For me, this is the most perfect aircraft ever designed. British needs and American manufacturing made a deadly and beautiful weapon.

I have only been to the EAA show once at Oshkosh, 2013 or so. In 1986 my wife & I were in Ft. Collins, Colorado at CSU where she used to work. She was in visiting her former co-workers & I stayed out in the car. I heard the engine and then spotted a P-51D doing a low pass over the school. I ran inside the school all excited that a P-51 was flying overhead, my wife & her friends were it's no big deal. So I went back out to watch it as long as I could.

This was more informative than anything I've seen on any documentary about the P-51 as far as the actual aircraft and not it's exploits. Thank you so much for sharing.

Never seen a more in-depth walkthrough of a P-51. This is great!

The P51D has always been and always will be the plane of my dreams

The BEST war plane ever made....! Beutiful on the ground or in the air...! Love to get a ride in one b4 I check out...! Thank u 4 sharing ....truly enjoyed all 3 videos...! U did a beutiful, flawless job restoring this plane....! its no wounder its a 2 time winner....!

This airplane holds a very special place in my life as I had my first every warbird flight and first ever aerobatic flight in it when it was owned by John Shaffhausen in May 1977. We flew into Fairchild AFB for an open house day and were the star attraction. Before landing we did a 0 altitude pass down the runway with B-52s and KC-135 flicking past in our peripheral vision and then pulling up into a chandelle at the end. I hollered out loud with sheer joy to be able to experience that at age 20. One of the highlights of my life, but just the first of many such experiences. Give her a pat on the flanks for me Kermit.

That is a gorgeous airplane. Preddy's mount was the most beautiful Mustang of all.

getting the opportunity to see a P-51 up close on Saturday, watching so I know what I am looking at when I see the details.

What a great service, at this time of National shut in. Thanks again Kermit.

Man I appreciate his passion. You can tell this is a true love. Super cool.

I want a flight in that beautiful bird! I did get to experience a flight in "Betty Jane" in 2015, the P-51C that the Collings Foundation used to take on their tour but have since retired. That was an incredible experience, especially when I got to take control of the stick! It was a major bucket list item for me! BUT, the D model is my love, I want a flight in it!

You're a legend Kermit. Kind regards from Australia!

New subscriber retired US Marine and I love your P-51c and this p-51D..and it is a pleasure flying with you..I always wanted to be a fighter pilot..because I felt that I would have owed the sky's as a MARINE Aviator ...But I guess the good Lord said no..I want you TO OWN the ground..MARINE..and so I did..but flying with you...is Beyond words...AND,I TRULY THINK YOU..😊👍👍👍👍👍 And love your pre flight checks because I learn so much from you.about these aircraft..and can truly tell that you love to fly..and share..your love...the only thing that I dislike..are those interrupting commercials... But I truly love the war birds.. The mustangs, the spirit fires , the F-86 sabre, the F4u corsair, the famous de Haviland mosquito..and others..

It's so beautiful!!!! The best fighter plane of all time!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thanks so much. My dad was a P-51 pilot in Italy during the war, and I've always been fascinated by the plane. It's great to get all of the details about how it works.

Beautiful aeroplane and in my view probably the best looking of the war.A close second was the DH Mosquito !. Good luck to all from the UK.

Kermit: Its truly amazing... for you to take your time and energy to share these wonderful things with so many that would never have this opportunity. I cant you how much I appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Must be simply great being able to say; "thinking of doing a Kermie Cam with the Mustang today". I can just barely drive a car. Especially like the additional question/remark "what do you think"? Well ... YES PLEASE ;-)

I saw Kermit flying that ages ago. Awesome

It is Ingenious to add springs there! That mod is likely from someone's gear-up incident ? The Ramp tugs once dragged my Navion w. brakes set- which broke a link, causing no uplock departing CorpusChristie. Had to land and remove doors, then fly gear-down to Tulsa....so glad my gear didn't get stuck in the well. I may do a similar retract spring. Thanks

I like that metallic sheen. Great Airplane. Wow a Tale warning Radar...didn t know that. Also the Weapons bay...very intressting

Utterly stunning, what a beautiful aircraft, love the blue and bare metal combination. It remains a very classy act and testimony to design excellence. It must have felt so special back in the 1940's. Thanks for showing me round.

Thanks for sharing something most of us would never get to experience. Here in Martinsville, Indiana lived two former members of the blue nosed bastards squadron. Ed Williams was one members name who passed about five years ago now, great guy and friend.

Hello Kermit! Very interesting video: The first time i could see where the mg ammunition is positioned! And other things too... Waiting for part 2 & 3.

Gorgeous airplane. Really clean wheel wells. I spent my youth cleaning oil and dirt out of aircraft wheel wells so I appreciate the effort needed to keep them looking like that. Thanks very much for showing us around.

Nice to see that "Ron's Mustang" is in good hands and still flying. This has brought many good childhood memories of seeing this iconic fighter being original restored in the 1960's. Much remembered were the first start of the Merlin engine after many years stored in the open (under a tarpaulin). Then watched it takeoff at Harewood into a hot Nor'west wind...

Great movies of kermit weeks, especially for our model builders for the details and background information

Sill has guns that work. Wonderful plane.

the Kermie Cam is back in town - very much appreciated

George Preddy spent some time in Australia, before ending up in Europe. After a serious mid air collision with a friendly P-40 in the Northern Territory, where he bailed out and was seriously injured (other pilot was killed) Preddy spent some time in hospital in Melbourne Australia, where he formed a relationship with one of his nurses (he never saw her again). Anyway the phrase 'Cripes A' Mighty' comes from the Australian 'slang' for 'Christ All Mighty'. It isn't used much anymore.

