PAUL ALLEN'S FLYING HERITAGE MUSEUM - Kermie Cam Tour - Part 1
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- During my big cross country trip in April of 2019, I was able to make a stop at the Flying Heritage Museum to see Paul Allen's impressive collection of planes and armored vehicles. Come along on this Kermie Cam adventure, and take the tour of the facility with me. It should be pretty interesting.
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The man giving Kermit that tour is fascinating. His passion for history just boils over. Given the chance and setting, I could listen to him speak at great length about acquisitions and history and about the museum.
Every museum needs a CZcams channel!
14:36 The Lanc that you have, as well as the Liberator, in Florida, were once part of my Family's collection, before things were broken up by a corrupt museum director. Thank you for giving them the best of care. The Spitfire in Mr. Allen's Collection is also one of our former birds, (AR-614) taken from the museum of Calgary while the owner was in Africa, trying to help people in Congo avoid more bloodshed and starvation. His kindness was rewarded by his entire collection being dispersed all around the world to other collectors by Peter D. Norman and others, with not a single dime coming back to the two people that spent their early lives saving them- my parents. Hats off to you all. Now, generations get to feel this powerful inspiration, and tangible, world-changing history.
Very interesting, Battlefind.
Battlefind Jesus,,,did they sue the guy ?
Kermit's head is filled to the limits with aircraft knowledge. No more room for that tank stuff.
Noticed. ;)
Just shows what can be done intelligent direction and sufficient funds. Well Done.
Apparently
Nice to see you here TFD, didn't know you were an airplane head like us - then again you do deal with the intricate aeronautics of projectiles so I guess it makes sense, maybe you just like pony tails.
I was fortunate to have met Paul Allen years ago, his love of aviation will live on in his excellent museum. Thanks for the tour Kermit
Always fascinating to see what a man with vision and money can achieve - even after his passing. You Kermit are thankfully still around!
This place is amazing and so are the people. Some of the vets who give the tours are amazing the stories and the history lessons are priceless !!!
A10
It's always a pleasure to watch Kermit's videos. It's a nice chance to virtually visit places that otherwise I could never visit.
One upmanship is pretty funny between you two. Very different styles.
Exactly! "Where'd that come from (cockpit display only)..... I've got the whole airplane. tee-hee-hee!"
I am in Phoenix. Near Falcon Field, Mesa. Where the wonderful Doug Champlain's Aircraft museum used to be. Mesa decided that this airport needed to be more commercial and the Museum didn't fit into their plans. (Damn them to hell!) I had been to it several times and then I chaperoned my oldest son's sixth grade class trip there. As I look back, it was my pleasure to escort a bunch of kids around and explain the various exhibits. A huge F4D was in the repair shop that day and the kids got a well led tour of it and spent a lot of time talking to a older guy who seemed to know some about F4's. As we walked away, our tour guide said in a low voice, "He flew that very plane in the Viet Nam war." The kids just stopped, turned back and looked. The guy waved to them. They ran back and surrounded him all talking at once. It was difficult to finish the tour after that. The guy got tears in his eyes and said, "I didn't think anyone cared any more." My son is 42 and still talks about that trip.
My thanks to all who still do care and keep this amazing history alive. (and especially you, Kermit.)
I *loved* that museum, Don. Went there many, many times. Great story! And it wasn't just a museum. It was a gathering place for pilots and war veteran pilots, as you note. And the story about their Focke Wulf restored in consultation with then living Kurt Tank....oh in the history in that place.
I also went to the Champlain museum with my dad around 1997. It was a great museum.
@@gtdrake50 Mr Champlin passed away not long after his Dora was restored again and sold to Paul Allen.
Great story Sir, I wish American kids were still that way :(
I know I was...
The one thing I have learned from Kermit's videos is that he has a passion to share and educate with total strangers. I for one appreciate it. Plus I like the way he say's "yeah, yeah, yeah" and "Good, good, good" a lot. Get a kick out of it.
Welcome to Seattle. This is a magnificent museum. Part 1 didn't even scratch the surface of what's here. 2 Flyable fw190, spitfire, mosquito, p47, p51, battle of britain BF109e. Its just stunning. But one thing it doesn't have is any WW1
planes. Which is why I want to see Fantasy of flight. Enjoy your videos but your tank comments are hilarious. "Is that a Sherman?" No that's a T-54. Can't wait for Tankfest! Thank you Paul Allen for all you did for Seattle, but most of all for creating and preserving this museum. Its a fantastic legacy, and worth every penny.
