Fly the P-51C Mustang! - w/ Flight Voice-Over

Here's a new version of our North American P-51C flight with added Voice-Over by Kermit Weeks, describing everything he is doing in the cockpit. We had some viewers say that they enjoyed our previous P-51 flight clip, but wished they knew what Kermit was pointing out throughout the flight. Take the ride again and hear Kermit describe first hand everything he does in the cockpit, as well as offer some interesting information along the way. If you enjoy this, let us know and we'll do the same type of voice-over for the Grumman Duck and Wildcat flights too.
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[@bobc1844]

14 years ago on my 70th birthday, after breakfast, my wife said ... get ready, I'm taking you for a surprise for your Birthday! OK! she had this wonderful plan to take me to an air show! An hour later we were at the Air Museum in Michigan. We parked (she drove the whole way) she paid the admission and we entered... just then two P-51s came over at low altitude, The P-51 engine has a very wonderful sound, If I were the enemy on the ground I would have been terrified! Thanks Honey, I will never forget that Birthday.

[@smarty1064]

Bob C you're 84 !! may God bless you!!

[@Mike_hocksbig69]

@@smarty1064 Keep your religion to yourself

[@daa3417]

Run out of your Lithium script? After one month in response to a comment that had nothing to do with you, what a little schizophrenic you are.

[@jimsonbrown9768]

She sounds like a keeper!

[@rogerguinn1642]

I have to add here--because you're not the only one- When my son was in 4th grade, we drove from Roswell, NM, to Midland forthe big CAF show. As we got there, waiting in line for entry, a pair of Mustangs took off, and my son announced proudly to the crowd "It's an official air show, dad. There are P-51's flying!" He's now 35 and working for a major aircraft manufacturer...

[@jackbelk8527]

A wish come true!!! Clear voice, no music but twelve pistons and a slipstream. Well done!!

[@rustygolfer3475]

I much prefer this style. Explaining what your doing and motor noise. That is all we need.

[@waltergreif4836]

It is always great to fly that beautiful P51C with you Thanks!!

[@tempest957]

KERMIT is KING!! What a GREAT guy!! We love you KERMIT from the UK Near London!

[@thomb629]

Yes! The voice-over was a great addition to this already very watchable video. Thanks!

[@Ward00]

Now I know why my Dad loved to fly the P-51D in WWII. Thanks for the ride.

[@DickGibson]

I really enjoyed the voice over Thanks a big bunch for doing it!!

[@jimmccoskey8253]

Voice-over adds SO much to the flight! Thanks for the videos...

[@pickdussy3617]

it's 10 times better rather than crappy audio from the recorded radio transmitted.its simple not exaggerated, perfect!

[@OneThirtyTwoScale]

Kermit you have the most incredible life in aviation, i can only ever dream of being able to take a flight in a ww2 warbird! thank you for giving me the opportunity to ride along with you in your awsome collection of warbirds on your channel.

[@redtailpilot]

Twenty year private pilot with my tailwheel endorsement in a Super Decathlon (which is nowhere near as powerful as this), it has been a longtime dream of mine to fly a Mustang! So I really appreciate your videos. Thanks

[@gregghatfield9946]

This is awesome to think of this plane as an old race horse in the pasture now ,,,, relaxing in her late days ,,,, wow cool video. Thanks and what a beautiful dashboard

[@jimcollier7869]

Kermit has a DJ quality to his voice, which makes it enjoyable to listen to him talk airplanes for hours! I think that Mustang might be my favorite!

[@paulhenry6105]

Beautiful lady! My dad loved this aircraft, as he was in ordinance in WWII in European and N. African theatres. He also supplied P-38s.

[@Warbirdnz]

I loved the original video, your vo has made it even better. Thanks for taking the time to do it Kermit, and I look forward to hearing more.

[@roryk.3568]

Two of the best in one. Tuskegee and the P-51. 👍

[@newtnewton6721]

Voice over was cool to see what all the lever,s and gauges are for I also think that Merlin music is the best sounding engine ever

[@HightLink]

can't belive that airplane is about 70years old, one of the most beautiful machine.

[@seanmullins7568]

What a blessing you are to this country and to aviation in general.

[@daxdadog]

The added voice-over makes a good video even better for me. Thanks for bring the joy of flying these historic treasures to we, mud-bound souls who will probably never know what it is like to sit in a Mustang, let alone fly one.

[@stoffa2543]

What a beauty of a plane. My favorite!!

[@ZChevyZ]

Awesome aircraft and a superb pilot what could be better. Some day I will get a ride in a P51, thanks a bunch.

