Hawker Tempest V - Part 1 - "Project Visit" - Kermie Cam

[@myneumilife5468]

I hope to see a Tempest or Typhoon fly in my lifetime ... it should be a priority for the handful of restorers ..... the world is eagerly waiting !

[@colvinator1611]

You're all doing a great service to aviation history. Thanks a lot. Colin UK 🇬🇧

[@andredegraaf1643]

So excited! With your project and the Typhoon projects going, it seems to be just a matter of time until we finally see a flying example of this super family of aircraft.

[@judgedredd8876]

The Jay Leno of Vintage Aviation! Thank you Kermit!

[@gordonbrand7021]

Very exited to see a tempest brought back to life. Thank you for your effort. I count the days till we see it fly. Thumbs up to you and your crew

[@craigpennington1251]

Kermit always has great stuff and I learn from each video. The Tempest V is a Super Kick Ass Interceptor. I'm hopeful that things go smoothly. Awesome aircraft and would love to see it fly . Outstanding video as always Kermit. Thank you so very much.

[@Cplblue]

Oh heck yes. I can't wait to see the finished project. Such a beautiful bird!

[@johnmills2020]

Cant wait for what i think is the last flying tempest

[@ZacYates]

Thanks Kermit, that was awesome! I can't wait to see it complete, let alone fly. Good on you for persevering with the very worthy project.

[@jimwiddowson7980]

Such a beautiful airplane - rarest of the rare.... Massive task to get it back to flying condition. Always thought it would be awesome to see a Tempest fully rebuilt and serviceable. Kermit seems a cool dude - good to talk airplanes over a beer! I completed my own rebuild a 1942 Ford Jeep, brought it back to stock condition, very similar in a kind of way.

[@Bergstaller01]

I so can't wait until we get to hear the Napier Sabre fire up!

[@dwb345]

Wow that is my fav plane and I never thought I'd see one fly, amazing work

[@AndyNZ1983]

Wow. Wow. Wow. Some people collect ridiculously expensive cars, others collect houses, others invest in race horses. Kermit, collects antiques which if put on a fun scale would break the gauge within a minute or two. Amazing. Cannot wait to hear his thoughts on what this machine is like to get around in.

[@AndyNZ1983]

AndyNZ1983 And Tony Bianchi, a legend in his own right. Nuff said.

[@dphotos007]

It will be a great plane when it is finished. I always liked this plane and the Sea Fury not to mention the Spitfire. I guess I love all warbirds and the history involved with them. Wish I could take a ride in a Mustang one of these days. Just the sound of the engines is music to my ears. Love these build updates. We have a small warbirds museum out in the Oxnard, CA area near me. They have some cool planes on display. They also have a crew of volunteers that help restore old warbirds. Have you been to that museum yet.

[@jackflak8293]

My all time favorite.......bought the blue prints for the hawker tempest V a couple of years ago from A L Bentley.....sure would like to view her when she's finished.....

[@maxsmodels]

It would be nice to see one flying again.

[@deeremeyer1749]

Something tells me these "experts' can put 10 times as much time and probably hundreds or thousands of times more money into "restoring" an old airplane than it took to build or maybe even DESIGN and PROTOTYPE in the first place.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+DEEREMEYER1 Many times they are working backwards from incomplete engineering specs. This is the case with at least one Hawker Typhoon restoration, where they were finally able to get permission to take 3D scans of the sole survivor and map those scans into partial blueprints and continue in the CAD software models, getting everything aligned down to the mm. Or they have to pattern, copy, and remanufacture a new part from a worn original which takes time and a ton of money.

[@nickh1630]

Its quite logical considering projects like these often are independent and dont have a whole team of aerospace engineers and manufacturers behind them. So yes it would take more time because you have to start rebuilding a “broken” aircraft, which means you cant trust any of the existing parts since they havent done anything for decades. And often also means you have to overhaul these unserviceable parts because they arent being made anymore or it costs a lot to buy them. So before you start doubting someones proffesionalism, make sure you know what youre talking about ;)

[@marklittle8805]

These planes are often a Frankenstein of many different parts, and during the war, tolerances , consistency in parts and wear and tear means parts that should fit don't always. Some of these rare warbirds are being reassembed almost by guess work.

[@stevetaylor5933]

And you have restored hundreds of aircraft working from what you have, rather than having a great pile of bits that are new! Just remind me how many of these aircraft are flying? Yeah though so!