That guy has an awesome job
As a former M1A2 Abrams Tank Commander I chuckled a bit at the “must be a German tank” remark!
Good video though!
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My father was a member of the 2/19th Battalion 8th Division AIF, and was very fortunate not to be with the Battalion during the battle along the Bakri - Parit Sulong Road when numbers of these type 95 tanks (10 or 12) were destroyed by Australian antitank guns.
After holding back the Japanese Imperial Guard for about a week and virtually out of ammunition, food and medical supplies and with no possibility of relief and unable to proceed beyond the Japanese held bridge at Parit Sulong the survivors of the 2/19th and 2/29th Battalions had to leave their wounded behind and make their way out in small groups through the jungle.
The wounded and the medical staff who had stayed with them were bound with wire, machine gunned and burnt. This is known as the Massacre at Parit Sulong.
My father was wounded on Singapore either by a Japanese bullet or a bullet from an exploding ammunitions truck and was in a hospital when taken prisoner.
He was sent to the POW camp at Sandakan North Borneo and survived the Death March to the Extermination Camp at Ranau and escaped to become one of 6 to survive from a total of more than 2,400 Australian and British prisoners originally at Sandakan.
He passed away in 1997 but still speaks today on video in a specially dedicated area at the National War Memorial at Canberra.
Neil Anderson And thought the T 54 was a Sherman.
He wasn't so wrong he know history a litle more than you so he's well aware from where a lot of supposedly US high tech stuff come like rocket V2 - Saturn V, planes ME 262 & Horten 229, submarines, Ar 15, etc
but back to Abrams at least main gun is stil pure German
hodaka1000 i cant belive no one has commented on this but that is an amazing story.
Kermit, thanks to you and Adrian for sharing your time .
Hey Kermie, do these museum directors put chains through the wheels of their aircraft when they see you coming? lol :P
They run around hanging little not for sale signs on everything lol.
🤣👍🏼
They put red flags on them that say, do not remove for flight Kermie!
Haha
this man loved everything from planes to finding shipwrecks with his M/Y Octopus
Great Walk thru KERMIE. I work just a few miles from Paine field and I will be taking my son's to this museum this Summer such a cool place that Paul Allen has created. RIP Paul Allen. 🙏🙏😎
WOW!! What a brilliant place. If I didn't live in England I would probably spend most of my time there... as it is we have RAF Cosford about 40 miles away and that's where we get our slice of heaven!! Can't wait for part 2 AND the Rata acquisition as well....
We just visited the Flight Heritage Museum this afternoon. It’s a well put together collection. Thanks for letting us know about this gem of a museum.
The Nuclear Bomb exhibit impressed me the most because I loaded B57’s on F-111A’s, D’s, and F’s from 77 to 86! Because I’m a relatively big guy, it was a BIG pain to load the weapons bay! Glad to see the fin protection covers (made of rubber) and the fiberglass nose cone used. Only because those devices weren’t removed until the gadget was swayed in and loaded secure.
Glad to hear that this will be preserved!!! Superb
fan-freakin-tastic with this. Keep the Kermie cam and mechanic corner videos coming. We absolutely love them!
Really interesting video, thanks for sharing. What a great collection and beautifully displayed too. I'll add this to my bucket list along with Fantasy of Flight. Planning to come Stateside next year. Regards from the UK.
Jon IF you visit this collection a couple of suggestions, visit and take the tour of the Boeing wide body plant right there at the same airfield, and go the 30 miles south to Seattle and visit the museum of flight, south end of Boeing field and yes there is a British Airways Concorde on display along with a huge number of other interesting aircraft. You can Google "Museum of Flight, Seattle" and see an individual discusstion of all the aircraft there !!!
@@wilburfinnigan2142 Many thanks for the suggestions and tips. I'll be sure to add them to the itinerary. We toured on a couple of rental Harleys a few years back and had a wonderful fourteen days living the dream, we're planning a somewhat longer vacation next time around so saving hard to make it happen. Thanks again for your suggestions and for taking the time to reply.
@@jontisdall6248 You are welcome !!! I have been to the museum of flight in Seattle many times over the years and it is great. Never did do the Boeing tour but talked to many that have and they say it is very interesting, Watch the 747 767 777 777X 787's being assembled and flight tested from that very same airport as the Flying Heritage collection is located. Paul Allen, who was the co founder of MicroSoft with Bill Gates, is the owner of flying Heritage but he died last summer and I was glad to hear he had it set up so it will continue. Paul also owned the Seattle Seahawks NFL football team and the Portland trailblazers, NBA team.
