecast B25B, modeled on 'Ruptured Duck' used in the Doolittle Raid. I am really grateful for the real true look through and on top! of the plane (my head was hoping you didn't have an event there). Thank you so much Kermit. I look forward to the Part 2 edition.
She's in beautiful condition I hope you're able to get her flying again.
I NEED Part 2 !!!!!! Thank you Kermit for letting the average man have a look inside of some great pieces of history……
Considering you decided to throw this together at the last minute, you're doing an outstanding job! Really appreciate all the little details - makes me appreciate the original engineering AND the level of competence in the restoration 👍
Kermit, you are amazing. Thanks for showing this beautiful historic American icon.
Someday I want to visit your museum. I’m in Jupiter, FL so it is a snap.
Stay safe!
Corona virus thing....here again sitting in my car at stsrbucks for the free wi fi i need. Come everyday and look at utube stuff. I've been to your museum about 6 yrs ago. Wish it was open. I guess this years air shows over here on east coast of fla. Have been cacelled i guess ? Vero beach and space coast i go to every year, so, i must watch all your kermi cams. Glad you collect radial engines . 🇺🇸
What a rare treat to crawl around inside your B-25 at your elbow! This is stuff we absolutely won't see anywhere else. Thanks, once again. Oh and, beautiful restoration, too.
I like those flashbacks, I really enjoy your videos during these times.
Thank you for doing this tour! The B-25 holds a special place for me, as my father was a pilot (he was an instructor pilot at Randolph Field during WW2) and this was his favorite airplane to fly (he also was an instructor pilot in the B-26, as well). She is a beautiful machine and a real treasure! Thank you for preserving all of this history!
My all time favorite 3 birds in one hangar! 24, 25 and the P40. Awesome!
another AMAZING video and a cliff-hangar ending!
Thoroughly enjoy all your videos. Thank you taking the time to do so.
Hey Kermit, any chance we could get a walkaround of the Catalina? Thanks for the video!
i know im randomly asking but does anyone know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account?
I was stupid forgot the login password. I appreciate any tips you can give me!
@Carmelo Bruce Instablaster :)
@Grayson Rocco Thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and Im trying it out now.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Grayson Rocco it did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thank you so much you saved my account!
@Carmelo Bruce No problem :)
Amazing! Looking forward to visiting FoF someday. Thanks 👍
Please do a Kermie Cam for the B-26 Marauder. Even if it isn't yet restored to the same high standard as the B-25, it would still be wonderful to see how the interior is laid out.
I absolutely love the B-25! Thanks for the tour!
Great and refreshing video...tks for sharing...beautifull machine..!
Thank You soooooo Much for your time with these tours. I actually feel it.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Thanks Kermit! keep up the good work!
Thanks a million Kermit! That was the most detailed tour of a B-25, that I have ever seen. Much appreciated!
Thank you Kermit for showing this Aircraft.
So cool, AMAZING restoration! When I was a 7 or 8 year old kid back in the late 50's they had one of these as a static display at Friendship Intl (later BWI) my father a B-24 Bombardier took me aboard and I distinctly remember him picking me up to the tunnel over the bomb bay and we both crawled into the cockpit. Years later 1966 or so they had one parked on the far side of the field as an old relic. I would sneak under the fence and go aboard and play "Sky King". I loved old planes and still do.... jets, suck and the blow pretty much, at least from my experience in the Navy. I'll take props any day!
Thank you for your hard work in your efforts to preserve history and great thanks appreciation to your teams and their hard work 😓
Beautiful B-25. Yours should be the standard all are restored to. The red crank at the radio operators station is to lower the flaps in the event the hydraulics are lost. They only crank down, so once they're in, they're in. Our B-25 doesn't have it, but it was on the SIC test. The crank for the bomb bay is up by the navigator, but we don't have that either. Thank you for your videos.
Mr. Weeks Thank you. I have been waiting to see the inside of this for years. looking forward to part two. She looks as good as I remember.
Thank you for doing what you do.
Kermit thanks for the video on the B-25. Keep bringing us aviation videos on your aircraft. i'm a former member of Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. Thanks to a drunk driver those days are in the past. I worked on our B-25 Briefing Time. Thanks for the memories. Stay safe out there.