[@gdc6666]

4 years? Wow... Steptoe and son saw you coming Kermit. Great plan to extract it and get a good team onto it, otherwise you will be an octogenarian on first start. Lovely machine tho, rare as rocking horse pooh. Thanks Kermit, you are a legend

[@RiotBadger]

"We gave you a quote for the flaps and you didn't like it..." Haha!!

[@MrRobster1234]

I'll bet the "burglar alarm" goes off every time those old Brits send Kermit a bill : )

[@deeremeyer1749]

It goes off whenever a customer shows up to check to see what the hell is taking so long on his plane years or decades after it was hauled in for a "cosmetic restoration". And it stays on so the customer gets sick of listening to it and doesn't much time looking at his project and asking questions.

[@iraqvet03]

Why did the alarm not get turned off ? That's annoying as hell.

[@TeufelHunden55]

Love the videos Kermit!

[@JamesJesseGTA]

I am curious about where you guys find those AMMs, CMMs, WDMs, and SRMs for these old-school planes. I doubt ATP even has them considering how old these planes are. Does the manufacturer still provide them?

[@deeremeyer1749]

I'd definitely be getting those pins tested to make sure they're what they're supposed to be. If they were impossible to find and suddenly someone came up with some, there's an excellent chance they're "cheap" re-pops made from who knows what material. They seem fairly important to keeping the airframe in one piece and I wouldn't take anybody's word for it they're the correct material and strength.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+DEEERMEYER1 There are no such things as "cheap re-pops" in aviation. Either it conforms to the original spec, improves it, or it doesn't. If you change the specs, then you have a ton of paperwork and engineering testing to complete before you get an airworthy certificate for it. Granted that the Experimental category often allows room to go outside of the specs.

[@Dsdafg]

This is just not true,there are cheap remakes, even in the airline industrie.And its criminal.@@FiveCentsPlease

[@Flogknaw101]

EYYYY! After the Tempest V, Why not make a Stuka? I havent seen any Flying Ones!

[@galdramadur1]

The Flying heritage and combat armor museum is building a Ju 87 R4 in an airworthy condition.

[@haydenoneil4975]

what a beautiful aircraft.

[@WastingMyPotential]

I just finished a restore on a Tempest, sadly mine is only an Atari Arcade game:) Looks great!!!

[@kiwihame]

I was thinking, at the rate these old geezers are going (they seemed caught off guard), they'll be in the grave before it flies... then I see Kermits comment below - from a year back - about one having retired, so Kermit's Tempest projects are on hold. Such a shame when there are two other teams forging ahead with Typhoon projects. Surely some collaboratoration could be arranged?

[@Alienasa1]

One of my favorite WW2 aircraft. Should have really good flight characteristics too right, very fast. Can't wait to see it flying again.

[@crystallynch4325]

Way to go Ralph! You're famous now! Lol

[@craigpennington1251]

P.S. That is a squeaky fan belt on a fan motor. Not an alarm.

[@bobdyer422]

You're going too have a Tempest II and a V by the time everything is restored? Quite an undertaking, that will be something to see, good luck.

[@stuartsscalemodels.8299]

I'm looking forward to the day she takes to the skys bud.

[@paulsilva3346]

FOF, How about a reply as to UPDATE the status of the aircraft.?.?.! 6 Years have elapsed, and as an AVID Fan I've not heard anything...

[@KermitWeeks444]

There have been other more recent videos and posts on my Facebook page that mentioned that Andy Salter, who was in charge of the restoration, had retired and the project put on hold till we could find a similarly talented and experienced specialist in vintage British airplanes to replace him. So far, we haven’t. :-(

[@benjamingraves6390]

Gorgeous planes. Is this going to be the only remaining flying Tempest in world? Who is doing the engine on this one?

[@KermitWeeks444]

It will be when it is done. The project however is currently on hold because the lead Restoration Specialist / Machinist, and our British plane expert, Andy Salter has retired. He was also the engine expert who was going to do the Napier Sabre engine. The project will be picked up when a suitable replacement is found who can match Andy's expertise and experience to take on such a rare and valuable project.

[@benjamingraves6390]

@@KermitWeeks444thanks for taking the time to answer , sir. Gorgeous aircraft, sir.

[@SgtHulka_III]

@@KermitWeeks444 Any idea when this will fly? Thx!

