Kermit .I hope you read this.i was talking to my grandsons over the 4th of July and they were telling me the best time they Ever had with their grandparents in Florida was at the Fantasy of flight museum.we they met Kermit as he was walking through the museum and you took the time and Talk to them about different airplanes you have at the museum .they have watched every video you have on RUclips..you are a very awesome guy Kermit I appreciate everything you're doing for the aviation history It's extremely important To preserve these beautiful aircraft's ..we hope to meet you soon .keep up the awesome work and fly safe
History right there... incredible that young men flew, fought and died in these aircraft 100 years ago. It’s great that your passion keeps their memory alive.
It made me think that these guys were so incredibly brave, flying with no parachute, basic live or die flying. But it also made me think that these pilots thought they were the lucky ones, they thought they had it good not having to fight in the trenches. Different generation we must never ever forget.
All the motor revolves with the prop, so there is a huge gyroscopic effect. If I remember rightly, such engines made the planes hard to turn left in flight, but they'd snap roll in a heartbeat to the right.
Yes, I think that it was an eleven cylinder rotary engine, geared to take advantage of the extra power. Because of the torque reaction it had to have a bigger rudder and the port wing was 4 inches longer than the starboard.
Mr Weeks, you always amaze me with your flying versatility. One day your in a Martin Mars, and the next day your in a Sopwith Snipe...and you fly every plane like its the most natural thing ever. Your boundless talent and resources make you an entertainment dynamo! Many thanks.
Turning these old rotory engine planes to the left was a bear. The engines spun to the right and that's the direct they wanted to go. Turning to the left was slow and caused the plane to go nose up and sometimes stall. Turning to the right was fast and sharp and usually caused the plane to go nose down which could cause a downward spin in the hands of an inexperienced pilot. This planes sopwith predecessor, the camel, killed almost as many pilots in mishandling accidents as it did enemy pilots in combat. It took real skill to fly these old birds in combat.
It truly is hard to believe that in less than 70 years, we went from this as cutting edge aviation tech to having a craft that could be launched into space, orbit the planet, re-enter the atmosphere and land.
Beast! Much harder to turn over than the old Tigermoth inline 4 lol. Dad and Mr, Dow flew 20- 50 ft off the deck straight across Lake Superior, the tiger was on floats lol and made the appearance at Oshkosh era 70's. thunder bay to OC. CF-FUG. Keep 'em flying!
Nice to see that plane out flying again. Re. the rudder, this particular model was built in the 'early' style to match the original number and pilot's paint scheme. Kermit's snipe might be the only one in this version, the later snipes built in NZ recently have the later style, larger rudder and stabiliser.
What a nice jaunt around the field. Luckily none of the Circus or Archie about to ruin your fun. Next up some sausage busting and trench strafing? So good to see it in the air where that beautiful machine belongs. Saw an old interview with the late Mr. Sopwith. What an amazing pilot and designer and individual.
I watch alot of aviation videos and really appreciated the making of yours! And I also want to say good job to the pilot the flight crew and ESPECIALLY to the camera operator. Nice job on filming, you nailed it!
Wow no wonder those planes had issues with flipping over....that huge engine with all that weight spinning around has got to be throwing massive torque. Great job flying that beautiful plane !!
SO glad and appreciative of people like you saving and preserving our history, thank you👍 It is so important for the generations behind us to understand how we became to be where we are and where we are going.
Man was I grinning watching that rotary engine fire up. Got a chuckle watching the crew hold her in place during the throttle up too. Thanks for these fun videos.
Love the collection in the background, Connie and Catalina are among my favorite old girls, can't beat the big old radials, would love to get my hands on and get some experience helping
Great flight Kermit (makes up for the Pup, huh?) - boy that A/C swings a big prop for the size of the aircraft! I remember the first time I saw one many years ago at an airshow at Selfridge AFB - and I heard the interrupter I had NO idea why the pilot would fly it with the engine cutting out! - and I asked dad why the engine was going around - it was all very fascinating LoL (I was pretty young, dad flew B-17's in Europe) - planning on making Oshkosh this year! Long cross country from Seattle in my C-172...... See you there!
