Kermit Weeks
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Kermit Weeks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQyHevxrTY4
Hopefully this doesn't make anyone feel
bad about their wee-wee.
Hopefully this doesn't make anyone feel
bad about their wee-wee.
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Re: Kermit Weeks
Not at all Colonel, but looking at that Super Connie brought back the memory of writing my Canadian ATPL.....The Super Connie was the airplane they used for doing a lot of the questions.......back in the days before multiple choice exams.
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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Re: Kermit Weeks
What an airplane! I am pissed that I will
never get to fly one.
never get to fly one.
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Re: Kermit Weeks
The Super Connie was hands down the most sexy four engine piston powered airplane ever built.
Did you ever get to ride in one when TCA had them?
I bet your dad did.
Did you ever get to ride in one when TCA had them?
I bet your dad did.
The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
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Re: Kermit Weeks
He certainly had a lot of nice toys. The recession slowed him down a little.
He must have flown that Gee Bee he was taxiing around in a little while back. He had flown it in the past before it went into storage. I actually was giving a customer a ride one day who lived in florida and ended up knowing Kermit.
He must have flown that Gee Bee he was taxiing around in a little while back. He had flown it in the past before it went into storage. I actually was giving a customer a ride one day who lived in florida and ended up knowing Kermit.
Re: Kermit Weeks
The Breitling Super Connie is based here in Switzerland. Not hard to arrange a flight on the machine. As for a check out, I'd have to ask around.
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Re: Kermit Weeks
From his wiki page:
...At 17, with only model airplane flying experience, he began building his own home-built Der Jager D-IX (a biplane powered by a four-cylinder Lycoming O-320 engine).[4] During his final year of high school Weeks spent almost all his spare time building his airplane; he finished it in about four years, and test flew it at age 21.[5]
Weeks later learned to fly. ...