Dornier Do-24 Flight @ Scalaria - Kermie Cam

Had the chance to go to Scalaria a few years back and, met up with famed aviator Iren Dornier. Scalaria is a mind blowing experience itself, but getting to go for a flight with Iren in the Do-24 he redesigned and rebuilt, was extra special indeed. Doing a flight demonstration for the Scalaria crowd, Iren went all out and gave them one heck of a show. It was quite an awesome experience. Check it out.
And thanks to SCALARIA for the external camera shots of the flight!
Kermit Weeks
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[@705547]

This is the Dornier Do-24 ATT, it´s an amphibian conversion of a 1944 fuselage added with a modern wing and turboprops, which was made by the Dornier company 1980s. Iren Dornier as a private man bought the plane some years later and restored it. There is a great book of his journey, "Logbuch der Träume". But thanks for this amazing inside video 🙂👍

[@georgobergfell]

@Dalle Smalhals it was used as "Amphibischer Technologieträger" or amphibious technology carrier by the Dornier company the only completely original part is the fuselage and tail section. The retractable landing gear was taken from the Do 31 Jet VTOL transporter

[@kevgermany]

@Dalle Smalhals one off modification of the DO 24 given a new type number.

[@kevgermany]

Good to see this flying. Was a static exhibit at the Flugzeug Museum in Oberschleißheim Bavaria for many years. Was sad when it left, but hoped it was flying again.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

I love the talisman on the door. I think it's funny that the passengers can't see it but the crew can.

[@kevgermany]

I believe that it was used for transporting people to exotic holiday spots for a while after leaving the museum.

[@Meltzmaen]

One of the most beautiful and impressive aircraft ever made. If only they were still being build...

[@maksymilianpasternak8529]

Well. If we count ones that didn't survive to these days Do 26 is much prettier.

[@carlosteran5617]

Agree....maybe I'll make it as a 1:48 model, it's a Beautiful plane for sure!!

[@johnmichaelvoss6194]

I love flying boats, too. They have a slightly inferior payload and higher running costs, but are they ever beautiful, and to run missions to places with no airfield you have to have one of those

[@dallesamllhals9161]

@@maksymilianpasternak8529 Well. The Do 18 ain't UGLY is she?

[@beegee22]

Beautiful! Interesting conversion to the PT6's. One can see that this airplane isn't babied when they do those high speed taxi turns! Great to see Kermit boarding it with all of the enthusiasm of a kid on a first flight!

[@jamesroseby3823]

What a characterful aircraft the Do24 is and to be flown around in it by a Dornier too. What an experience. Thank you for presenting it.

[@williamcarboni2614]

What a video. Iren mentioned that the plane looked animalistic, right away it looked like a chinese dragon with the nose and the twin tail, beautiful aircraft. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and enjoy the ride.

[@MattsAviationChannel]

Wow absolutely awesome!

[@andreaswieser8972]

It’s nice to see, that Kermit likes our countryside here in Austria. So, you can easily see, that we don’t live in woods... 😎😎😎Greetings to every aviation-enthusiast anywhere and thank You Kermit for Your work!!!

[@smudgey1kenobey]

Such a different engineering solution to the pontoon. It’s like an extra wing. Great video!

[@cannoneer155mm]

That is a fantastic restoration of a Do-24. I've only seen them in books and in war paint. You did a fantastic job, thanks for preserving that piece of history.

[@KermitWeeks444]

Thanks to Iren Dornier. It was he who preserved and restored this.

[@madame-rosalitaduchesse7636]

Mr. Kermit is a living legend like his flying darlings. U love vintage trains cars plains and pin up girls. This time between the 40 s and 60 s was very inspirating. Thank you sir for your love to this planes! I love catalina grumman albatross connie and all dc-3 ti dc-7 and iljushin 14 18....

[@johndavey72]

Beautiful Plane , beautiful scenery , beautiful champagne and beautiful ladies. " It's a wonderful life" Thanks Kermit.

[@dougscott8161]

Hi, Kermit, thanks for taking us to see that beautiful Dornier D-24T. It sure looks a lot like a tri-motored PBY and Iren Dornier did a marvelous job of making the design look like it was originally powered with them. God Bless and stay safe and please keep bringing us these Kermie Kam videos.

[@bobhoover1066]

PT-6A's are one of the best aircraft engines ever made - fantastic unique design and very safe.

[@David-yo5ws]

Just an awesome day for you Kermit! Beautiful country by the Wolfgangsee. And what an Amphibian it is. I managed to find a little video of the retractable landing gear going up. Great, great design. Just reading up on the original specifications by the Royal Netherlands Navy: it also could handle extremely rough open seas. So I could see why Iren was able to do the 'bounces' on a flat lake, especially after it's rebuild. I took lots of screenshots and saved them to my 'Planes file'. Watched the video 3 times. Thank you so much. And good on you for arranging his induction into the Living Legends group. And I LMHO when your editor slipped in his empty glass and sad face 🤣 . What a great memory you captured, priceless. Thanks, again.

