Curtiss Pusher Flight - Air-to-Air Footage

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  • Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
  • When the camera helicopter was at Fantasy of Flight for the "Air Aces" shoot, we filmed some of the Curtiss Pusher flying.
    The footage is stunning... poetry in motion!
    Check it out.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 553

  • @barrygrant2907
    @barrygrant2907 4 місяці тому +11

    I was amazed at how gracefully the Pusher lifted off. I expected Kermit to wrestle it into the air. Now that's flying!

  • @MrShadowpanther3
    @MrShadowpanther3 7 років тому +120

    Mr. Weeks has dedicated himself to providing an invaluable service to mankind. Not just to preserve these absolutely incredible aircraft, but maintaining them in FLYING condition and doing so in a way we can be right there with him. Sure you can see these in a museum in a static display, but he literally breathes LIFE back into them so we can enjoy them in their natural element... the AIR!
    Thank you Mr. Weeks. Thank you indeed.

    • @cashflyer
      @cashflyer 4 роки тому +8

      I'm sure you know that is not a "preserved" 1909 Curtis model D. It is a replica built in 2009 by Dean Wilson and Jim Otey in Idaho.

    • @entinemen2575
      @entinemen2575 2 роки тому

      PT ini 00 XII Chu di ni ga l di hp
      . dik. IP no ni ni ni ni no no no
      mo. mo

    • @mddiljanikhan5
      @mddiljanikhan5 Рік тому

      @@cashflyer ?

    • @drpoundsign
      @drpoundsign Рік тому +1

      @@cashflyer Probably MUCH Safer.

    • @user-ov3gv8gd9k
      @user-ov3gv8gd9k 9 місяців тому +1

      @@cashflyer 🔴 What Is Islam?
      🔴 Islam is not just another religion.
      🔵 It is the same message preached by Moses, Jesus and Abraham.
      🔴 Islam literally means ‘submission to God’ and it teaches us to have a direct relationship with God.
      🔵 It reminds us that since God created us, no one should be worshipped except God alone.
      🔴 It also teaches that God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine.
      🌍 The concept of God is summarized in the Quran as:
      📖 { “Say, He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing like Him.”} (Quran 112:1-4) 📚
      🔴 Becoming a Muslim is not turning your back to Jesus.
      🔵 Rather it’s going back to the original teachings of Jesus and obeying him.

  • @dumbcat
    @dumbcat Рік тому +44

    that might actually be the coolest flying footage i've ever seen

  • @johnrandom
    @johnrandom Рік тому +14

    Beautiful to watch! Just imagine how amazing this looked to the people watching it fly back in its original time period!

  • @Polpiv4tifish
    @Polpiv4tifish 6 років тому +91

    We now travel in aircraft without giving it a second thought, but it's still the most miraculous thing we'll ever do in our lives.

    • @sethsmietana7733
      @sethsmietana7733 3 роки тому +9

      unless you become an astronaut.

    • @zomadee1007
      @zomadee1007 2 роки тому +1

      Ever since I was I child, I have been trying to fly like a bird! 😀

    • @kalednather4650
      @kalednather4650 2 роки тому

      نعم هي معجزة

    • @user-zb4yj3cj2d
      @user-zb4yj3cj2d 2 роки тому

      @@sethsmietana7733 9개월전이오떼는용산r

    • @1islam1
      @1islam1 Рік тому

      @@sethsmietana7733 🔴 What Is Islam?
      🔴 Islam is not just another religion.
      🔵 It is the same message preached by Moses, Jesus and Abraham.
      🔴 Islam literally means ‘submission to God’ and it teaches us to have a direct relationship with God.
      🔵 It reminds us that since God created us, no one should be worshipped except God alone.
      🔴 It also teaches that God is nothing like a human being or like anything that we can imagine.
      🌍 The concept of God is summarized in the Quran as:
      📖 { “Say, He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He does not give birth, nor was He born, and there is nothing like Him.”} (Quran 112:1-4) 📚
      🔴 Becoming a Muslim is not turning your back to Jesus.
      🔵 Rather it’s going back to the original teachings of Jesus and obeying him.
      More .....

  • @albertosantos4746
    @albertosantos4746 Місяць тому +2

    Very tranquil and smooth, nice old fashion plane.

  • @robedmunds7163
    @robedmunds7163 Рік тому +3

    Flys so beautifully and is so stable. I watch Those magnificent men and their flying machines every Christmas

  • @ravebrave8866
    @ravebrave8866 Рік тому +7

    no matter how old... the airpane is a beauty...