[@kevinkoepke8311]

Voiceover is great. Beautiful Mustang.

[@pointnozzleaway]

I could watch this stuff ALL Day !

[@scottallen6970]

such an awesome plane. I hope to fly one. I also hope these WWII machines stay around for all of us in the future to appreciate. Loved it.

[@bobninemire6859]

Agree....Nothing sounds as good as a Merlin..The edit was good too. Thanks For Sharing !!

[@mulgerbill]

Absolutely wonderful video and the voice over adds a great layer. I'll take as many as you can publish, thank you Mr Weeks

[@belesariius]

voice over makes this much better - would be nice to see it used on some of the WW1 birds too.

[@wolluk64]

Thanks Kermy, for your P-51C video's...... Now i can really fly them ........in my dream's ! Thank you a thousend time !!

[@richardcooke5415]

No one takes more effort than you Kermit to inform, educate and entertain your audience about your wonderful machines. The voice-over makes a BIG difference to your videos. Keep on inspiring.

[@peterihoy4908]

The Voice Over was a great addition. It helps you to understand what is happening, when it's happening and why. Yes, more of this when it's needed please.

[@kentuckyblugrass]

Ever since i was kid the P51 was one of my favorites. I agree, there is nothing like the sound of the Merlin. Wonderful video & narration. Thank you for no BG music. That would've ruined the video. I suggest to anyone reading comments to watch the video again with either good headphones or a stereo with a subwoofer. When Kermie opens the left-hand canopy on approach the sound is an absolute EarGasm.👊

[@MoosePolo]

Imagine what those pilots in Europe were pushing these machines too in battle. They were probably cranking that stick left and right, diving straight down and going straight up while pinching the throttle. What a plane

[@absier]

Keep the voice over for future video's please. The extra info is the icing on the cake...

[@Lee-NN7X]

The commentary makes it for me...nice to know what happening..Thanks

[@vanbeekzwart]

Kermit, fantastic video! Love all your video's. One advice that i received from my instructor is to undo the parachute outside the cockpit. If you are used to undo your parachute in the cockpit the chance you do that during an emergency will be more likely! We dont want that to happen. Great you have the oppurtunity to fly all types of warbirds. Love it that you take the effort to share it with us. Greetings from the Netherlands

[@fontenelle250267]

The P-51 is the most beautiful airplane till this date. Greetings from Brazil.

[@yassermasood3423]

There's no plane like American plane. Clear voice, lovely footage and excellent aeroplane with excellent piloting skills. Thanks

[@sampointau]

Great voiceover Kermit, and also great POV for the original video. My only experience of a P-51 was the location and recovery of dash and propeller centre as well as sundry parts from a post WW2 crash site in the northern suburbs of Sydney Australia. The pilot bailed out over water when the engine started to fail, then the engine came good (partial dirty fuel?) and turned back to land and crashed into a hillside behind Narrabeen Lake. I conducted the search using post war and current airphotos, crash report and ground search. I have over the years however travelled in, Caribou, C-130j Hercules, Beaver, Grumman Goose, Gypsy Moth, Air Truck, Tupolev copy of 727, DC-3, Catalina, Short Sunderland (Maybe even the one you have!), Bell 47, UH-1, 206/206LR, Squirrel, CH-47 Chinook, Spitfire trainer (2 seat variant owned by Roy Payne who had his collection at the airport at the end of our horse property road, which used to be the town airstrip before my father got together with others and built the airport. Also worked on recovery and restoration of a Vampire jet fighter My father travelled to the USA via a Superfortress and said it was the worst airtrip of his life, on oxygen, couldn't smoke (Fuel leaks! Lol) heated flighsuit, peeing into a tube, thermos coffee and sandwiches which had to be eaten between putting his oxygen mask on and off. He preferred the pan am clippers he said! Lol.

[@sampointau]

I also enjoyed your walk throughs of the MARS and the base on Vancouver island. The setup for launch and dry land recovery of the aircraft was very similar to what was used for the Short Sunderland flying boats except their in water pulley went to a buoy where they had a final check before moving to either the dueling buoy or a mooring buoy on Rose Bay in Sydney. I went to primary school where the Sunderland's would take off over the top of the school before they changed their headings after climbing clear of the harbour area. One of the pilots was a friend of my parents and I spent many times visiting the base and seeing through the aircraft. When I went to high school our Boatshed was right next to the flying boat base so kept up my visits until the base closed down. Here is a KZbin clip of the base in the 70's, ah memories, you may even pick the tail number of your bird at the time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYGaY5-Chal_oMk

[@Lacaille8760]

VO makes the things very clear to those who are not familiar with all the P51's procedures. Thanks a lot!