[@Enid2Sacramento]

I know it's early, but any thought given to the markings she will display?

[@stacyobrien1729]

Are your Tempest II and Tempest V air worthy or static display? I hope they are the first. Thank you for your time, keep up the good work.

[@KermitWeeks444]

Tempest projects were in restoration, but are currently on hold . . . Andy Salter, my British aircraft specialist in charge of the restoration, retired.

[@TheSound0fLegends]

Hey Mr Weeks, Will this beauty be restored to flying condition and if so will it run the UK display circuit before moving to the US?

[@billysolhurok5542]

WOW...... is this going to have a Napier Sabre H-24 engine and fly?Even if merely a static display quite an accomplishment.But I hope it flies.

[@Bluenose352]

Yes it will. I believe Kermit has at least two.

[@JohnHay06]

+Bluenose352 That'll make them the only Sabre H24's in the world.

[@Bluenose352]

Kermit said there are at least 10 that he knows of. He's happy to own a couple of them

[@JohnoO_O_]

Its an absolute crying shame that the RAF didn't keep a few examples post war for historical purposes like they did with the Spitfire, Hurricane and Lanc'

[@JohnHay06]

+John S They needed the massive amount of metal that was in them as they had used so much during the war. Pilots also junked them (and the Typhoons because they were so unsafe on start up on the ground).

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

JohnHay06 _ Also, they were sick of the war and everything associated with it and coudn't wait to get rid of all this "junk" once it was over.

[@EricIrl]

They didn't keep any Spitfires in the immediate post war period for "historical" purposes. They kept Spitfires because they were useful aircraft and were used for genuine air force work right up until 1957. It was THEN that they kept a few as gate guards or flying memorials. The Tempests were got rid of before the end of the early 50s, before they were considered t be of historic importance, so they were scrapped. Indeed, the Napier powered Vs were got rid of even earlier because the Sabre was always a tricky engine to look after.

[@waynetodd3287]

You can’t forget that Great Britain was in a horrible state economically, and it made sense to scrap aircraft and a lot of other wartime weapons that were of no use. My father was in the Royal Navy, and once he married my American Mother, it made economic sense for him to settle in the USA economically .

[@pauldavidson6321]

Is that a Sabre engined Tempest?

[@realtalk2176]

Yes

[@tlezzy8252]

Geezz... would not let these guys build my dog-house. Hope it worked out well for ya. The alarm seems too complex for them.... but we can build a war-bird " no problem, mate" : )

[@ianlambert8034]

What an ignorant comment!

[@pontiacdriver999]

Gonna restore it with it's original Napier Sabre engine?

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Michael Batson Now there are three projects planning to use Sabres. Although they are all presently working on aircraft structure before they start to tackle the engines.

[@searchthetruth1981]

to me the most beautiful warbird of ww2

[@ChristophereKoutselas]

Mr weeks the Tempest arsenal are two to four _77caleber because it's ready for penetrating 9 inches of armer for ground targets I like this video . and I miss you when I was in kissime saint cloud. God bless you.

[@pascalchauvet7625]

The Tempest was a much better aircraft than the Typhoon, I actually supect the Typhoon was almost as dangerous to its pilot as it was to the enemy

[@drunkensailor775]

About landing gear, does it , how do i put this, fold in that compartment on landing impact? This machine is heavy as hell, is there a gas/oil piston( or how do you call that assembly in English)? I've seen this compartment on some Russian planes without folding tail gear, it's just a hole in there, smaller hole but a hole.

[@Cinnabun]

drunkensailor775 You mean how does the tail gear fold up? or why doesn't it fold up on landing?

[@drunkensailor775]

Nah, i mean it only folds up, acts as a shock absorber, only on landing impact of the tail that's when it goes in that compartment for a moment of impact only.

[@Cinnabun]

drunkensailor775 probably as you say a pneumatic shock absorber.

[@Woodeneyejust]

Where could you find an engine for it?

[@RiotBadger]

George doubleyuh He has one, probably the only surviving complete example.