This was a cool video. Thanks. The one that you went far and beyond for was the Mars videos. You realy sweated your ass off for that. And got into the nook and crannies like no other. So, Cheers mate.
Any time I see a notification on my phone of a new video, I look forward to getting home after work and watching during dinner. Thank you for your content sir!
Thank you for your posts Kermit. We enjoy every single one. :)
That is a beautiful machine. Just perfect!!
God Bless you Kermit......May you live long and prosper....May you and yours live long and healthy lives! Keep Aviation History Alive!
The level of restoration is amazing. I always like the look of the B-25, but having a full interior is so cool. I hope that the A-26 would be as good when finished.
Very cool Kermie!! Thanks so much for the tour. Looking forward to part 2!
Thank you for taking your time to do this!..Maybe the B-26 Marauder next time?..... :)
Bring on pt2, Watching these old birds fly its easy to forget how little space there was on board for those young men flying,fighting and sadly in many cases dying in these machines. Amazing anyone got out of them when the brown stuff hit the fan.
My uncle was a crew chief on B-25's in North Africa. He passed away in 2009 at 90 years old. I have a photo of him in the cockpit.
Sorry for your loss. Thanks for his service.
My grandfather may have laid hands on his aircraft. He ran the prop shop at Macdill during the war.
Thanks for showing us your stuff Man. Makes these days a bit easier.
Thank u current for sharing the best b25 on the planet was a labor of love, amazing
It's amazing when you see all that went into making this airplane to realize just how many 100s were made.
Super super video Kermie - thank you. Great editing too. :)
Mate that's fantastic , what a great plane and video of it , imagine sitting in the back on the carrier deck waiting to go of to Tokyo , gee that had some balls doing that stuff in those days , thank you for saving and showing the world these planes , well done
This Man's a "National Treasure",,, Always Sharing His Life With Us and Now Risking His Life, Doing a Little "Wing Walking" On a B-25... Kermit Is Doing All This To Give Us a Few Minutes of Enjoyment and a Little Entertainment, During These "Trying" and "Political" Times... Kermit Is a "One of a Kind"... He's Very Special... So Knowledgeable and Oh So Talented... Now The B-25,,, If It Was Good Enough For "Jimmy",,, and Good Enough For Kermit,,, Then It's Good Enough For Me... Can You Image,,, Someone Asking You To Fly One Fully Loaded Off The Deck of a Carrier,, Then Go Ahead and Fly It On To Tokyo, and Then Drop a Few Bombs... Now, If You Are Still "Alive",,, and You Haven't "Crashed" Yet,,, "Go Ahead,,, Just Go Ahead and To Fly It To China,,, Land,,, and Have a "Late Lunch" With "Madam Chiang",,,"The Empress of China"... This All Sounds Very Unsafe To Me,,, So I Will Say This Now... "Who Ever Thought This "Caper Up",,,, "Had To Be Stark Raving Mad",,, "Nuts To The Core",,, Just "Plain Crazy",,, Now Just To Make Such a Suggestion Like This,,, "They Had To Be Stark Raving Nuts,,,, Maybe Living In "Shangri-La",,,
Shangri-La
Sweet looking aircraft. Love the armament and canopies. Beautiful.
Of all the Aircraft you share with us , this is my favorite. We had one here at the Deland Fl airport for the longest time but have not seen it in a while. Hope she when to a better home. Thanks for the walk around. Stay safe guys. Time for a nice Rum and Coke.
An old WW2 pilot I had the pleasure of speaking with while I'd service his car (over 20 years ago) told me he LOVED flying the B-25. He said it was super stable, easy to fly, resilient, and easier to take off and land with the nose gear versus the tail dragging B-17 that he said could get a little tricky landing. Great video Kermit! Too bad there aren't any flying B-26's. (My personal favorite.)
Well, that sure got and kept my attention! Nice job. Looking forward to part 2.
Thanks. Great video. I enjoy them all that you have done
Amazing Video, watching the Second part right now. Would love to see a Kermie Cam on a B-17 :)
Think Kermit might the dream job of all time .