[@sanatkumarasharma3627]

Dear Kermit, I'm just a... simulator COUGH*COUGH with thousands of hours on both IL-2 Sturmovik and FSX (I still have to make the transition to P3D) and I find both a pleasure and a privilege to witness a real pro and a great pilot at the 'office'. You make everything so easy and natural, and with the voice over you add clarity to your actions making your beautiful videos a treasure's trove of instructional information on your wonderful collection... KUDOS & THANKS! Cheers

[@psyrixx]

"The FAA doesn't want you to go above 250Kts below 10,000', as a general rule... of course I would *never* do that..." 🤣 It's great to watch these POV KermieCam videos and see how they compare to how I fly the P-51 in DCS World (an excellent flight simulator, btw). Some day I'll need to get into a real one.

[@bsdude010]

Or make more p-51d tutorials. ;) Thank you Robert.

[@tkarlmann]

Does the Simulator you mentioned afford machine gun bursts?

[@mameshiba691]

My great grandfather told me: “I can do whatever I want in Europe during WWII! Fk FAA!”

[@edwardcardozo8325]

@@tkarlmann indeed

[@bobjimenez4464]

What a privilege it was to fly in your Mustang......thanks for the Video! Flying that bird takes lots of attention to detail and being safe, safe...safe........Awesome. The Rolex is way cool too!

[@geoffsmathers9858]

Way better with the voice over. Thank you Kermit.

[@johnnukecop]

Following all the previous comments, there is nothing I can add with respect to the voice over. What an OUTSTANDING video. Thank you.

[@pierrelataillade7564]

You hit a home run buddy....... With this complete over view of cockpit instructions this was great .....

[@jmoran426]

As a former private pilot, I was able to fly in about 6 types of aircraft. None as complex as the P-51C, since I had no hydraulic systems, no radiator system (air-cooled), no fuel or oil boost pumps, etc. But I was always a stickler for a check-list and enjoyed your earlier Kermie-cam video going through the pre-flight walk-around and cockpit pre-flight. Always like to learn how it's done in other aircraft types. Thanks for the demonstration and keep them coming.

[@crabsodyinblue]

I’m always amazed by the workload on these WW2 era planes and how kids (!) managed to fly and fight with these at the same time. On 20 or so hours training sometimes

[@garyhutchinson7159]

Loving the voice over. Yes. Please do more. Really adds to the video. Thanks :-)

[@shd4618]

What really impresses me, is the body language displays the same metronomic level of calm professional precision despite what's happening. It's as though the flying just occurs. Amazing skill.

[@lwilton]

Thanks Kermit. That makes a lot more sense than the original where I was trying to guess what you were gesturing at.

[@BigJ4708]

Wow is all I can say. I envy you what a treat to fly such a machine.

[@pauldulworth2768]

Awesome. Love the voiceover. Kermie and the Merlin.

[@donaldparlettjr3295]

The voice over was a great idea , thank you Kermit. I really appreciate Kermits fight to make his acft as authentic as possible.

[@dwightb2500]

Kermie, I am in awe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mrsockmonkey1969]

It’s amazing to me the level of complexity on something that was made 85 years ago. I can’t imagine how long it takes to learn how to operate this thing safely.

[@MrMiturn]

Thanks for taking the time to show us how it's done

[@Starliner428]

An excellent addition to your earlier video. Really added a lot to the enjoyment. Thanks for taking the time.

[@boxingday11]

You lucky man! .......thanks for the film, regards Carl.

[@pmgodfrey]

That. Was. Awesome. What a fun aircraft!

[@georgegay3717]

Thanks Kermit for the voice over it really explains what you were doing in the cockpit of this wonderful aircraft as a retired navy aircraft structural mechanic I love watching all your videos!

[@Shravaka1]

Voice over was wonderful.... With that Merlin engine, I felt movement! 💕

[@RichardC5568]

What a joy to watch.

[@drwhat4395]

Very nice. P51 my favorite plane.

[@mauriciobrito69]

Old school engineering at its best + a bunch of passion for those who loves to flight. Thanks !

[@billthomas6296]

I love the P-51 and this video as well. The P-51 was my dads, Frank Thomas he would have been 88 this year, favorite plane. He was a great pilot and Kermit you remind me a lot of him. Thank you for doing this video.

[@steveo1kinevo]

Love the P51! Enjoyed hearing everything that you where thinking.

