Kermit Weeks takes his newly-acquired Albatros D.Va for its first flight since arriving in Florida. Built by Peter Jackson’s, The Vintage Aviator Ltd. in New Zealand, this was its first flight in the US – and very likely the first flight of any Albatros in the US in a very long time! The engine is an authentic Mercedes 200hp straight six-cylinder engine. Awesome sound!
By: sky quest - 11th September 2012 at 01:25
Hey. Check out this GoPro head camera footage Kermit put up on a recent flight of his Albatros. Calls it his Kermie Cam. Pretty cool
By: ErrolC - 4th July 2012 at 07:37
This is one of the planes Jackson had built for his Dam Busters tests I believe. It was traded to Kermit for a couple of WWI Mercedes engines if I’m correct.
Nothing to do with Dambusters (other than TVAL being involved in both projects). Kermit did lend his original Lanc turret for use in the ‘close-up’ mockup (for the price of refurbishing the turret). The ~10 fibreglass Lancs + the Wellington were done in China.
Per http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?p=2597 the Albatros/Snipe deal was
Peter is an avid enthusiast of WWI airplanes and we struck a deal for a trade that involved my original and extremely rare Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter. Initially I was somewhat reluctant to part with such a rare airplane but he made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. The Sopwith for two new production WWI reproductions using two original engines that I would supply and they overhaul.
By: Moggy C - 4th July 2012 at 07:27
Lovely. Flyable weather too; I’d forgotten what that looks like.
Meanwhile, can somebody explain the connection between the Albatros and The Dam Busters? This seems to indicate an intriguing air combat I hadn’t previously been aware of.
Moggy
By: DazDaMan - 4th July 2012 at 06:43
Nice! 🙂
By: HangarFlies - 4th July 2012 at 05:45
Built by Peter Jackson’s, The Vintage Aviator Ltd. in New Zealand,
http://youtu.be/x31Vl1eAD4M
This is one of the planes Jackson had built for his Dam Busters tests I believe. It was traded to Kermit for a couple of WWI Mercedes engines if I’m correct.
By: Andy in Beds - 2nd July 2012 at 07:48
Very nice.
Thanks for posting.
A.
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