Thank you for sharing your video, it's awesome to watch the history of the plane, they survive too danger mission
Beautiful B-25 Kermit! Btw, could the "Tail Gunners Potty Hole's" be the twin 50's spent caseings chutes?
I live just down the road from Hamilton Airport,Ontario. They have a beautiful B25 and Lancaster that regularly flyover my house in the summer. I just about beak a leg trying to get out of the house to see them. 😂 Thanks for all you do, preserving theses beautiful planes
I really need to get down there and have a look at your museum one of these years.
Thanks Kermit one of my favorite WWII aircraft.
One of the best walk-around videos I've ever seen,
and I watch every one that I can find. I wish that you could do all of them, I would certainly watch them all. Please do more like this. I'd like to see you do the B-17 and P-38 like this if you could. Thanks, and I'm looking forward to part two of the B-25.
@JStephen Allington, unfortunately Kermit's P-38 is only "pieces parts" since Hurricane Andrew, which was what caused him to move to Polk County and build FoF. It's stored in his "Golden Hill" storage hangar.
Very cool. I got to go inside the B-25 in San Marcos,Tx at the CAF. I lived like a mile fromthe airport so I was forunate to see alot of old airplanes fly over my house. So I noticed that you have a few r/c planes. How showing them to us and perhaps fly a few since there isn't much else to do.
I saw my first B-25 in July 1998. I was visiting Florida for the first time and was in my motel on Irlo Johnson Highway, Kissimmee, when loud racket went overhead. I jumped outside in time to see a B-25, with wheels and flaps down, clearly on final to some airfield. I went to the motel office and got a map of Kissimmee. I found the airport and put it on the To-Do List while I was in town - my main mission, on that trip, was to drive out to the Space Coast and watch STS-88 Endeavour launch the second module of the Space Station, but there was room in my schedule for extra activities.
A couple of days later, I was able to get to the airport and spent a few hours at the Flying Tigers Warbirds Museum. Very interesting place.
Don't worry, Kermit: next trip to Florida, you're on my To-Do List. Definitely!
PS Space Shuttle Endeavour didn't launch. That happened to me two out of two trips.
That Pilot's last name is a surprise to me. My last name is also Ohnemus and it's a pretty rare and uncommon name over here in Germany.
Beautiful restoration, I believe this is the finest WW2 bomber restoration that I've yet seen ... fantastic job. I still have hopes if visiting Fantasy of Flight once the pandemic ends. Thanks for making this video, really fantastic :)
I learn so much from these videos.
The actual pilot of the Apache Princess when she was shot down was my Father in Law, Ted Hart. I never knew him very well as he had Alzheimers by the time I came along. He passed away on 1 April 2000, and all of his children have now passed on. He'd never talk about the incident, but I read the story of his survival in a Japanese POW camp on Formosa which, of course is now Taiwan. It was quite a story. I believe he was the only crewmember who survived the POW camp. It is really nice that you chose that plane for the restoration. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your story. Sorry for your loss. Thanks to your family for your Father-in-law's service.
Thank you for a great 👍 tour
No worries - great content. I appreciate all the effort and fully understand how renders and uploads can be time consuming even if everything goes as planned.
When I was on the Honor Squadrons show years ago we had the CAF B-25J "Devil Dog" for a camera ship.
Maybe one day could you do a Kermie cam flying the F4U corsair? Myself and a few other people I have spoken to would love that.
SqueakY
Does Kermit have a Corsair?
@@jwingo7257 In the War heratige vlog he did he mentioned that he has a corsair that he flies
I'm so glad I found your channel! We've driven by your sign on I-4 so many times, And i never really knew what the place was! We will definitely be making a visit after all this craziness is over! Thanks for the video, Kermit!
Glad you found it too. Welcome aboard!
Back in 1980 when I was doing cargo conversions on CV-240s, the owner of the conversion company told me he flew B-25s during the war and said that on takeoff he could rotate until the tail bumper scraped the ground, and the 25 would climb out no problem. Pretty cool. Wright Flyer, USAF (1968-1972).
The B-25 appears to be tidier than the B-24. It has a very nice layout inside. And some really neat features, like the ladder in the aft entrance hatch. I hope you get time to fix the fuel tanks soon.
Amazing. Thanks for showing this!
