Thank you so much for not ruining it with music.

@Xrm150

10 жыл бұрын

Hey I watch my own videos too =)

@tiburciusvanderleeuwen6697

4 жыл бұрын

engine's sound is the soundtrack!

@everettbruckerhoff6029

3 жыл бұрын

The Merlin is the music

Saw this beauty at Harewood Airport, Christchurch, New Zealand in 1967.

what a beautiful machine.....the engine's sound is a music.

Thank you for a great video of such a beautifully restored P-51 Mustang named by George E. Preddy, the top P-51 ace in the European Theater with 31 total kills (according to my kit, Pica 1/5 Scale P-51). From what I read, this plane has won the 1987 Oshkosh Grand Champion Warbird award and many hours of restoration were put into making this aircraft just like the one Preddy flew. Thank you for that! And, also thank you for sharing some proud American history with all of us. I always loved aviation, since a kid (still am a kid at heart) and I built models, flew models, and flew real planes (with my pilot buddies), and out of college my 1st job was with North American Aviation (1972), located on the LAX airport runway, where I worked on the B1 as an engineer. That was quite an exciting job for me with my love of flight and aircraft. A friend, Harry, gave me a gift back in 1994, a Radio Controlled flying scale model P-51D, 1/5 scale, from Pica, modeled after the Cripes A' Mighty and its decals and scale pictures are all from this aircraft shown in this video, Kermit Weeks P-51 Mustang. At least, I think this is the case? Kermit is owed a lot of respect and thanks for all his accomplishments and for bringing to Generations to come a live history so we can remember, as I do, our fathers and our grandparents, and fellow Americans and their machines that fought in WWII. Thanks Kermit!

I think this is the coolest P-51 ever restored. George Preddy markings are awesome.

What a beautiful plane - on a grass field to boot.

Great Video!, Nothing Beats The Sound Of A P-51 Mustang!

I've seen how fly byes in real life and they make the hair on my neck stand up. Nothing like it. What a beautiful sound and plane.

Thank you! I enjoy making them for my viewers! I really enjoy hearing from you also.

What a fantastic sound and sound recording. Makes me wanna hop in DCS and have some fun

Kermit is one of the greats for aviation, modern day hughes but for past aviation

I felt like clapping when he switched off the engine. This is one of the best engineered aircraft of all time. A soul was engineered into each and every one of them.

That was amazing, thank you so much for posting 💪💪🇺🇲🇺🇲

@Xrm150

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it. I kinda got in trouble recording it. If you look close I think you can see Kermit telling me to leave before take off 😜

G'day i grew up next door to Bankstown Airport near Sydney and this video sound takes me back couldn't see the planes take off but i knew when a P51 was!!!! Super video thanks a lot.

Watching all these old warplanes are so sleek and nice, but then it dawned onto me we'll never in this day and age watch them actually perform the activities they were designed to do - engage other enemy aircraft in mortal combat and desperate survival. The sensation and awe would just be on a whole different level. For example, ask any British citizen who had a front row seat witnessing the conflicts occurring in the skies during the Battle of Britain; you can hear it from the way they recall their experiences.

Sure was! Weather was great that day wasn't it?

Awesome pilot. Plane is impeccable.

Very cool video, this particular airplane before it was restored in the blue nose colours was one of 30 P-51Ds that served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force's TAF (kinda like the US ANG) during the 1950's. It flew for 4 years in private hands during the mid 1960's before being sold to the states. her original service number was NZ2417

@Xrm150

8 жыл бұрын

+Tia Cd nice to know. Thanks for the knowledge

@MarsFKA

6 жыл бұрын

Of the thirty RNZAF P51s, there are only three left - another source I read said four. One in Britain, not in flying condition, another in private storage in New Zealand and the one shown here.

Always enjoy your videos..

That is one of the sexiest planes I've ever seen. I WANT ONE!

stunning .

what a beautiful bird it is :))

Great landing

I love this video. Excellent sound and camera work. I also love the way that Kermit takes off in the p51 with the flaps up, unlike almost all other videos I've seen of p51s flying demos. Surprising how many pilots take off with flaps extended, it is not the normal procedure in this plane.

@Xrm150

7 жыл бұрын

+Michael Brazile not to many would notice the flaps =) I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

@bigmikeh

5 жыл бұрын

I noticed the no flaps on takeoff, fortunately I checked for comments on it before being redundant. One P-51 pilot I talked to back when I was a kid said his WWII group would usually take off with partial flaps and less than full throttle - "full flaps and full throttle was a recipe for disaster!" I've never seen anyone confirm that, so apparently there was some variation on the "book procedures." Great video, you nailed the sound, I can watch P-51s all day.

