The Storch is trickier than expected

[@LeviNoguess]

Yee Haww! Awesome video, that was a fun day! Hope to see you at Arkanstol!

[@xpump876]

My favorite bird of all ! - gracious owner and an awesome replica - loved that paint camo and markings.

[@davebourdon3258]

You can tell that Levi really loves to fly his Storch...

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Wow! Nice "SHOW" guys. Well done.

[@ericfalcone7142]

I saw this exact plane at Oshkosh last year, definitely one of the most unique aircraft in the south 40

[@BigBlockSpence]

What a great plane. Levi is awesome and this was a fantastic video. I want a Storch now!!

[@davidvaughn7752]

Forgiving aircraft. Looks like a good trainer for getting tail-dragger time in.

[@FlyingEyesWorld]

What a cool plane! Looks like such a fun flight. Keep it up, Trevor! 🙌

[@RealDavidN]

Fun flight Dozen! ....my old stomping grounds.

[@andrewhanson4991]

This was great! Thanks Dozen.

[@petergaskin1811]

Saw a Storch once take off into a gale at Duxford. It looked as if it had taken off backwards. It shot up into the air and at a couple of hundred feet off the ground it was behind where it had started from.

[@michaels.1480]

Awesome video! Keep ‘em coming

[@JohnVHRC]

I like this guy, flying and open carry, Im a fan!

[@tacfoley4443]

So who is going to mug you, up there?

[@JohnVHRC]

@@tacfoley4443 Duh?

[@tacfoley4443]

@@JohnVHRC Open carry in flight?

[@JohnVHRC]

@@tacfoley4443 Obviously its not for in flight, are you 12?

[@tacfoley4443]

@@JohnVHRC Nope. 78. Just wondering why you feel the need to carry a gun in a two-seater airplane, that's all.

[@innocentbystander3798]

Everyone can relax about the open-carry firearm. It's perfectly legal and acceptable for law-abiding citizens to do so most anywhere in the fifty States. I did it with my son for a day, years ago, on a lark; it's no big deal. So relax, and I hope you have a nice day. 🙂

[@tonijaneiro4102]

That little plane is pretty

[@tahoeguyz71]

Sweet little plane. The gear seems like the biggest thing you would have to get use to.

[@LeviNoguess]

Very True!

[@Patrician9000]

My favorite plane!

[@y_equals_mx_plus_c]

Haha! Such a cool airplane to be learning 👍

[@hud86]

I love the visibility!

[@DozenDuzit]

Incredible visibility! The downward facing windows are cool!

[@jjlad5037]

I recently sold my 1/6 scale Fi156 RC airplane and instantly regretted it. Time to build another.

[@boss2234]

That looks like it would be a real delight to fly in much more visibility than a cub

[@shandyashley3259]

Great video

[@TexasPilot]

The Storch is cool. I got to fly it at Sodbusters. Levi is fun to fly with.

[@CCitis]

Gorgeous Airplane

[@xystere]

well first of all Levi is an awesome guy. love the pistol on the hip. Trevor, great video. I live right up the street from you in missouri and i love the aviation community being established in NWA.

[@michaelsamson3276]

WTF does he need a gun on his hip? He must be afraid of something.

[@mrknoklene]

Cool! What’s the little «bomb» underneath?

[@bens3641]

Pazmany Storch is a nice replica of the original Fiesler design, also 3/4 scale. Plans are available I think!

[@guaporeturns9472]

So why was it running hot?

[@boss2234]

Looks like it has a good angle of attack, wonder what’s your rate of climb is.

[@CarolusR3x]

Open carrying while flying, as it was meant to be

[@Rudeljaeger]

He does NOT have an Iron Cross on the wings. Thats the "Balkenkreuz". Yes todays Luftwaffe still uses the Iron Cross, it is also the emblem of the whole Bundeswehr. But the "Balkenkreuz" is no longe in user. (He DOES have a small Iron Cross included in that heraldry-shield-symbol on the side of the engine)

[@monostripeexplosiveexplora2374]

Cool Aircraft

[@cvuxton]

Did Levi build that plane? Plans?

[@myotherusername9224]

which replica is this ? Slepcev? Pazmany ?

[@TonVerkleijT3]

Is this the Slepchev Storch?

[@swaybottone2354]

is this a full size or a Pazmany replica?

[@DozenDuzit]

It’s a 70% scale

[@tacfoley4443]

Interesting article, thanks. Just an ask for you, though. I'm deaf and therefore have to watch you via the subtitles, however, Mrs tac, who watches along with me, notes that you speak VERY quickly, and although she speaks English, she had problems keeping up with the rapidity of your speech. For future productions, is there the chance that you might slow down a little? 0.75 is good.

[@georgstanglmair3368]

Name Iron cross is only used for the medals of bravery. On vehicles its called Balkenkreuz.

[@Sodbusterrod]

They are 2 different crosses.

[@Rudeljaeger]

Wrong. Balkenkreuz has straight lines and the Iron Cross has angled lines. Iron Cross is used on todays "Bundeswehr"-vehicles and was used on World War ONE planes. World War TWO used "Balkenkreuz". His Storch has the correct Balkenkreuze on the wings.