[@KermitWeeks444]

Thanks! My editor, Phil(mer) says thanks too!

[@faustobaptista8555]

It's just fantastic you have share this beautiful plane, and its beautiful flight, with your followers . Thanks a lot.

[@mattharte7334]

This Dornier's a beautiful sleek looking machine. Great video.

[@pascalcoole2725]

Kermit, Iren, your dreams are unarchievable !!! let's go for it and make them become reality ! Verry nice video btw never before the beauty of the Do-24 was show so apparent

[@DerredmaxTRIAX]

Your videos always put a smile on my face Kermit! Thank you sir.........

[@davebest5624]

Beautiful aircraft, beautiful ladies and a beautiful location, what’s not to like! Some of those turns seemed pretty steep, I guess those guys know what they are doing.

[@IsegrimSTP]

Kermit Weeks inside the DORNIER 24-ATT........ This must be the best thing in 2020... !!!

[@Russell_G]

That is a gorgeous looking plane, quirky as hell and all the better for it, thanks for sharing Kermit!

[@copee2960]

Stunning looking aeroplane.

[@americanpatriot2422]

Life Is Good Mr. Weeks! Great video!

[@TexasKid747]

Beautiful location, and artful aircraft. What a tremendous opportunity for Kermit and Iren. When you showed his dream of the Do-X, I NEVER thought you would choose the LZ-11. Maybe the Spruce Goose, but you were staying with German history for this one. Alas, maybe one day. THANKS Kermit!

[@alexalvesjr]

Your videos always super entertaining to watch!!! Thanks a lot.

[@ryanmoeller3308]

Such an awesome aircraft!! I look forward to seeing more videos from you Mr. Week's! Keep up the GREAT work! 👍👍

[@hydrusje]

13:20, best part of this video. And it's a great video. Sir, I know Fantasy of Flight might be your ultimate goal, but: I'm sure that through publishing these video's, you've reached so many people and definitely gave at least some people the little push to change and reach further then what they thought they were capable of. Thank you!

[@hydrusje]

I work in the "entertainment industry" (theatre) and I completely understand what you mean by entertainment not being the end product. It's an awesome feeling to be able to change even only a single persons vision or insights about something by "using" entertainment.

[@woooster17]

8:02 “Watch the mountains” Beautiful flying boat...

[@davedennis6042]

Wow! It's obvious that thing was not wanting for power. What a blast!

[@angelreading5098]

A beautiful unique aircraft that combines the old with the new,love the old control wheel feature and huge throttle levers,thank you for this unique insight into a very special Dornier.

[@georgobergfell]

My favourite plane of all times! I even got a chance to take a peek inside, when it was on exhibition atr the Do Days in my (and Dorniers) home town of Friedrichshafen a couple of years ago! I also know some guys who already flew with it. Dornier flying boats, especially the Do 24, are known for having the best on water performance of all flying boats. During the first sea trials they managed to take off in waves up to 11m high!

[@givenfirstnamefamilyfirstn3935]

Passed through there a year earlier, if that event had been on I'd have missed the tour bus back to Salzburg! Beautiful countryside, nice plane.

[@scopex2749]

BEAUTIFUL CONVERSION. I would give a limb to fly in one of these. I nearly bought a PBY Catalina many years, that is in bits in a jungle - as far as i know its still there 🙁 ago OUTSTANDING video Kermit many thanks.

[@kl0wnkiller912]

Really nice plane. Glad to see one is still flying. My favorite for looks was always the Do-26 though...

[@TPath3]

That Do-24 in the water is really a piece of art at any angle, just wonder whether the Do-X's cockpit's resemblance to a ship's bridge is reflected actually in the inside, possibly with a telegraph tube to the engineer's station....

[@cartmanrlsusall]

If you are a billionaire and you don't build a Do-x then you aren't a real billionaire 😂

[@superduper1917]

Loved the ending! That was a good episode Mr Weeks! I think your a total Rock Star!

[@TheAslakVind]

What a beauty! Always dreamt about this aircraft, even in the Franka comics they always had a DO-24.

[@markstreitz1552]

Awesome video my son and I met Kermit at the Hilton having breakfastat Oshkosh a few years back. My son asked Kermit if we could go in his air show hangar and he of course gave us the green light.

[@KentuckyRanger]

What an awesome plane!

[@AshtonCoolman]

Turboprops really suit this airframe. I love the radials but this is really cool too.

