Sunday, 20 October 2024

Virginia Beach Military Aviation Museum visit with Kermit Weeks - Avenger, Wildcat, PBY Catalina



A 'Kermie-Cam' tour around the MAM in Virginia Beach with facility director Keegan. A single click to view here..

" ..when you're in a hangar picking up a cool airplane, a lot of times there's some other interesting stuff in there.."







Messerschmitt 'bubble' car



TBM Avenger - "..a pussy-cat to fly but I forgot how heavy the ailerons were... [..].. what's amazing about it is how big it looks and how the small the engine is..(1600 hp)




"..this is our favorite as it was stationed here during the war..although there wasn't a town in Virginia Beach at that time.."  FM-2 Wildcat  (built by General Motors).

MAM PBY has been flying consistently for some 80 years...