As always very informative thanks Kermit
The B-25 has been a personal fav since I was a little kid (way back when). I always enjoy getting a chance to see them up close and personal. There's one not far from me now in Delaware flying out of Georgetown airport I believe. On the rear, one of those holes could be a shell casing ejection? Stay well Kermie, we'll get back to something akin to normal soon.
My father and I did the pressure washing in your plane hangers! I was extremely amazed when I saw this plane :) hope to meet you one day!
Climbing up on the engine to get to the wing really gives us a perspective of the size of these planes. Thanks.
25th April , the most solemn military remembrance day in Australia & New Zealand, Anzac Day! Was to be in Florida for Memorial Day with other soldier mates, but this virus stopped me. I was to come and see your beautiful museum also. Save a few Naked In Jamaica Rum bottles for me (Full) I'll be there as soon as this virus goes. keep up the good work, look forward to Part 2. And when Part 3 commences and is completed. You're a legend in Melb Australia!
And I thought my office was cluttered! lol. Seriously though you have the most beautiful B-25 I have ever seen. It is lacking nothing, like it just rolled off the assembly line. From functioning bomb racks to original self sealing fuel tanks. you could fly it into combat tomorrow . Do you know if your Mitchell ever actually saw combat? Was it used in Pearl Harbor? (I know that the Doolittle Raiders flew C models).
Love this place went there when they we open and had a great time so much history....I thought prices to get in were to cheap and I would of paid a lot more. Hope they open again I will be going back.
love your videos kermit I have been watching for a few years now It is on my bucket list to come down to see your amazing collection and you and your videos have ignited a passion I never knew I had for aviation and the goal to learn to fly one day thank you sir
Thanks. All your videos are awesome!
Always love your plane tours Mr Weeks. Wish there was a way to get some of your Jamaican Rum up here in lower Alabama.
Naked in Jamaica is available online through Jensen's Liquor for shipment to select states. Alabama isn't one of them, but if you know someone who lives in the Florida panhandle, you could have it shipped to them. Here's the Jensen link.
jensensliquors.com/products/naked-in-jamaica-spiced-rum-750-ml.html
Outstanding video!! Very nice tour!!
May God bless you for your insight into aviation that you may share with us all.If not for your constant vigilance for preserving these artifacts we, and the future generations would not fully understand the sacrifice of the young men whom have given everything to preserve our American way of life.thank you Mr Weeks!
B-25's used to be everywhere. I remember one sitting at a local airport in Delaware that I would pass on my way back to college.
you are an inspiration I'm going flying Sunday hope for some good weather
Hey, Mr.Weeks don't know what else to call you butl I hope that you're doing good with everything going on right now I just wanted to let you know that I have been watching your video for year's now and LOVE all that you have done. I love anything flying related since I've been a kid I used to go to the airport it Bridgeport CT and go for airplane rides and have loved everything flying all my life so I enjoy all your videos and watching all the videos you have done over the years just wanted to let you know that I appreciate all your doing to help aviation out so THANKS FOR EVERYTHING
MARK DRASKOVICS
Thanks for your support through the years. Appreciate it!
Thank you for this video. Though I am not that much into multi-engined airplanes, this one is great. Your B-25 is a very nice one for sure. 👍👍
Fantastic guys
Very enjoyable tour! Thank you. Greg W
Solid movie! Good radial sounds! Too bad no flying due to the crisis, same here with our B-25 “Sarinah” here in The Netherlands. She was just finished after some years of TLC.
Kermit, sometimes you do things the hard way, climbing over that engine like that. Thanks for the show of that fabulous bird. B-25s are cool and have a very unique sound. Also love the B-26s. Those really look fast. Thanks for sharing and climbing around that thing for us. I, probably like you are a 10 year old when these things are around. They just make you feel good.
I have fond memories of that Doolittle Raider's Reunion trip you are referencing....
Watching this on a big screen tv and at 4:21 i had to stop the vid and go get my phone and comment to give you proper recognition for bravely climbing up over the prop and onto the engine cover and giving us a bird's-eye tour. Anything else in this vid is gravy. (Would've liked to have poked my head into that engine compartment a little more, but still good)
tail ports are for ammo links and spent casings from the .50cal