Just found this channel and have a lot of cool videos to catch up on. I live in not very far from the EAA near Oshkosh and have been there many times. Was familiar with Mrs, Weeks but didn't know he had that extensive of a collection and museum. You are truly an aviation historian. The world is a better place with you in it sir. Thank you for sharing this with us on RUclips.
Grandpa always said, the hardest thing about flying the Sopwith was getting it started. The second hardest thing was getting it to turn left while taxiing.
Love seeing a Snipe that is painted and flying like William G. Barker's famous VC winning aircraft. I've seen the original airframe of E8102 in the Canadian War Museum.
Have been to this museum... absolutely magnificent place to visit. Unbelievable selection of aircraft that are one of's. I believe in markings of Billy Barker, Vc winner?
WoW !! The Snipe sounds and looks good Mr. Weeks ! Considering the ager of your ground crew perhaps you ought to consider making one of the truck-mounted cranking systems for those old rotary I've seen in picture from that era ? Hope all goes well in flying off its hours . Stay safe !
I watch all your videos love them a big fan of WW1 aircraft its funny watching you fly the snipe and I,m building a Wingnut Wings Sopwith F.1 Camel BR.1 at this time keep it up love all you aircrafts keep alive for our future.
A first for me - I'd heard of the Armstrong starter, but never seen a Double Armstrong starter! I was thinking exactly the same thoughts as Wilson Laidlaw below. Many thanks - wonderful aircraft, in first class condition!
For just a second, as he taxis across the grass, your imagination is transported to 1916. Theeeeeen, a huge Connie looms up behind the Sopwith. Oh well. Anachronistic indeed.
That’s not a old war bird it’s only like 7 years old built by TVAL in New Zealand. Not sure about the motor though it might be an original, TVAL has a original motor in their camel, they have built like 30 new old planes, and now build a number of new / old engines as well.
@Possumlove I'm new to the hobby, thanks for catching that and letting me know.
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A little trivia. The Sopwith Snipe was rated as one of or best WW1 fighter. It's basically the Sopwith Camel 2.0. Only 500 were manufactured before the war ended but the British continued to fly them up to 1927. It performed as well as the Camel but pilots preferred it over the Camel due to it's better and safer handling.
I'm glad Fokkers were as easy to start! Awesome airplane, I'd love to passenger in something like that someday - but not around here. Airplane traffic superhighway overhead almost all the time!
I jumped at the chance to start a airplane like that. It was a J3 cub Starting that airplane would be a bucket list item taking me back over a hundred years
Kermit .I hope you read this.i was talking to my grandsons over the 4th of July and they were telling me the best time they Ever had with their grandparents in Florida was at the Fantasy of flight museum.we they met Kermit as he was walking through the museum and you took the time and Talk to them about different airplanes you have at the museum .they have watched every video you have on RUclips..you are a very awesome guy Kermit I appreciate everything you're doing for the aviation history It's extremely important To preserve these beautiful aircraft's ..we hope to meet you soon .keep up the awesome work and fly safe
History right there... incredible that young men flew, fought and died in these aircraft 100 years ago. It’s great that your passion keeps their memory alive.
….. and no parachutes…
It made me think that these guys were so incredibly brave, flying with no parachute, basic live or die flying. But it also made me think that these pilots thought they were the lucky ones, they thought they had it good not having to fight in the trenches. Different generation we must never ever forget.
Be fun; but i would stick to the in line engine s.... Real busy with a rotery engine however...
@@mikearakelian6368 Fun, until your plane is full of holes, and you're behind enemy lines...
You neednt remind me of war... Was in tet in '68 n bagged my share of bodies...
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@@mikearakelian6368 si me llamo la atención que tiene el motor rotativo ! He visto otras réplicas pero con motor radial ...
Its great to see you saving so many historic planes and keep them in flying condition. Thank you👍🇺🇸
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The sound of that plane is hauntingly "CLASSIC"!🤗
I have always been enthralled with the WW1 era. Just the sheer ingenuity.