  • @arthurskim7898
    @arthurskim7898 6 років тому +1

    Absolute JOY..... All smiles !!!! Thank you ever so much!!!

  • @gregellis3859
    @gregellis3859 7 років тому +6

    It seems like Mr. Weeks is cleaning his computer house. Quite a few videos from years ago being published on UA-cam. I have loved all of them. Some very great planes and I am thankful that there are people like Mr. Weeks that are able to restore these historical planes and keep them flying.

  • @robinj.9329
    @robinj.9329 Рік тому +6

    My Grandfather flew as a passenger in something like this about a Century ago! He was about 16 or so, and was so SCARED that he NEVER got in an airplane again for the rest of his life!
    Lived to nearly 95 !

    • @roberth.610
      @roberth.610 Місяць тому

      hahahahaha cant judge him!

  • @dumbcat
    @dumbcat Рік тому +3

    there is something about seeing a person at the controls in full view that makes flying seem relatable and attainable

  • @Stratboy999
    @Stratboy999 3 роки тому +17

    This is the measure of how truly brave Kermit is. Flying a collection of bedsheets and garden canes.

  • @Gotobar
    @Gotobar Рік тому +6

    Imagine driving down the highway, looking up, and seeing this antique overhead. A good day it would become

  • @rickmalarky9878
    @rickmalarky9878 4 роки тому +21

    That was one of the most beautiful pieces of flight film I have ever seen. ! Music was awesome also. A joy to watch!

  • @ryanthan3595
    @ryanthan3595 4 роки тому +4

    The men of those days risked their lives for the changing turn of technological advancement and the men of these days demonstrate such achievements of menkind. Thank you for doing such a good job of reminding us all of the incredible and history changing journey of the flying machine.

  • @robertlafnear7034
    @robertlafnear7034 Рік тому +6

    THIS IS SO COOL Kermit🤗👍👍👍,..... I want one !... I could fly this ALL DAY with this music playing in my David Clarks.

  • @papycrabe3137
    @papycrabe3137 Рік тому +3

    Plane and music is perfect

  • @Jarod-vg9wq
    @Jarod-vg9wq 2 роки тому +6

    There’s something so beautiful about this, seeing one of the first Machines flyin is not in incredible but I can’t help but wonder what it was like seeing it fly for the first time.

  • @Hubiwaw90
    @Hubiwaw90 7 років тому +13

    Try to imagine : How beautiful was first flight of man!

    • @richardcarew4708
      @richardcarew4708 4 роки тому

      There's actually film footage of the longest flight for a powered, heavier than air flying machine.. with a passenger
      looks just about like this one.. makes one proud to be human ❤
      Wilbur Wright and some army guy as the passenger .. braver men than I.. the motor sounds like a B&S lawnmower engine 😳

    • @jessicabrown5885
      @jessicabrown5885 3 роки тому +2

      @@richardcarew4708 it's the wright brothers

  • @josephsebesta6790
    @josephsebesta6790 7 років тому +20

    Kermit Weeks and his wonderful flying machines. It is wonderful in 2017, we can see many of the aviation flying aircraft still go up in the air. Thank you.

  • @thewatcher5271
    @thewatcher5271 3 роки тому +7

    Now I Know How It Was For Glenn Curtiss, America's Real Aviation Pioneer!

  • @formerparatrooper
    @formerparatrooper Рік тому +5

    Those magnificent men in their flying machines comes to mind. Great stuff.

  • @Ramon51650
    @Ramon51650 Рік тому +2

    I have a wood propeller that Curtiss used on their JN-4 aircraft. It is 102 inches long and the tips are sheathed with copper. This footage is magnificent.

  • @zekezero12345
    @zekezero12345 7 років тому +19

    Today I learned: Not to wear a hat when hand swinging a prop.
    Fantastic video!! Loved it.

  • @pontiuspilot9301
    @pontiuspilot9301 Рік тому +3

    In my flight simulator, MSFS9, I've flown Glen Curtis' flight from Albany to New York city. Quite the fun time, replicating historic flights ! Wonderful to see this bird flying! Peace and Love from Canada

  • @CrayonboxAviationAdventures
    @CrayonboxAviationAdventures 7 років тому +11

    I felt like I was watching some sort of past aviator travelling through time into the present day and flying around in our modern skies. Especially when the Curtiss taxied past the Helicopter at the end. Nicely done Kermit! And team!

  • @steveperry1344
    @steveperry1344 Рік тому +3

    it's amazing the amount of advancements that were made in aviation in not so many years.