[@georgstanglmair3368]

@Rudeljaeger ich war bei der 2./244 und auf meinem Bock (Leo 2) war ein Balkenkreuz. So wurde es bezeichnet obwohl es geschweift ist (modere Ausführung). Fertig!

[@Rudeljaeger]

@@georgstanglmair3368 Dann habt ihr einen Apfel eine Karotte genannt. Denn das Balkenkreuz wird seit 45 schlicht nicht mehr verwendet. Und wäre ein Wehrmachts-Balkenkreuz auf einem aktuellen Leopard würde das riesig Ärger geben.

[@georgstanglmair3368]

@@Rudeljaeger einen Apfel eine Karotte gemacht. Ich glaub du hast Recht. Sorry.

[@ipritsker]

Dude -- it's not an Iron Cross. It's a Balkan Kreutz (Balkan Cross). Imperial Germany abandoned Iron Crosses on their planes towards the end of WWI and replaced them with straight Balkan Cross.

[@Rudeljaeger]

BalkEn Kreuz. With an "E". He does have a small Iron Cross included in that heraldry-shield-symbol on the side of the engine however

[@madzen112]

Stop the pigeon!

[@johnpublic168]

Why not

[@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254]

Maravilhoso

[@BrettLloyd-z5x]

I'm a big ww2 plane buff

[@Watson1]

Gotta love you yanks and your guns. Can’t understand why you would need to ware a handgun for a local flight.

[@Ivaneck_]

If they are down, they are in hostile territory.

[@Chock_ful-o-nuts]

You really don’t want to be forced down in areas they were flying. Texas has Black Bears, Wild Boars, Crocodiles, Rattlesnakes, Cotton Mouth, Leopards & Jaguars.

[@markbrunner9081]

what is that sick swastika on the plane's tail good for? what's wrong with the owner?

[@sirclarkmarz]

There's no swastika on that airplane you either need to get your eyes checked or stop looking for racism where there isn't any .

[@ThreenaddiesRexMegistus]

It’s pronounced exactly the same way we pronounce stork. CH is for practical purposes K.

[@Sodbusterrod]

That’s not an iron cross.

[@simonsmith3060]

Pronounced "Stork". Not Iron Cross.

[@geraldperyman6535]

Don't like the markings.

[@donp8389]

Levy seems like a nice fellow, much like the folks I grew up with in northern Texas in the 50's. But, I'd have to think more than twice before getting into an airplane with a guy packing a pistol on his side. In aviation, we learn that we require intelligence, character, and judgment to stay safe. Packing heat just because you're outside your enclave is a very bad sign.

[@rampanttricky17]

a matter of "pride" carrying the gun maybe? like pride in US acts through history & confederate statues?

[@lohikarhu734]

Just an American 2A type of guy, proving to the world that the USA is so uncivilized that he has to "carry", and be seen to carry.

[@smalltownrifleman]

You guys getting so worked up about a guy just carrying a handgun makes me wonder what you would think about if you needed one and didn’t have one.

[@DeeDos1484]

Better to have and not need, than need and not have. Engine failures happen, and they can happen over hog country

[@0markvari]

@@donp8389 I expect he carries it all the time, whether flying or not. No big deal. It's not the 2nd amendment, open carry folk that cause problems.

[@aussie6910]

Open carry to feel safe? Only in America. So glad I'm not there.

[@rampanttricky17]

would you like to comment on the following: I am highly (and positively) influenced by the "rise of woke culture" and would avoid labeling a prominent aspect of my property with symbols that could be seen as signaling an affinity for NAZI Era Iconography. Part of a model collection... yeah. Not my car, home, airplane, tractor, or clothing & accessories.

[@aussie6910]

Israelis carry guns to defend against their neighbours. Americans carry guns to defend against themselves. You are rotting from within & that is how you will fall.

[@sirclarkmarz]

Yeah, we're glad that you're not here too .

[@aussie6910]

@@sirclarkmarz Life in a bubble, choking on your own how great we are propaganda.

[@FritzKraut]

Why the hell is he carrying a gun at his belt???

[@Sodbusterrod]

It was his wife or the gun.

[@simonhughes-king]

@FritzKraut - Murica.

[@sirclarkmarz]

Because this is America and Texas is a constitutional carry state and it is our right to do so . I live in Oklahoma and we have the same situation here an armed society is a polite society .

[@Sodbusterrod]

@@sirclarkmarz Couple of questions then. That armed guy who shot my father was part of a polite society? All those unarmed parents teaching manners were really screwing things up?

[@sirclarkmarz]

@@Sodbusterrod couple of questions for you as well . Was the person that shot your father in a liberal blue state with strict gun control ? was the person that shot your father taught manners ? Do you think the person that shot your father would try to shoot this gentleman in Texas who has a pistol on his hip ? I live in Tulsa OK I've been approached by shady people on the street and in parking lots all it takes is to pull back my coat and show them my sidearm and they turn around and leave.