[@deeremeyer1749]

The difference between THIS "warbird restoration shop" and all the ones he visits in America as far as cleanliness, organization, work done and in progress per unit of time, the amount of business waiting to be done and the professionalism of the "restorers" and overall "quality" evident is amazing. I wonder if that has anything to do with "socialism" , the existence of "social classes" and royalty/nobility/aristocracy vs. "commoners", the presence of "opportunities" to "move up in society", the availability of "capital", the availability and quality of "education systems" and the opportunity for people to get the education they want and go into the "career" they think they want and not have to do an "apprenticeship" to become a "craftsman" just like a medical student does internship/residency to become a DOCTOR (here in the U.S. at least) or NOT do them if and when they find out its NOT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO and THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO SOMETHING ELSE have anything to do with those disparities.

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+DEERMEYER1 Some of the best restorations have come out of small shops with a small group of talented people who take their time. Not necessarily a "major" shop operation that work on several aircraft at once.

[@deeremeyer1749]

I didn't say anything about the size of the shop or group of people involved. I haven't seen any of the restorations in the U.S. being conducted in shops anywhere near the size of this one and they're pretty much all 1-3 talented people doing the work. And the shops are spotless by comparison and in several cases the airplanes being restored barely fit in the building. I suggest you go check the Ford Tri-Motor, Boeing 100 and Douglas A-26 videos if you want to see how true professionals operate in limited space the projects barely fit in and still manage to keep the facility cleaner than most homes. I'm a mechanic by trade and I've been in more shops and have worked on more machines than probably any hundred people you know personally. In everything from corn fields to "state of the art" shops brand new from the ground up. I've rarely seen a cluttered mess of a shop produce anything but a lot more time and work and expense than necessary for the project at hand. And I've seen very few disorganized, messy mechanics produce anything but a lot more time and work and expense that necessary for the project at hand. Sometimes a mess is simply unavoidable but that doesn't mean you don't make the effort to keep things as clean and organized as possible. And this kind of haphazard, disorganized approach to "restoration" without a single section or area of the airplane finished is indicative of "professionals" who have no real idea how to go about a major down-to-the-last-nut-and-bolt project. I also have friends who do and have done "world-class" restorations and customizing of vintage vehicles in little hole-in-the-wall and/or old shops that you'd drive by ten times and have no idea what was produced inside. Know any body men that still use lead for body filler? I do. That old gentleman was a teenage "mechanic" in a Chrysler dealership, fell in love with '53 Chrysler New Yorkers when they were brand new, decided he was going to own one someday and it was going to be a convertible. I believe he told me they made 500 of them. spent 40+ years planning the only real "hobby" restoration he ever did for himself and his wife only while doing world-class work in an old Chevrolet garage/dealership in a town of a few hundred people in western Nebraska before finally having the "car of his dreams" to rebuild and the time and the money and the parts to do it right. His project convertible was a rust-bucket and his first "task" was completely disassembling it and cutting out the entire floorplan and replacing it with a floorpan from a coupe. He did every single bit of the restoration save the convertible top from the 331 Hemi and automatic transmission to all the bodywork with the aforementioned lead body filler. His wife did all of the upholstery and he tried talking her into doing the convertible top but she didn't think she'd be able to do it to his standards. He went to the "best" reproduction convertible top maker in the country and sent three tops back to them before finally getting one that was good enough. It wasn't that the first three weren't beautifully made or "perfect". They were. They just kept folding them up and tossing them in a cardboard box and when they got to him they were creased and stretched where they'd been creased and wouldn't lay right not matter what he did. He finally told them he'd gladly pay whatever it took for them to finish one, ROLL IT UP and ship it ROLLED UP in whatever size cardboard tube it took to get it to him without being folded. They did and he did and finally he had the "perfect" top. He told me he knew for a fact his wife could have done it at least as well and I'm sure he was right. 45+ years and several years he waited to finish their "dream car" and when the time came to put a carburetor on that Hemi he had a NOS carburetor in the box on the shelf. I think he told me that was the FIRST PART he bought for that car decades earlier and not too long after he made up his mind to have a '53 New Yorker Convertible even if he had to "Johnny Cash" it and get it one piece at a time. He gave a few bucks for the carburetor when the dealership or some other dealership sold-out or was clearing out all the old Hemi parts when Chrysler Corporation manufacturers abandoned the Hemi V-8s as their standard V-8s and went to wedge engines. I think he also said that was the first car and engine that Chrysler ever put a 4-barrel on and he knew someday that carburetor would be worth a lot of money even if he didn't need it for his dream car. I was at his shop several times during the course of that restoration and during other restorations and never once saw a mess that came within miles of what's in this video. And that was in an old Chevy garage that had been closed for decades and equipped with the most MODERN tools imaginable. Like the original line-shaft-powered lathe that was installed in the garage when it was built and opened in the 1920s. And his racks of every specialty tool ever made for Ford Model Ts and Model As. Or the "antique" boring bars and hand-operated rigid hones he uses to produce rebored and honed cylinder blocks that look like they came out of a Sunnen 616 machine. I don't know anybody either personally or by seeing their "famous" work on TV that knew a fraction of what that man knows or that could do one tenth of what he could do and in a "dark" and "dirty" old Chevy garage. And I know for a fact that even though he has zero experience restoring airplanes and probably has little or no interest in them he could restore and airplane in a tenth the time and do ten times the job compared to what's shown in this video. He'd get the necessary materials and resources and expertise and knowledge from others when required (there were things he wouldn't/couldn't do simply because he'd never had the opportunity/desire/tools to do them like pouring babbit bearings in blocks and connecting rods, etc and "farmed out" that work when it was required) and he'd get it done. I don't know or care who you know or know of in the restoration/repair "business" and don't have to know you don't know anybody like him. And I don't know anybody in any aspect of the mechanic trades that would let his customer stand there and listen to a freaking burglar alarm for 20+ minutes either out of pure laziness, orneriness or ignorance on how to turn the damned thing off. Particularly when its pretty obvious he's recording the visit and has some reason for doing so. But thanks for the education on shops, mechanics, restorations etc.