  • @yassermasood3423
    @yassermasood3423 5 років тому +2

    That's the true way of flying no instruments no wind shield. Lovely video. Thanks

  • @fobypawz418
    @fobypawz418 5 років тому +1

    In the 21st century, one can live many lifetimes, explore the ends of the universe, see, experience, have, become, and understand anything and everything made possible by UA-cam!

  • @blue_beephang-glider5417
    @blue_beephang-glider5417 2 роки тому +9

    The Curtis was very advanced for its time having ailerons instead of the then common practice of wing warping (twisting the structure of the wing to roll!) and tricycle undercarriage, not common till after the second world war.
    Its a privilege to see these vintage aircraft in their element. 🙂👍

    • @peterwhitehead2858
      @peterwhitehead2858 2 роки тому

      I think Glen Curtis also was the first to use a control wheel in lieu of the levers

  • @clearprop
    @clearprop 7 років тому +4

    Pure magic. Utterly superb footage that captures perfectly the essence of the miracle of human flight.

  • @damiand1719
    @damiand1719 7 років тому +6

    While I love your videos of the warbirds, this one has brought the biggest smile to my face. Looks like hard work to fly but the joy would be unbelievable.

  • @valleywoodstudio7345
    @valleywoodstudio7345 3 роки тому +3

    Stunning

  • @petercane6376
    @petercane6376 2 роки тому +3

    I would never have believed such a thing could fly but heck it DID and beautifully.
    Brilliant piloting skills.
    That was very special both for the pilot and all viewers.
    They must have thought they were seeing visions when they saw that flying over them.
    I really get it and loved watching your pride and joy flying like a bird.
    Just beautiful and congratulations .
    Keep the vintage in the air.
    Peter

  • @normg2242
    @normg2242 2 роки тому +3

    I'd love to live in the area to see Kermit flying his treasures around...!

  • @eddiex009
    @eddiex009 3 роки тому +23

    For some reason this airplane looks More amazing than a modern combat jet

    • @ianherp5678
      @ianherp5678 3 роки тому +4

      You are essentially looking at a pile of sticks and grandma's linens with an engine strap on there for good measure flying around like nothing

    • @gghhhfghgh
      @gghhhfghgh Рік тому +1

      Procure vídeo do vôo das réplicas do 14 bis de Santos Dumont que vai ver o que e emoção!

  • @step4560
    @step4560 7 років тому +14

    SO beautiful! Love your choice of music My Best to you, stay safe and thank you...

    • @abcdef-cf2uk
      @abcdef-cf2uk 7 років тому

      step4560 Yes
      The Blue Danube
      Incredibly appropriate now that the opening scene of 2001 A Space Odisey was accompinied by it.

  • @tonywitherspoon6844
    @tonywitherspoon6844 2 роки тому +1

    That was Great just like the first time she flew I Thank you for your Time to shaur the love for Flute.

  • @grizwoldphantasia5005
    @grizwoldphantasia5005 Рік тому +2

    Amazingly graceful, as if Strauss had written the music just for you and Glenn Curtiss.

  • @asohanchidambaram4478
    @asohanchidambaram4478 3 роки тому +2

    Super. It is nice to watch from where we have developed to present comfortable Aircraft

  • @PointyTailofSatan
    @PointyTailofSatan 7 років тому +3

    This is the first time I have heard the Blue Danube, and not thought of the space station scene in 2001! Well done!

  • @jamesburns2232
    @jamesburns2232 3 роки тому +7

    I love the Ailerons on the Curtis airplane. A great design improvement in many ways over the Wright brothers' warped wings.

  • @ErstO1
    @ErstO1 3 роки тому +6

    The best way to fly low and slow. Glen would be proud

  • @fengcao2629
    @fengcao2629 2 роки тому +5

    This is one of the greatest pilots I've ever seen,
    The pilots who can fly this plane are all knights in the sky

    • @thegreat_I_am
      @thegreat_I_am 4 місяці тому

      The guys that originally flew them had to learn as they went along.

  • @husseinmehdi2917
    @husseinmehdi2917 Рік тому +1

    It's so beautiful with the classic music ❤❤

  • @petergates5170
    @petergates5170 Рік тому +1

    What a wonderfull Video and very suitable soundtrack good enough for Space Odyssey 2001 as well ...what a contrast

  • @koosvanzyl2605
    @koosvanzyl2605 7 років тому +2

    Lovely video and the Johann Strauss music adds to the nostalgia.