[@davidjordan1652]

Brilliant Video

[@ChrisB257]

What an amazing plane (and fantastic place) - beautiful. Some great in-air pics. Work on the plane must have cost a fortune. Super video Kermie :)

[@benshakespeare268]

Awesome video :) Interesting the see the props feather from zero AoA to 90 degrees AoA during taxi. Those crazy turboprops! I love the design concepts of the 40-50-60s, A special period of aviation (and design in general) that has come and gone, sadly. Cool to hear you guys talk about the spiritual side of aviation too :)

[@seansky2721]

Another entertaining and informative video! Iren flying his Opa's Flugboot! Das kann Ich kaum glauben! I have always felt there is ageless romance to a Flying Boat. Herr Dornier's seems quite a bit more nimble than Her ancestors. How about some "pilot stuff"? Take-off speed, stall speed, engine rpm at take-off? Glide radius and loaded weights, maybe? Why, Mr. Wizard, did you not bring Iren a jug or two of your magnificent Rum? Perhaps there is no orange juice in Austria.

[@gerardjohnson2106]

What a damn BEAST. She even has a heartbeat when at cruise speed. The sea screw was cavitating over waves on taxi. 😉 Woo-hoo !! Grab the reins, sit deep in the saddle and old on. Thanks for sharing

[@leezinke4351]

Great video and what a beautiful plane!

[@greghelms4458]

Geez what a beautiful airplane.

[@jjxtwo1]

Beautiful. It looks like a design that could be recent not many decades ago.

[@abnurtharn2927]

Beautiful plane.

[@keepyourbilsteins]

Thanks for sharing this. Kudos to the video editor!

[@peterlewis7292]

As always Mr Weeks a brilliant video. If you get time would it be possible to tell us about the history of the design and of the aircraft please. Thank you again, and what wonderful views of the country.

[@robertlafnear4865]

You NEED one of these in your collection Kermit...... and PT-6's .... wow.

[@georgobergfell]

there is only one

[@robertlafnear4865]

Figures ! .... how wonderful it would be to see this at OSHKOSH sometime.

[@ruftime]

Obviously needs more power from watching that take-off......had to bounce it airborne like a STOL😎. Kidding! Thanks Kermit❤️

[@warp65]

Fantastic, I've always wanted a good look at the Turbine 24.

[@whitebuffalo4641]

Most excellent!

[@theflyingfrog]

What a beauty!

[@fpvoslo]

Cheers Mr Weeks Thanks for sharing Yours friendly...

[@goatflieg]

Magnificent! So cool that you got the additional footage. I suspect Phil eventually got some Naked In Jamaica Rum out of the deal.

[@laertesl4324]

That is a beautiful aeroplane.

[@eamo106]

Whilst probably a top 10 Kermie video, and an excellent resto-mod , in the corners of Kermit's mind were two thoughts (a) I wish it was original (b) I wish I was flying vs passenger !

[@eamo106]

I love seaplanes though never flown in one and KW really loves them too. Love the whole pioneering seaplanes genre, Supermarine, Italian fleets but Dorniers do it for me. Lucky to have been in and smelled the sea in Sunderland statics. Seems sacrilege to modify a 24, but at 60 I think I like them more than my whole 51 year warbird love affair !

[@eamo106]

COVID is but a delay, keep on Kermie !

[@whitecaneracer]

Although my sight is diminished, I can throw this on the big screen. But the sound of the engines is amazing! I'm lucky to live in S. Lakeland, and have FoF so close. I got to get there to volunteer, anything!

[@abundantYOUniverse]

Brandon Florida here!

[@paulkoch9871]

Webster Fl here

[@abchaplin]

The engines are likely a lot easier on one's ears that the originals would have been. As soon as Iren fired up No. 1, I recognized the "tic' tic' tic" of a PT6A.

[@mikehalm164]

Thanks for the video. Because of your succient descripton to Iren of what you want Act 3 to accomplish, I gained a little more insight into why you are pushing a dream into reality. I've known, know, and/or met, including a brief chat with you, people who are quite literally Forces of Nature. I am not one myself, but am grateful that your kind exists. I am certain that great monetary reward is not the intent in developing Act 3, but is intended to put people on a higher plane. This will enable them to acheive dreams/goals - or perhaps, engage in pursuits that they had never even thought existed within them. You are probably too modest to think that this is a humanitarian effort, but Act 3 will do more good for society than even you might imagine.

[@SCCIT-jq6jh]

She's hammering along with turboprops man.

[@gregculverwell]

Great stuff!

[@BeechSportBill]

...WOW! I saw a Seastar at Oshkosh in 2009... WANT! Tapered wingtips on Every plane!

[@kgs42]

Thanks, Kermit.

[@pbyfr]

That's a beast. I only saw it on the ground, and it was a lot bigger than it seems.

[@Snow_owl1966]

Yeah that's nice

[@Robert--cm2nf]

Fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mykolatkachuk7770]

back in 2006 I read about its restoration by Dornier ancestors in PM magazin. Wow! Just wow.