[@donaldclark8692]

I Bet Kermit was pissed.These guys milk the cow.

[@timhiltonsuperstar]

That alarm is driving me NUTS! WTF

[@timhiltonsuperstar]

I bet you that this aircraft is not finished yet WTF

[@Rob-vv5yn]

Should have just sent the package to NZ would have been done and dusted in half the time and no mucking about

[@JohnDoe-wo5on]

WHY dont they turn off the alarm? Because obviously its not connected to anything other than an annoying noise maker...

[@deeremeyer1749]

At 7:54 those are either the most closely spaced and poorly constructed "rivets" in history given the spacing and "odd" shape of many of the "heads" or somebody got creative with the silver paint trying to "reproduce" rivets on a really big "model airplane" by painting them on so from a distance they look like the "real thing". Either way, I hope Kermit wears a parachute when he flies that thing. If he's still alive when its "done".

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+DEEREMEYER1 It is a flying restoration. And surely you realize that they are not finished? This will be a challenge getting a Napier Sabre overhauled and running since nobody has done it yet. But fortunately they are in good company because suddenly there are several Typhoon projects that have started that will also use Sabres and share common parts and info. The engineering drawings are not always there so they have to work backwards with what they have and do it properly.

[@deeremeyer1749]

Don't worry. I'm sure every part you send gets used. Maybe not on your airplane but at least on someone's.

[@MonkPetite]

I heard a rumour that tony stopped.. can some one confirm that.

[@mrkoolaidman5975]

Thank Lord the police showed up to make sure no is taking your stuff lmao with how long that alarm going off. By now you could ran off with the whole plane. Lmao

[@MrRobster1234]

When the war ended they continued to build these to fulfill a contract. They were then towed across the airfield and dismantled.

[@unit0033]

sounds about right! uk wasting money

[@Joes1989]

I wish this bird was actually with someone that doesnt have as many projects as you Kermit. Richard Grace would look after her im sure 😁

[@SaltyDawg-wu5kr]

IN SOME CASES ITS VERY TO READ YOUR MIND.

[@ChristophereKoutselas]

Something else they were the 810 tank Busters of the British Royal Air Force and British Marines Maya family from King George and everybody again God bless you sir And The plane is supposed to reach 750 miles an hour

[@hammerman47]

Turn the bloody alarm off pleeeeeeeeaseeee!!!