Fly the piloted V2 that's next to it haha! That's cool that's the first one I've seen in a museum! Maybe if I'm ever back over I'll pop in!
The Japanese tank (that Kermit thought was a WW1 tank) is exceedingly rare.
Beautiful museum it should be a high school graduation requirement with a multiple choice testing at the end of the tour !!!!
Very cool museum, thanks for sharing it with us 👍🏻🇦🇺
Great stuff thanks for sharing Kermie
The B25 bomb bay is superb
Fantastic “money no object” attention to detail on the restorations - looks like they even got the color on the Fat Man bomb correct - the one at the Air Force Museum somehow got painted Insignia Yellow.
Felt honored to bring my father (WWII vet)to this museum before he passed.
Great visit, thanks for sharing. The causes of war part seems quite interesting and different from other museums.
I definitely need to see this museum. Very, very impressive.
Thanks Kermit ,fantastic collection of planes.👍👍👏👏
Glad you visited our neck of the woods once more!
Very nice! You parked in our motorcycle spot! It's OK, though... Did you see the Stuka? They actually are painting it in the factory original desert colors, then will paint over that with the Norway campaign colors. Also, they are putting together a Me 262, and it'll have the original Jumo 210 engines! Classic!
That is a really impressive museum! I got to meet Art Urin there he's a B-17 waist gunner. Great guy and very impressive museaum.
Great video of a great museum. I'll be sure to put it on my list of museums to visit.
Awesome collection... looking forward to the expansion of Fantasy Flight .....
What a fantastic museum!
That FW 190-D .. beautiful lines :)
What a fascinating and well laid out museum,the infrastructure must have cost a small fortune to build up,also the contents are amazing,Paul Allan must have been a very energetic collector and the museum just exudes energy.
This .Was. Wonderful. Start to finish..."Oh, my...Wow...Seriously? "And on and on...
Great visit Kermit - look fwd to part 2. That place is amazing - incredible how much has been invested.
It is very neat to visit a museum that flies their aircraft. My family and I got to see the museum receiving, I believe, the White Knight, a few years back. A very cool experience. A couple of years later, we were treated with the engine(s) startup just outside the roll up of the museum on a dh mosquito. Got to see it take off as well.
Amazing, quality content, provided yet again by the 'Ambassador of Flight'. Thank you Kermit!!!
Thomas Ferebee was my old bosses uncle, (mother's brother), also the bombardier on the Enola Gay. He had lots of Enola Gay memorabilia signed all over his office. Never thought much of my boss, (who does), but was always impressed with his Uncle and his memorabilia :-)
Looking forward to Pt.2
Another great video, gotta love Kermit's energy - no matter where he is, or who he is talking to!
You would not believe how much I love you're videos. You always have excellent content.
Thank you for these great videos , keeping these machines alive , and the story , men that flew them ,
Wow, I never realized that Paul Allen was such an enthusiast. Sad he passed but this just adds to his already respectable legacy.
I became aware of what he was doing slowly. So sad he passed away. I was wondering what would happen to all the things he was doing. Great to hear he arranged it all.
I've been enjoying his collection for over ten years now, getting out to film the planes flying as much as possible. What a treasure.
Once covid has been defeated I would love to take a trip down to Washington to see this museum thank you Kermit and Flying Heritage Museum for the wonderful preview.
What a fantastic place.. I love air museums.. If I’m not home, you’re most likely to find me at Hendon air museum or Duxford here in the UK.. both are like 2nd homes to me, I never get bored visiting..
And Kermit... You’ll live forever my friend 😉
J'attend avec impatience la Partie 2 de cette visite, j'aime bien l'esprit de Paul Allen qui a basé son musée sur l'éducation, apprendre aux nouvelles générations que cette partie du
XX ème siècle a été très importante pour la suite!
Kermit il faut un grand frère au ¨Polikarpov et un IL2 serait parfait!! ;-))
Thanks so much Kermit for sharing this marvelous experience with us.
Great info and insight!
that place is truly awesome, near my home, we go there often
What a Fantastic Video ! God Bless Paul Allen 👍 , Wishing you a safe and entertaining drive back to Florida, Kudos to You Kermit 👍😀
You always have amazing expositions. Tremendous video, if I lived in the Northwest I would definitely visit museum: fascinated by interactive programs on causes of war. You provide a tremendous service releasing these videos, especially restoration updates, amazing man.