  • @artawhirler
    @artawhirler 4 місяці тому +1

    Great video! Thanks! I love the Curtiss pushers as they were so much more graceful and beautiful than anything the Wright brothers ever put together. My favorite Curtiss pusher of all was the 1909 version, because it didn't have those control surfaces sticking way out in front of the pilot like this one does.

  • @mooserider1
    @mooserider1 7 років тому +2

    OMG how cool was THAT!?!? Perfect choice of music too. Was anyone else remembering Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? I haven't seen that movie in decades but I wonder if that music was part of the sound track. And good thing the helicopter didn't blow Kermit upside down! That video was fascinating! The people in the boat were probably thinking, "What the...?" but then they are probably used to seeing odd contraptions in the air near Kermit's airport.

  • @blackbirdpie217
    @blackbirdpie217 7 років тому +5

    Totally cool, very enjoyable. It looks like Kermit has to really stay on the controls but it's graceful at the same time. How far we've come.

  • @johnwalkley6746
    @johnwalkley6746 4 місяці тому +6

    How many are looking at this in 2024 thinking how many Boeing max will still be up there in 100 years? Ok months

  • @pendikarokaro917
    @pendikarokaro917 Місяць тому +1

    So simple.....wonderful.

  • @davidsmith4416
    @davidsmith4416 5 років тому +3

    I've always liked the Curtiss Pusher. Especially the type without the front elevator, like the one made for the film The Great Race. Fun movie. Haven't seen it in years, though.

  • @stranraerwal
    @stranraerwal 4 роки тому +3

    Simply BEAUTIFUL !!! THANKS, Kermit !

  • @Anomalous-Plant
    @Anomalous-Plant 3 роки тому +1

    Definitely the most beautiful aeroplane I've ever seen

  • @johnrandom
    @johnrandom Рік тому +2

    I was going to say poetry in motion, and there it is, in the description section! This is truly the essence of flying!

  • @ricardobombonato9717
    @ricardobombonato9717 4 роки тому +2

    The air to air is very beautiful , i 'm cryin to emoution. Congratulations from Brazil , by and good night !

  • @Spawn-td8bf
    @Spawn-td8bf 7 років тому +3

    That is one beautiful piece of functional art. I swear, someone could put a control stick on a washer and you could fly it. Great job to you and your team. Thank you for posting and God Bless from right here in Florida, Brooksville to be precise.

  • @daviddedick14
    @daviddedick14 7 місяців тому +2

    This has become one of my favourite UA-cam videos. The miracle of flight! The miracles I recognize come from the mind of man.

  • @jimsmalleimb7709
    @jimsmalleimb7709 Рік тому +2

    Wow. Just.... wow. On all levels.

  • @tyrantworm
    @tyrantworm 7 років тому +3

    This makes so happy I found this channel.

  • @MrKabDrivr
    @MrKabDrivr 7 років тому +2

    Bonus! A Super-Constellation in the background! That being said: superb video! Thanks a bunch for sharing it with us rampants!...

  • @SkidzFPV
    @SkidzFPV 2 роки тому +3

    Very cool airplane, love the aileron placement. Fun fact that I’m sure you already knew is Curtis invented the ailerons out of necessity due to the wright bros patent on wing warping, which obviously was an incredible advancement in aviation that is still used on almost every fixed wing aircraft today.

  • @andydodson5718
    @andydodson5718 7 років тому +13

    Great video Kermit. Best of luck with Irma. I'm sure you'll have everything strapped down as much as you can at FoF

  • @grfredricksen7067
    @grfredricksen7067 5 місяців тому +1

    I believe Curtis was the first plane that had arilons , elevator, and rudder. The Wright brothers were still using wing flexing. Curtis wars way ahead of its time.

  • @viewfromtheroad2656
    @viewfromtheroad2656 5 років тому +1

    Perfect music. How beautiful!!

  • @ryanshea2909
    @ryanshea2909 Рік тому +2

    what a smooth flight for such an old aircraft

  • @mikeveis3025
    @mikeveis3025 3 місяці тому +1

    Perfect music for this video, The Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss Jr. Beautiful.

  • @steveperry1344
    @steveperry1344 Рік тому +1

    i was driving down the road about 10 years ago and we saw one of these flying just a bit above the tree tops.

  • @MrZcotty
    @MrZcotty 5 років тому +1

    this so needed to be in black and white.. perfect!

  • @thomasfarr7934
    @thomasfarr7934 5 днів тому +1

    Beautiful!

  • @mazennabulsi7246
    @mazennabulsi7246 7 років тому +1

    Beautiful .. Cant say more .. beautiful in every sec of it ...