[@deeremeyer1749]

So this was basically a "cosmetic restoration" to begin with if Kermit is talking about maybe flying it, but yet they're "restoring" it to "airworthy" condition? And this is a "rare" aircraft there are no parts for anywhere but yet the "Royal Museum" just lets people part out their "example" and take the parts APART (I don't think that "borrowed' rudder in the jig was probably in the "Royal Museum" in its "cutaway" form as it sits in the jig) just to use as patterns for reproduction/restoration of parts for some "Yank" and his "museum"? That's interesting. And especially how "museums" just "loan" each other "artifacts" for "commercial gain" when those "museums" charge admission, have bills to pay, in some cases have "members" and "employees" that have to be "compensated" etc. And even INTERNATIONALLY where very LARGE artifacts have to be shipped back and forth as "freight" and a lot of time, money and other "resources" go into "loaning" out those "artifacts" for....FREE? I'm not too sure about all that. I know the British "graciously" made a "donation" of one of their "retired" steam locomotives to a U.S. "railway museum" up in Wisconsin that then "restored it" to "running condition" and all because it was named the Dwight D. Eisenhower. Nice of them. Of course LATER when they'd also "restored" SEVERAL OTHER "retired" steam locomotives from the same "class" to "running condition" and wanted to "display" the "Dwight D. Eisenhower" along WITH THOSE for some kind of "anniversary get-together" for that "class" of formerly-scrapped MACHINES (big on humanizing machines over there, they are), that "museum" in Wisconsin apparently said SURE! NO PROBLEM! And proceeded to just "send" a steam locomotive to the "U.K." for that "display". Generous of them. I saw pictures of that locomotive pre-load when it not only looked "brand new" but looked like THEIRS DO and NO REAL WORKING STEAM LOCOMOTIVES EVER DID FOR LONG with AUTOMOTIVE HIGH-GLOSS PAINT EVERYWHERE AND AMAZINE DETAIL AND PIN-STRIPE WORK AND MAYBE EVEN SOME "GOLD LEAF" etc etc etc (big on spending ridiculous amounts of time and money decorating working machines since supposedly that's how they looked "back in the day) AND ALL GLOSS BLACK AND SHINING LIKE A NEW CAR. That's APPRENTLY the only BLACK steam locomotive in the history of the U.K. that wasn't "black" from soot and "stove black" dull paint. THEIR'S are all much lighter, brighter colors and they even "change liveries" on them just for fun occasionally to "represent" different periods of their "service". And I saw pics of the Dwight D. Eisenhower there with its "sister locomotives" at the hugely hyped "family reunion" and the LAST TIME THEY WOULD EVER BE DISPLAYED TOGETHER. Since they were in the scrap yard together was apparently the FIRST TIME THEY WERE EVER DISPLAYED TOGETHER. AND IN THOSE pics it was still just as shiny beyond brand new looking. Then I saw pictures of it supposedly when it was "returned" from being "on loan". And it looked like it had been used and used pretty hard IF it was even the SAME LOCOMOTIVE. The black paint was in shitty condition and nothing like it had been when PAINT doesn't AGE if its not subjected to oxidation from high heat, long periods of direct sunlight, etc. Which was weird because although outside for shipping and display over there, its indoors in the U.S. and supposedly was INDOORS TOO OVER THERE for its few days "on display" outside before being displayed INSIDE for a few weeks or whatever it was on display before "coming home" a couple YEARS later. And it was rusty in places and dented and scratched and there were parts that weren't there that were there when it left and in a lot of ways it looked like somebody grabbed another "retired" locomotive out of the salvage yard and slapped a quick "DuPont Overhaul" on it before shipping it back to the "Yanks" as the "Dwight D. Eisenhower. Either that or they took an ridiculously over-restored, running-condition steam locomotive restored that way for basically perpetual indoor zero-maintenance up close perfection and trashed it running it or neglecting it outside or both, maybe "borrowed" some parts they needed for another "restoration and sent THAT back to the "Yanks". The question is who is profiting from that kind of thing and how and who the hell on THIS "side of the pond" loaned out something that is presumably "taxpayer property" to a foreign country, shipped it to them in beautiful condition, accepted it back a complete piece of shit that MAY NOT EVEN BE THE SAME MACHINE and didn't say a WORD ABOUT IT before apparently PAYING TO HAVE IT "RESTORED" AGAIN? And where in a country like that which operates like that are they getting THEIR "retired" steam locomotives "restored" to the same condition or better than the PERFECT one that was restored here do you GET your HUNDREDS of "restored" steam locomotives RESTORED in the first place? Or do you just "load" and "borrow" and ship back and forth "restored" locomotives getting the work done here by "volunteers" and with "donated" supplies and labor "discounted" because its for a "museum" and "charitable organization" and in the process make a killing getting people on BOTH sides "of the pond" to make donations to this organization over there and that organization here or maybe GETTING GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES, GRANTS ETC. BASED UPON A BUNCH OF SMOKE AND MIRRORS APPLICATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHS ETC THAT SHOW TO SOME "DECISION COMMITTEE" SOMEWHERE DOLING OUT PUBLIC FUNDS "FOR THE ARTS AND SCIENCES" BOATLOADS OF CASH BECAUSE THE APPLICATION, AND PICTURES AND "FINANCE REPORTS" MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE SUCH "GOOD INVESTMENTS"?