All the motor revolves with the prop, so there is a huge gyroscopic effect. If I remember rightly, such engines made the planes hard to turn left in flight, but they'd snap roll in a heartbeat to the right.
Yup except for 1 late engine germans made crank spin opposite of engine. Pretty crazy set up
Yes, I think that it was an eleven cylinder rotary engine, geared to take advantage of the extra power. Because of the torque reaction it had to have a bigger rudder and the port wing was 4 inches longer than the starboard.
Mr Weeks, you always amaze me with your flying versatility. One day your in a Martin Mars, and the next day your in a Sopwith Snipe...and you fly every plane like its the most natural thing ever. Your boundless talent and resources make you an entertainment dynamo! Many thanks.
Turning these old rotory engine planes to the left was a bear. The engines spun to the right and that's the direct they wanted to go. Turning to the left was slow and caused the plane to go nose up and sometimes stall. Turning to the right was fast and sharp and usually caused the plane to go nose down which could cause a downward spin in the hands of an inexperienced pilot. This planes sopwith predecessor, the camel, killed almost as many pilots in mishandling accidents as it did enemy pilots in combat. It took real skill to fly these old birds in combat.
So glad that there are people around with enough money, enthusiasm and mechanical ability to keep these old museum pieces in flying condition.
It truly is hard to believe that in less than 70 years, we went from this as cutting edge aviation tech to having a craft that could be launched into space, orbit the planet, re-enter the atmosphere and land.
And now we are back to Spam in a can.
And 50 years after this plane, the Brits had a plane that could go supersonic in a vertical climb -The English Electric Lightning. It's amazing to me.
Beast! Much harder to turn over than the old Tigermoth inline 4 lol. Dad and Mr, Dow flew 20- 50 ft off the deck straight across Lake Superior, the tiger was on floats lol and made the appearance at Oshkosh era 70's. thunder bay to OC. CF-FUG. Keep 'em flying!
Watching that piece of history fly it blows my mind thinking they fought battles in these planes. Nicely done.
Never gets old, watching her fly . . .
Nice to see that plane out flying again. Re. the rudder, this particular model was built in the 'early' style to match the original number and pilot's paint scheme. Kermit's snipe might be the only one in this version, the later snipes built in NZ recently have the later style, larger rudder and stabiliser.
What a nice jaunt around the field. Luckily none of the Circus or Archie about to ruin your fun. Next up some sausage busting and trench strafing? So good to see it in the air where that beautiful machine belongs. Saw an old interview with the late Mr. Sopwith. What an amazing pilot and designer and individual.
I’ve watched this video several times since it was uploaded and it kicks ass every time!
As usual Kermit, outstanding stuff. That Sopwith is awesome. Those guys in New Zealand do some excellent work.
I watch alot of aviation videos and really appreciated the making of yours! And I also want to say good job to the pilot the flight crew and ESPECIALLY to the camera operator. Nice job on filming, you nailed it!
Wow no wonder those planes had issues with flipping over....that huge engine with all that weight spinning around has got to be throwing massive torque. Great job flying that beautiful plane !!
Super Connie in the background! Got to fly in one about 10 years ago. What an experience.
7:35 'Turns great to the right!' had me LOL after all the effort it took to make the thing turn left.
Such a beautiful old airplane. Well done for keeping it in the air.
Wow, My best friend, OMG! So wonderful! I really love this! Thank you so much!
Wonderful to see this aircraft in such beautiful restored condition and flying.
SO glad and appreciative of people like you saving and preserving our history, thank you👍
It is so important for the generations behind us to understand how we became to be where we are and where we are going.
Yes agreed, and lets not forget the wonderful Shuttleworth Collection in UK.
Beautiful flight...the sound if the engine is just great...good luck getting her ready for Oshkosh, wish I could be.
Man was I grinning watching that rotary engine fire up. Got a chuckle watching the crew hold her in place during the throttle up too. Thanks for these fun videos.