  • @atlas108
    @atlas108 2 роки тому +2

    Gorgeous! Love the Strauss too!

  • @billyvon666
    @billyvon666 Рік тому +3

    Thanks for taking us on an amazing flight.

  • @vet6822
    @vet6822 Рік тому +1

    Graceful and beautiful.

  • @InfectedByZanza
    @InfectedByZanza 7 років тому +5

    Few days ago I actually went through your videos to find the video of you flying it. Beautiful beast.

  • @GaryMCurran
    @GaryMCurran 7 років тому +2

    I certainly enjoyed watching that. I also enjoyed the Blue Danube as the music to go along with it. I was caught back to 2001: A Space Odyessy. I found it semi-ironic that this was at the beginning of the flight, and the scene in the Pan Am shuttle craft has yet to be realized. Of course, Pan Am is no longer in existence, but still, it was two ends of the spectrum, kind of.
    Thanks for posting this, even if it was from five years ago! It was well worth the wait.

  • @dougrohbock3232
    @dougrohbock3232 2 роки тому +1

    Puts a smile on my face

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis 2 роки тому +1

    Wow! I'm a retired pilot and when I look at this I truly realize these are the shoulders we stand on today!! What spirit and cleverness and determination! Thanks for sharing and the very best of luck.

  • @rainbowboa100
    @rainbowboa100 Рік тому +1

    a pretty video, and a pretty plane. i'm speechless

  • @Videoeditorpr
    @Videoeditorpr 5 років тому +2

    excellent video thanks. it's like watching the original flight live and reliving that Wright brothers' ocation. Thks Kermit

  • @eddiecollins6258
    @eddiecollins6258 2 роки тому +3

    The moment of lift-off was incredibly moving!

  • @GYRUSS
    @GYRUSS 7 років тому +8

    The ultimate stealth aeroplane. No way radar could pick it out.

  • @graemewilce3057
    @graemewilce3057 2 роки тому +4

    What a great flight to watch Ioved it all

  • @chuckdavidson5483
    @chuckdavidson5483 2 роки тому +2

    Must be amazing to fly a craft like that with a veritable timeline of aircraft laid out below.

  • @DownhillAllTheWay
    @DownhillAllTheWay 2 роки тому +1

    Kite-sticks, string and brown paper - *_Wonderful!_*

  • @deadstick8624
    @deadstick8624 3 роки тому +8

    I've been a pilot for a long time and I have never seen a plane takeoff like that. It looked just like it was picked straight up off the ground.

    • @hamjam40
      @hamjam40 Рік тому

      I notice that too.

  • @josega6338
    @josega6338 2 роки тому +1

    Same music as in Stanley Kubrick '2001, an Space Odyssey'.
    Equally amazing flight. Blessings +

  • @thra5herxb12s
    @thra5herxb12s Рік тому +1

    A truly beautiful flying machine.

  • @az_pit_viper4270
    @az_pit_viper4270 2 роки тому

    This is by far one of the coolest airplanes I've ever seen fly and the music was the perfect touch. Thank you so much for sharing this with us ❤❤

  • @WendelltheSongwriter
    @WendelltheSongwriter 7 років тому +7

    This is some great video, K. Some of the best you've ever had. Flying over Florida is such a marvelous experience I love each time as if it were my first. For those who've never had the opportunity, you brought that into their homes. That's wonderful. And what a flying machine!

  • @Gribbo9999
    @Gribbo9999 5 років тому +2

    Beautiful aircraft. Great choice of music. It will be forever associated with space flight for me because of the movie 2001. So seems sort of appropriate to associate it with early flight too.

  • @therealbadbob2201
    @therealbadbob2201 2 роки тому +1

    Perfect musical score for this flight.

  • @radiobikini6429
    @radiobikini6429 7 років тому +3

    Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969) - IMDb You the man!!!

  • @stuartstravels1640
    @stuartstravels1640 Рік тому +2

    Simply beautiful!.

  • @thearchibaldtuttle
    @thearchibaldtuttle 7 років тому +3

    Fantastic! Flying reduced to the maximum!

  • @stevelewis7263
    @stevelewis7263 2 роки тому

    Exceptional and so much better without sound and with only music, imagine how early pilots must have felt when they achieved flight back then, going solo today for the first time is still exciting but back then it must have been truly awesome.

  • @dennislaux
    @dennislaux 7 років тому +3

    I want to buy/build one and finally learn to fly. Such a great thing you did.

  • @peterlastrucci324
    @peterlastrucci324 10 місяців тому +1

    Just magnificent, thank you Kermit!