Awesome!!

Thanks!

was you on the runway by the catalina?as your shots came out great compared to mine,my son has a picture with Kermit next the plane on the Fantasy of Flight Facebook site.Now back in wet England but came home on the 787 Dreamliner cool plane

there are 2 preddy p51s flying, i dont think that one is kermits, but his is similar but just called Cripes

George Preddy flew Cripes A'Mighty 3rd for a few months in 1944. Kermit Weeks has owned his restored Cripes A'Mighty 3rd for over 30 years. Preddy is the world's top Mustang ace with 26.83 aerial victories, most of them scored in Cripes A'Mighty 3rd !

@Xrm150

9 жыл бұрын

Joe Noah Legend among legends!

@whosiskid

7 жыл бұрын

This is not the original Cripes A'Mighty 3rd. It was shot down after George Preddy's death. Preddy was killed in a friendly fire incident on Christmas Day 1944. He was flying very low level when he was shot and might have survived the crash, but he had been hit by anti-aircraft fire. Such a tragedy. He was not flying Cripes A'MIghty 3rd on that day. He had an incredible day flying the original Cripes A'Might 3rd where he shot down 6 enemy fighters in five minutes while severely hung over, vomiting just before going into combat. He won the Medal of Honor for it. Uh, for shooting down the planes. Not for vomiting. But lord, I can't imagine going into aerial combat severely hung over (btw, he had gotten drunk because he thought the mission had been cancelled). That was the last time he flew Cripes A'Mighty 3rd. If you watch the actual combat footage from Preddy's planes you see he was an incredible shot. His bursts almost always are clustered dead center on the other plane and he frequently takes out the other plane in a very short burst. An incredibly impressive pilot. It is interesting that there are so few Navy aces compared to the Army and Marines. The reason is a major difference in pilot philosophy. The Navy emphasized teaching to an unusual degree, probably due to the difficulty of carrier landings. But they were always pulling their better pilots for training. So Jimmie Thach, who was as gifted as any flier of the war, was pulled and assigned to training. His two major disciples, Butch O'Hare and Jimmy Flatley, were also pulled for training, but O'Hare got back to combat, where he tragically was shot down (and had a tiny airport outside Chicago named for him - seriously, they have a nice display for him at O'Hare Airport, complete with a Grumman Wildcat hanging from the ceiling, one of the original Wildcats, with only two machine guns in each wing, not like the later FM-2 Wildcats with six machine guns).

@Juno58

7 жыл бұрын

Joe Noah How can someone make .83 aerial victories???

@sanfranciscobay

7 жыл бұрын

Shoot off 83% of an airplanes surfaces and it escapes still flying?

Sounds like a C-5 with that whistle pitch.

Sexiest plane ever made.

the p51 proves there is a God

Meanwhile here I am in 2017 waiting for part 2 of the Kermie Cam for this plane.

@Xrm150

7 жыл бұрын

+Karuiko I think they may had adhd over there. Keep jumping from one thing to another.

I took a picture of this P51D in the 90s like 25 years ago, good to know its still flying imgur.com/a/HOvB3

Ja Nee. They dont get better than that ...

I would recommend that you don't use your stabilizer software. I really liked the video but the software makes it look fake and weird. It looks like very good quality video though.

Was this filmed on Sunday 11th August as we were there watching the Mustang.

Shawn Lovette of Lefty Films is producing a documentary entitled CAROLINA ACE for the Preddy Memorial Foundation. It will feature Preddy and Cripes A'Mighty 3rd ! Please visit www.preddy-foundation.org.

@Xrm150

9 жыл бұрын

Joe Noah I would like to help in this. Are you a part of their group?

I know the P51 is a great plane but Istill like the sound of the Allison V1710 better the the Ford/RR

I am sure they might of shot some down...but out running them...I dunno about that. Could be possible......maybe.

This one has a Packard motor in it. =) I think it is the first one I have filmed with one.

@jenniferreid8763

4 жыл бұрын

Rolls Royce Merlin made under licence in Detroit by Packard i think.

Cool. They actually shot down some migs in Korea with a high attack angle and in some cases,outran them didn't they

@richardlahan7068

5 жыл бұрын

Happened in Vietnam with Skyraiders taking on MiG 17's at low altitude. Skyraiders could turn inside the MiGs because they had a lower stall speed.

Jesus at 1.15 min I thought the aircraft was having major flutter issues !!

@pbw_

4 жыл бұрын

petrokemikal I think it’s an artifact of image stabilization. I don’t think the plane is actually shaking like that.