[@guskhari6983]

i guess I'm kinda off topic but does anybody know of a good place to stream new movies online?

[@jakobconnor8153]

@Gus Khari i watch on FlixZone. You can find it by googling :)

[@rayzander5562]

@Jakob Connor yea, have been using flixzone for months myself =)

[@guskhari6983]

@Jakob Connor thank you, signed up and it seems to work =) I really appreciate it!

[@jakobconnor8153]

@Gus Khari you are welcome =)

[@jkorshak]

The VO's are excellent. It's pretty cool to get the pilot POV but the comprehensive play by play info is simply fantastic. From the step by step what you're looking at and why to the cause/effect elements like the flaps coming down or the hydraulics spiking when the gear sets - great content. Thanks for your time putting it out there!

[@jimcarter6669]

Thank you for this! Glad you did not use music! That is one of most shiney birds I have ever seen. Beautiful.

[@Tiesemans_one_in_ten]

People riding on that highway get a priceless show for free :)

[@kjenkin53]

Voice over was brilliant.

[@KOLDBLU3ST33L]

Roger-that on the great sounding Merlin V12!! 😎

[@King0fBelgium]

Wow, amazing POV video of flying a P-51 !

[@MrCanadave]

Man I really enjoyed the three videos. I've always said that if I had a plane to play with it would be a P 51. I guess since I'm 74 this is the closest I'll get to owning one in this life. Thanks for the ride.

[@erlendlundvall]

So cool to see everything from the inside!

[@jimraq1]

Great! Now I have a template for when I fly MY Mustang......... yeah right! Nice voiceover. Thanks.

[@dano86280]

Great flight with voiceover. Makes you realize the work by the pilot in combat, amazing.

[@FlightLineDownUnder]

The voice over was fantastic. Highly informative.

[@garyfly8244]

Thanks for the voice over it adds so much more to the flight... I saw the other video without the voice over..

[@rdb127]

"Life is Good" ... Quote of the video!

[@johndeere865]

Best cockpit video and audio I`ve seen on You Tube to date.

[@islander4986]

Add me to the list of VO fans, really fun for those of us who aren't likely to ever have a chance to fly the mighty P-51 to follow you through the cockpit routines and layout and get an overview of the Mustang's systems and flight procedures. Very informative and interesting to have the inside story on what you're doing during the run-up, taxi, TO, climb, cruise, approach and landing. You have a calm instructor briefing manner Kermit. You sure keep that airplane buffed up and mighty clean.

[@Slarti]

Thank you for such a fantastic talk through. You are so gentle with the aircraft, it's a joy to see you flying.

[@charliewood1680]

Imagine 80 years ago strapping into that beautiful bird and taking off to rendezvous with B-17 bombers at 30 thousand feet to escort them behind German lines over Berlin knowing every time you shut the canopy on those birds you might not return home

[@tommorgan4866]

Very enjoyable. It is amazing how complex flying a plane is.Hope I can come to FOF next year.

[@carlossantos2147]

One of my dreams, flying a P-51 Mustang.

[@hangarrat101]

For me this addresses the only nit I would (could) ever have picked with your previous videos. Amazing stuff!

[@jarizpics]

Hello Kermit! Great meeting you today at Fantasy of Flight!

[@denisnoble2396]

An excellent new commentary to a clip I've watched many times before.

[@prereed]

The voice over was outstanding. Thank you!

[@jayuihlein1664]

Always great to fly with Kermie. Awesome voice-over from a master. Thanks.

[@boilermaker7754]

Loved the "voice over".....nice to know the whys of everything you do in the cockpit.

[@geoffrobinson430]

I had the pleasure of a ride in CAC Mustang VH-MFT last year, those Merlins are unforgettable. Great video sir and thank you

[@FoundingYouTuber]

What a difference six years makes. Loved the explanation. Now I am ready to graduate from my C172 to the P-51C!

[@Rayhid1956]

Very good. Great to hear your voice very clear explaining the details and the sound of the engine as well.

[@vidskitkid]

I've always loved the P-51 Mustang but had no idea how complicated the routine was to get it off the ground, Great video, thanks!

[@steveone9375]

Cadillac of the sky,,,, great video thank you Mr Weeks

[@drmckee]

As a flight simmer (X-Plane 11.40), the P-51 Mustang from Skunkcraft is my favorite plane. You "Fly along" videos are very helpful when one is trying to 'fly by the numbers'. Thanks for taking your time to do these excellent videos on the Classic Warbird.

[@williamboley2754]

Loved the voice over. Do it again. Thank you.