Giving that Blip switch a real workout, nicely done!
Love seeing old Sopwith’s in flight. Tom would be very proud of your work.
Wow sent shivers down my spine seeing it in the air!
Those old rotary engines are great!!! Beautiful plane, keep 'em flying! Have fun at OSH !
Awesome flying history ->...logging 5more hrs in the Snipe is a lot of flying time to do in 2/12 weeks .. God Speed Kermit and much respect!
Always amazes me to see and hear a rotary. Beautiful!
Isn't it radial engine? Rotary is another type of engine without piston and conrod. Search it.
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TheAngrySnail No, it’s a rotary engine.
@@carmen071972 this is a rotary as the whole engine rotates around the axis of the “crankshaft”
Thanks for all you do for aviation!
Great flight. Engine sound pretty healthy.
Sounds like Kermit is bumping the mags just like a boss.. outstanding!
Amazing aircraft! Love and truly appreciate the work you guys are doing. On a side note... looks like it may be time to mow the runway.
Love the collection in the background, Connie and Catalina are among my favorite old girls, can't beat the big old radials, would love to get my hands on and get some experience helping
The difference between the Snipe and the Pup in terms of Engine compression, trying to start it was incredible.
Great flight Kermit (makes up for the Pup, huh?) - boy that A/C swings a big prop for the size of the aircraft! I remember the first time I saw one many years ago at an airshow at Selfridge AFB - and I heard the interrupter I had NO idea why the pilot would fly it with the engine cutting out! - and I asked dad why the engine was going around - it was all very fascinating LoL (I was pretty young, dad flew B-17's in Europe) - planning on making Oshkosh this year! Long cross country from Seattle in my C-172...... See you there!
I’ve seen a video of a rotary engined plane coming in for a landing that described the blipping as “engine failure” lol.
What an absolutely beautiful aircraft.
Boy that Sopwith looks like it really puts the fun in flying!
and to think its a hundred years old is absolutely incredible
Wow. An astonishingly beautiful aircraft.
Cool to hear a rotary radial with a throttle. Still needed to blip the ignition to land.
Lived in central Florida for most my life, never knew what FOF was, driven by plenty of time on way to and grom St Pete. Now I want to visit.
Just found this channel and have a lot of cool videos to catch up on. I live in not very far from the EAA near Oshkosh and have been there many times. Was familiar with Mrs, Weeks but didn't know he had that extensive of a collection and museum. You are truly an aviation historian. The world is a better place with you in it sir. Thank you for sharing this with us on RUclips.
Very nice, thank you for keeping these old airplanes in the air where they belong. Hope to see you at Oshkosh.
This airplane carries the markings of Canadian WW1 ace William Barker VC. He also flew the Sopwith Camel prior to the Snipe. Lovely video!
The original fuselage is at the canadian war museum.
Amazing and scary at the same time. Kermit you can obviously fly anything ! Thank you.
Great stuff and nice breakdown of the aircraft's idiosyncrasies!
Grandpa always said, the hardest thing about flying the Sopwith was getting it started. The second hardest thing was getting it to turn left while taxiing.
Slop Sec Ah yes, the flywheel effect
It also shows on ww2 aircraft
But not nearly as bad as a rotary engine
One example- The Spitfire
Love seeing a Snipe that is painted and flying like William G. Barker's famous VC winning aircraft. I've seen the original airframe of E8102 in the Canadian War Museum.
It's always reassuring seeing a mechanic there on startup eyeballing the engine for any potential problems before taking it up.
just amazing! Thank you for sharing this video.
Love these videos! Be safe, Kermit!
What a treat for the folks around the airport!!!
What a crazy little vert stab.
Have been to this museum... absolutely magnificent place to visit. Unbelievable selection of aircraft that are one of's. I believe in markings of Billy Barker, Vc winner?
It is .
Love the menual parking brake at 5:30.
WoW !! The Snipe sounds and looks good Mr. Weeks ! Considering the ager of your ground crew perhaps you ought to consider making one of the truck-mounted cranking systems for those old rotary I've seen in picture from that era ? Hope all goes well in flying off its hours . Stay safe !