[@quentinwyne297]

Calm down....

[@deeremeyer1749]

So when did the Brits make that big jump from doped fabric over wood to stressed aluminum construction with flush rivets? I didn't know they had much "aluminium" over there back in WWII. And that's kind of a huge technological leap to make and a huge "investment" in a "WWII fighter" that's piston-driven when the SPITFIRE and HURRICANE were kicking ass right and left and were just the awesomest planes then, now and forever. Not to mention such a big investment in a piston-powered plane when according to "historian" and "experts" and "reliable sources" and WIKIPEDIA, they were already playing with JET ENGINES at the time. Weird how damn near ALL the "American" warbirds of the "WWII era" were originally ordered by the "British" but yet when we got them built to THEIR "requirements" they weren't "good enough" and we ended up using our "inferior" airplanes while they just kept using and cranking out their "superior" airplanes by (according to reliable sources) the THOUSANDS and even TENS OF THOUSANDS in some models and "marks". Who knew they built TENS OF THOUSAND OF "HEAVY BOMBERS", for example? And why did a country with THAT MUCH INDUSTRIAL MIGHT AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROWESS WITH AN ENDLESS "HISTORY" OF KICKING ASS IN WARS GO TO THE NEUTRAL U.S. WITH ITS INFERIOR EVERYTHING FOR "HELP"?

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+DEEREMEYER1 Not a fair statement that "all" US WW2 fighters were requested by the British. The US stumbled into WW2 from an isolationist period and behind on aircraft design. The Brits saw what was coming sooner. There are plenty of aircraft that were purely US design, especially if you consider USN designs. The early years of WW2 were fought with aircraft of 1930s design. The Tempest would be a 1940s design and benefited mostly from late war developments, similar to the Sea Fury.

[@tnexus13]

Go read about the schneider trophy to learn where we developed the performance aircraft. Iirc very early Mks of the hurricane had fabric wings, but soon moved to aluminium ones. We stuck with fabric for its boy as it was easy to repair in the field. Spitfire was aluminium monocoque.

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

DEEREMEYER1 _ You really need to educate yourself before spouting some of the bollocks you have been posting below the videos in this series. Read some books, watch some videos. You"re just embarrassing yourself .

[@markhepworth4804]

DEEREMEYER1 You need to go back to school sunshine,literally your entire post is erroneous. Must try harder.

[@gravydavy4188]

So sad to come to the comments and read such horrible things about the restoration, most of it downright racist. I see that the usual Troll has hijacked the comments with his anti British rubbish.

[@KermitWeeks444]

Could you point out the culprit. I don't go for that on my channel. Thanks.

[@gravydavy4188]

@@KermitWeeks444 Hi Kermit. Thanks for taking the time to reply. It's a well known Troll. Deeremeyer1. I don't think he's posted for a while though.

[@patrikez1]

In four years,things should be finished by now.I smell a scam.

[@magna4100]

Kermit sound like a 60 yo teenager?

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

What a mess that thing is. Even if it was complete, British engineering is always a nightmare to deal with.

[@Cinnabun]

idontcare80 Mess? the spitfires and mosquitoes were the easiest aircraft to assemble. the only reason this is so complex is because of the lack of parts as there is so few tempests surviving, all MK Vs are in restoration.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Cinnabun I'm not sure where you heard that, the metal British fighters were very complex to build. The Mosquito was simple to build because it was made of wood.

[@Cinnabun]

idontcare80 Any metal fighter will be difficult to build. You would only have an easier time rebuilding a P-51 because they made so many it's easier sourcing original parts and wrecks.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Cinnabun Yes, any metal fighter would be difficult to build with as little as these guys have to work with, that doesn't mean that British aircraft weren't much more difficult to build than other all metal aircraft.

[@Cinnabun]

idontcare80 it is completely aircraft specific, not nation specific.

[@searchthetruth1981]

Please put off that annoying alarm...it ruins the whole conversation.....

[@silicononsapphire5102]

Fkn car alarm.