Thanks a lot for sharing this Kermit.
Guess we'll have to wait till part 2 to get a look at that Longnose 190.
Very interesting museum.
Great collection!
The museum docents are awesome at this museum.
Oh man I hope o eventually get the chance to visit this amazing collection! Thanks for the tour!
I worked in the building outside your van window for a couple of years on the kc46 tankers and during afternoon walks got to see many of the war birds outside for engine starts and flights
Fascinating tour, I gotta visit now...
I witnessed the restoration process of the ME 262 for years and it's first test flight, one beautiful aircraft. I believe the ME 262 is still at the museum today.
They haven't flown their 262 yet. Maybe now they won't ever at this rate.
Absolutely awesome museum.. Thanks a lot for sharing this Kermit.
Looking forward to the expansion of Fantasy Flight
Yep Kermit schooling the Museum curator on his own planes. Love it!
I wish I had more time to spend on the "Conflict" simulators. I work in aerospace and science, so I'm biased about the potential outcomes, but the museum has put a lot of thought into this exhibit. It's not designed for grade schoolers, unless you have a brilliant child. I recommend that adults sit down at the console's and take their turn at saving the world. I cant wait to get back up there and try it with my kids who are now in college.
This great. We plan to visit Fantasy of Flight during Sun N Fun this year.
If it doesn't have wings Kermit has no idea what it is or where it came from, a skud missile "oh it's US"
Top notch tour Kermit,,,, thanks pal.
Great video! I heard you mention Scott Crossfield in your video. You could have stopped by the airport that he soloed out of on your way home. It is located between Seattle and Portland at the Chehalis-Centralia Airport (KCLS).
Very interesting video, next time I’m up in that part of the country will have to checkout
Thanks for sharing
-Brad
That causes of war wall is pretty impressive!
Thanks for it!
Was there for 2 years ago ,Just Amazing
I love this museum and its flying days such a treat to have up here in the PNW, but man I wanna goto FL and see Fantasy of Flight so bad!
Very interesting Museum, when he was talking about the Manhattan Project it made me think of the original owner of my 55 Dodge, when I bought the car he told me about the work he did in oak ridge tn on the Manhattan Project, his name was Walter Reigh and he was an engineer
great video well made
I got to meet him once really nice guy to bad the museum is now gone
Hello Kermit, love all your videos and look forward to seeing what projects your working on. As a Kiwi I wish we had both you and your collection here in New Zealand, well it's wishful thinking but a Fantasy of Flight in NZ would be so awesome. In my view a Fantasy of Flight would complement War Birds shows in Wanaka South Island which is very popular. Thanks for sharing your passion of bringing to life history.
Hay Kermie those guys have a stuka in a shed some where not far from a test flight , ask em if you can take it for a spin !
Part 2?
+Hugh Johnston The Stuka is a long ways from any test flight. They are barely started installing the electrics and systems. And the engine has not been tested yet.
@@FiveCentsPlease next June the thing will be displaying !
@@hughjohnston The timeline from the museum seems optimistic, but we will see.
@@FiveCentsPlease I have a long journey if I want to see it fly from Manchester England .
Been there. The collection us awesome.
Hello from england really great just amazing love how it's all laid out been to duxford love all the aircraft so much detail
Good to see an Englishman running a museum in the US
Well thank Christ! I know about as much as Kermit does about airplanes, but have him beat hands down on armoured vehicles. Just need a Great Lakes tanker full of cash now LOL.
Excellent, good , good, good video!
LMAO Kermit "Scud, I think I used to date one of those!"
Scud, parked right close to a Stug.
I am fortunate enough to live fairly close to Paine Field in Everett, WA where the Flying Heritage Museum is located. I have been to visit several times prior to Paul Allen's death. I am overdue to visit again.
Again, great vid. Thanks for your time.
So cool thanks for the tour
Wow, amazing collection!
Been a few years but absolutely worth the visit, afterwards a tour of Boeing Everett plant,
Get one of the staff to show you around, each aircraft has a mind blowing story behind it truly the rarest of rare,
The all original 190 found in Russia is tops and only around because of a secretly placed piece of oily rag.
Great Kermie Cam! Very cool inside the museum where every time the camera turns to a different angle and there's something else amazing coming into frame.
22:48 Adrian: We have some real nuclear weapons we can show you in a minute...
Kermit: Ohhh-great!
wish i wasnt an ocean away, would be really neat to visit these museums, P.S. that mirror effect with the nuke i really clever
Awesome museum.