Jeff Hoser: Yes, a Hucks Starter would be very nice to see.
Nice to see the old girl flying with the 'spit and spray' sound of the rotary engine! Col, NZ.
Still love your US Army Warrant Officer rank on your surplus flight suit! 👍🏼 Nice flying too Kermit!
Fantastic flight and love the sputter of the engine!
I watch all your videos love them a big fan of WW1 aircraft its funny watching you fly the snipe and I,m building a Wingnut Wings Sopwith F.1 Camel BR.1 at this time keep it up love all you aircrafts keep alive for our future.
Kermit. I am really enjoying your channel for sure.
Very good, very beautiful, congratulations!!!
Awesome video.
Very cool Kermit....grass looking long!
A first for me - I'd heard of the Armstrong starter, but never seen a Double Armstrong starter! I was thinking exactly the same thoughts as Wilson Laidlaw below. Many thanks - wonderful aircraft, in first class condition!
I've actually seen a triple armstrong in the efforts to start the Shuttleworth Collection's SE5
I drove by during this flight. Cool stuff!
Great video, guys. Congratulations to all those involved in the making of this video. 5*****
I was just looking at a fine example this aircraft at RAF Hendon museum. Great to see one in flight.
A nice thing to see. Always exciting when they haven't flown in a while.
Amazing the plane has rotative engine of the old days which has not been replaced by the modern one.
Make no small plans. Go Kermit Weeks.
you guys rock! thank you very much for sharing this!
I love that this vintage airplane is being started by people with smart phones in their pockets. Anachronistic juxtaposition at its best!
Now I know why they didn't have an instruction 'scramble' in WW1
No such thing as Airplanes They are Aeroplanes !!
For just a second, as he taxis across the grass, your imagination is transported to 1916. Theeeeeen, a huge Connie looms up behind the Sopwith. Oh well. Anachronistic indeed.
Appearantly your car gets operated by someone with no common sense.
Congratulations on posting the most idiotic remark of all time.
wow looking so modern even at the end of the war - amazing progress in four years of airplane design.
Wish I could go to EAA. I’m only 1/2 hr South but I have to work. Love to see ya.
Fingers crossed. Kudos to your crew (and you) for keeping these old war birds alive.
That’s not a old war bird it’s only like 7 years old built by TVAL in New Zealand. Not sure about the motor though it might be an original, TVAL has a original motor in their camel, they have built like 30 new old planes, and now build a number of new / old engines as well.
It’s a Brazilian show you should mow her strip. Beautiful airplane and a successful flight love it best at Oshkosh.
PBBT PPPBBBBTT PBBBT I love that radial/ rotary engine sound. Great content.
@Possumlove I'm new to the hobby, thanks for catching that and letting me know.
A little trivia. The Sopwith Snipe was rated as one of or best WW1 fighter. It's basically the Sopwith Camel 2.0. Only 500 were manufactured before the war ended but the British continued to fly them up to 1927. It performed as well as the Camel but pilots preferred it over the Camel due to it's better and safer handling.
Nice aircraft. One can only imagine the pressure of combat in these old aircraft!
Just awesome..Curmie!
I never knew the engine rotated on those things! Also that propeller is huge!
I'm glad Fokkers were as easy to start! Awesome airplane, I'd love to passenger in something like that someday - but not around here. Airplane traffic superhighway overhead almost all the time!
Superb, a wonderful restoration.
Marvelous.
Saw a PBY in the background too.
Amazing work. good job
Many Thanks from the UK. Thank God SOMEONE is keeping British flying heritage alive. The UK certainly doesn't!
Proper flying. Thanks for sharing. Use to love visiting Fantasy of Flight.
I jumped at the chance to start a airplane like that. It was a J3 cub Starting that airplane would be a bucket list item taking me back over a hundred years
Sensational Job
that engine sound fantastic vid
beautiful airplane...fantastic job
What a wonderful machine
Great video!