[@supertyfon1736]

It'd be cool to see more Do-24T's flying.

[@bfmcarparts]

Hello Mr. Weeks, The LZ-1- wow! My Grandfather guarded the R-34. Please you must guide us through the airship gondolas you have stored.

[@gaiseric22]

So cool!

[@tankacebo9128]

I've been to FoF many many times, and I would gladly go again, especially IF YOU HAD A FRICKING ZEPPELIN. If i'm not mistaken, you had some dirigible gondolas off to the side, just before the entrance of FoF some years back.

[@greghanson5696]

Truly magnificent aircraft. Those PT6A-45's make a little more power than the Bramo 323's they replace but the real difference is in weight. 270 lbs. vs 1,200 lbs. each!

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Do they? About 700KW When Bramo 323Rs. But as you said: Weight ;-)

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

Such a beautiful aircraft.

[@Franky46Boy]

A couple of Dutch naval officers did draw up the specifications for a replacement for the Dornier 'Wal' (in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy in the Dutch East Indies). Then Dornier designed the Do-24, especially for the Dutch Navy. At first the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine showed no interest in this design. That changed when Nazi-Germany occupied the Netherlands in 1940. They captured the intact production line of the Do-24 near Dordrecht, where the Dutch were constructing this type under license. The Germans ordered to proceed with the construction of Do-24 seaplanes for themselves. The rest is history...

[@swiper1818]

Lovely aircraft - hope that you enjoyed the Champagne!!!

[@earlcowley3393]

Yea! new Kermie content!

[@Lawrence1Karuna]

i love it ..beautiful

[@dukeallen432]

Wow. Treat. But you left Chandon?!? :). Thanks for sharing. Really.

[@worldtraveler930]

I Definitely would have had to have done A Lot more photography from those bubble canopies!!! 🤠👍

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Huh? Oh! The Gun turrets?

[@johnparrish9215]

Gorgeous Lady of the Air. It screams Old Money...lol

[@pippastone6018]

BEAUTIFUL PLANE ESPECIALLY WITH THE TURBINES FITTED, HAS TO BE LOVELY TO FLY, SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL, AWESOME 👍😎🇳🇿🌈😎👍

[@ralphwatten2426]

M brother used to do those fast turn maneuvers. We'd be trolling for Walleyes at a nice slow pace and all of a sudden he'd gas the engine and we'd be doing donuts in the middle of the lake. My brother always had to run the motor when we were in the boat. Beautiful resort area. I wondered if the Do would get of the water.

[@remb1500]

A little too updated for my taste but very cool. Looks like you had a wild ride in that thing Kermit

[@dirtylatte]

Wow! Just beautiful. The plane was neat too. But seriously, I know that form follows function, so eventually all aircraft for a given purpose should look exactly the same right? But where has the beauty of design gone? Guess that's why its called the "Golden Age" of aviation. Thanks for sharing this with us. And of course "Moet and Chandon"😎👍 Now if you could just find 3 Bramo radials...

[@stephenhammonds2834]

Kermit: "Where do want me to sit?" Dornier: "Anywhere!" Kermit: *Sees someone standing in the left seat, doesn't sit*

[@paulrourke4785]

There were several of these sunk by the Japanese in an attack on Broome Harbour Western Australia during WWII. Those aircraft were full of Dutch women and children evacuated from the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).

[@anthonyf3647]

Considering that there are plans to start making Catalinas and JU 52s again...one can only wonder if there would be a market for new DO-24s.

[@donaldholman9070]

Amazing..thanks for another great video.

[@stranraerwal]

beautiful as most Dornier planes. Iren seems to be a bit hectic behind the steering wheel.

[@odonovan]

You're an evil man, Kermit. I never had an appreciation for flying boats and seaplanes until you infected me. 😉 MAN, that plane is gorgeous! I hope you can have "guests" at FoF, when Act III is in full swing. I would love for you to bring folks like Iren Dornier to show off their aircraft and/or have discussion panels with the public. Unfortunately, we'd likely never get to see Sergei Sikorsky do something like that, at his age (95, I believe?), but that would have been so awesome! 9:40 - HOLY CR*P! It has babies!!! 😆

[@black_baron_net]

☠BLACK BARON☠10:31 One of the most elegant elliptic hydrodynamic aero shapes. I name it ... "The Airyacht"

[@heivenn1358]

wonderfully!

[@tessa7468]

give the editor some champagne too!

[@bahamaslive]

She is absolutely gorgeous- Could use one here in the Bahamas 🇧🇸

[@ChrisJohnson-hk6es]

Wow!! This airplane is beautiful! They have done some incredible upkeep on this beauty! What is the current status? Is she still flying?