Fire! Fire! Just Another Day At Fantasy Of Flight
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- Опубліковано 18 бер 2013
- Here's a teaser with four highlights from a busy day out at Fantasy of Flight. Kermit Weeks tested the engines on the Fokker Triplane and Fokker D-VIII, and also took to the sky with both the Albatros D. Va and the Sikorsky S-39. It's always exciting out at Fantasy of Flight, but things were a bit more that day... got a little hot there too for a moment or so.
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Fantastic , like always, .
I can't wait to see the Fokker DVII and the DVIII fly.
Kermit was working furiously to untie the tail wheel to drag the thing back from the burning gas pool under the undercarriage. Perhaps a quick disconnect is in the future for engine tests.
The guy with the extinguisher woke up... eventually.
Remember - Safety Third!
Wow! Glad they were on top of it. Could have been really bad. Sad we didn't get to see and hear it run up, Those spinning radials are probably my favorite engines, They're mad but somehow quite elegant.
The plane is a reproduction (almost all German fighters were destroyed under terms of the Armistice) but the engine's original.
Wonderful, Really Wonderful !
Many Thanks!
More please...
Brings to mind how easy it can happen. I remember fuel gauges on _________ Airlines 402 Cessna's leaking onto the King silver series radios and killing the radios. How we didnt have a fire, i will never understand, but happy it didnt happen. Check everything, then check it again, then have somebody else check it.
That Sikorsky sounds sweet.
Next time I'm in Florida, I'm stopping in. Looks like a great spot to have some fun.
What a lovely collection of planes a real treat )
I'll be coming to you guys in June! Stoked!!!
The Sikorsky seems to be much faster than I would have thought. Very nice stuff you guys have there.
Thanks all!
The gentleman in the shades kind of dropped the ball being parked on his butt with the fire extinguisher clamped down! Lol. I can't blame him for his lack of worry, though. Every time I see a video from Fantasy of Flight those birds seem to start like they are brand new. Is that the way it really is, or are mishaps like these more common?
Wonderfull!! I was at fantasy of Flight a few weeks ago with my family. I took a ride on a yellow bi-plane (what was the name again?), together with Rob, a very professional en tall pilot how gave me a quick flying lesson, that was really awesome. I actually piloted the plane for about 10 minutes, i will never forget the lacy ace that i did. Thanx Rob, greetings from Al from the Netherland!
Fast moves from the guy with the fire extinguisher he earned his pay that day and some
Yeah, but blasting Co2 up in the air at the flame doesn't cut it. First rule of fire fighting is: always shoot as close to the base of the fire as you can to deprive the fuel from incoming Oxygen.
The tail tiedown could use an update on that D-7. The plane could have been totally involved before Kermit got it undone. Beautiful aircraft.
Can't till next summer! i'm going to fantasy of flight :D
All the way from Denmark :)
Goodness gracious 2:49! 😮
I love that S-39!
Check out the Kermie Cam of it here... ua-cam.com/video/A-CCkwPRYrA/v-deo.html
That was tense!
I remember when this was being restored
I believe the saying IS "Kick the tires and light the fires....". Minor.
Very nice birds! And the DVIII with a rotary engine! Nice one. Is that original?
lol @ fire extinguisher guy. His Vitrual Reality glasses were throwing things off a bit.
Kermie cam the Sikorsky, that would be real cool.
We did. Here's the link to it from Kermit Weeks UA-cam channel. ua-cam.com/video/A-CCkwPRYrA/v-deo.html
I thought they were just gonna watch the fire, take your time putting it out it’s only a vintage ww1 aircraft. He could’ve been quicker.
After watching this video, and besides the dripping fuel ignition, how many other pilots are on the staff?
Four of the crew are flyers.
Lucky dogs of the air.
Sa-weeeet.
BUD, YOU MUST BE MADE OF GOLD..................MEGA BUCKS. GLAD SOMEBODY HAS SOME , I SURE DONT........
Your name can have loads of monetary value, but personally you can be broke at the same time. I worked for a guy that owned a major Plumbing and Mechanical company, he lived in a gated community, drove wonderful cars and had it made. He went to buy a truck one day and could not get it financed in his own name, because he used the company name for so many years, he had no credit..
I guess what im saying is Kermit is as my father would say "well Healed", but it doesnt mean he has money to burn...
The Constelation is in flying conditions.?
Alvaro Israel Echeverria The Ex-Lufthansa Connie flew in the museum!
Alvaro Israel Echeverria The Ex-Lufthansa Connie flew in the museum!
No. It has been striped of many of its parts. It will eventually be made into a restaurant for the new Act III attraction.
220 Continental...???
To bad ill never get to be a pilot, but would i have lved flying those old beauties! Especilly the fokkers. Hey, i'm Dutch. So ofcourse i like fokker airplanes.
I Thought the DRI had a fully rotational rotary engine
Callum Jerwood It did, but nowadays it's hard to find rotary engines, so many replicas use more modern radials.
That must make it easier to fly, with so much less torque.
We have since replaced the engine with a rotary.
Always hated hand propping an airplane!
Some one else needed to fire
Hahaha..