Oh. My. Gosh! She's not just an airplane, but she also is a real beauty! The Mustang is my favorite propeller airplane. The peak of evolution of propeller-driven fighter airplanes. I envy you for the fact that you can have that experience with her each day. :-) Thanks for this video.

Excellent walkaround. Beautiful aircraft. 💕P51D mustang. Thank you for part 1. 👏

I am sure that Maj Preddy would have been delighted to see his livery still flying the American skies he defended with his very life. What a gorgeous Mustang and love all the detail in your videos. Bravo.

Beautiful plane in fabulous condition. All the surfaces, spars, lines, valves and whatnot in the wheel wells are spotless. Incredible to think how old the plane is!

Great Video, especially the history and background of George Preddy. It is great to remember our fallen warriors and the sacrifices performed for us and our Country. The plane is amazing and your overall presentation of it gives so much in-depth facts in one place. Great for modelers such as myself and others who build scale models. Thanks!

okay... so this was two years ago...but it hits my heart! this is so great...

What a gem ....

I immediately halted everything I was doing and put on my headphones when I saw you posted a new video. The P-51 is my all-time favorite plane! I LOVE your videos(especially Kermie Cams!) and your dedication to your passion. Thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us.

Kermit, We are so much alike. We both have collected & owned the same rare WWII aircraft. The only difference being mine were plastic models and yours are the real macoy. 😂

Kermit you are a blessed man and I can not thank you enough for sharing your passion with us. 25 and just bought a P-51 man that had to be surreal.

Beautiful Airplane.

I have much appreciated your display and willingness to educate aircraft enthusiasts like myself. Thank you!!

Fantastic machine with amazing stories about the pilot, but with a tragic end. Kermit, thank you so much for uploading . Looking forward to parts 2 and 3.

It has to be very cool flying in a living piece of history like this beautiful aircraft. The Mustang has always been my WW 2 Favorite.

Kermie, you are a legend! this is my favourite WW2 aircraft along with the 'Mossie' (well i am a Brit from the |UK!) Yes Of course I love the spitfire which in the Mk9 variant was the spit at it's best but the P51 or 'Mustang' as we Brits originally named it was, with the Me262 undoubtedly the best world war 2 Fighter! (And to claim a little bit of fame as we Brits seem to be told we did nothing in the war) it has, of course the ubiquitous Rolls Royce designed Merlin V12, even though Packard built the Mustangs version, it is still a merlin as you can tell by its beautiful engine Note...This is 'Showroom' condition, straight out of the Factory and you gotta be the proudest guy in the world to own this (and other) beautiful examples of WW2 aircraft! Will your Mosquito ever fly again? and How's the Tempest project coming along? Visited the USA (Florida) about 10 years ago but did not have the time to get to see your collection which was a shame as now I have been ill health retired with spine injury (ex Paramedic) and now will never get that chance again..But the magic of the Internet and your brilliant and very very good and tremendous (sound like |Trump there!) 'walk arounds', mean that I can almost hear the engines, smell the Oil and exhaust..Please keep doing these, they really make life so much better for those who are not able to do the things they once could (like visit such a place as 'Fantasy of Flight!

I sure hope you bring that beauty to the next cherry point airshow

This plane is eye candy, not to mention the exceptional performance of this aircraft, it's also hard to believe that New Zealand (where I'm from) ordered 370 of these.

Beautiful ship.

A great walkaround. Cool to watch this fantastic aircraft in every aspect. Should be interesting if there where any film, out there, how they made them from the very begining, like a factory tour from earely days.

Yes thank you for the video, I love these walkthroughs of the aircraft!

Finally a new Kermycam!! Fantastic! I love the detail and history you bring, thanks.

Im totally in love with that aircraft. And it's so beautyful to see how much you love and enjoy her. I wish to fly one of those some day. great videos!!

Man what a gorgeous machine! Thank you for sharing your plane and time with us.

Another great walk around. Interesting to see the preflight checks. A beautiful plane but a tragic story of the pilot. Thanks Kermit.

Soooo great. I love this plane!!!! Great video Kermit

Did great job on the P-51 history.

Best looking fighter of that era. You ae a lucky man having so many cool toys.

Well. THAT, was a bit of actual education! Now I know what the back end of the 3x .50-cals actually look like in there, as well as the guts of what's actually going on inside that fabled less-than-zero-drag radiator scoop/duct. I've seen a lot of various warbird videos in my day. Not very often I actually learn something tangibly new about the inner workings of the machine in question!

That's one COOL' fighter plane...✌👍

thank you very much For all this information of your device the mustang Beautiful pre-flight tour of all the plane a full tour Explain in detail thoroughly

Kermit Weeks...had you done your memories about your extreme wonderfull life with aircrafts??? You i guess living your dreaming, much would be tell to us fans or everybody who are intrested in aviation, and especially "work" what you are doing as aviation history in all the including systems and everything...yourself you are a living museum and everything around you 🙏🏻👍🏻

Loved these videos. My Dad flew Mustangs off Iwo escorting bomber missions over Japan. He is gone now and I often find myself wishing I had asked him more about his war experience. But watching these videos give me a clear sense of what was Dad's life for a couple of years as he flew what I guess amounted to record single seater flights up to Japan and back. All those guys were heroes...

Amazing Kermit! can't wait for the other parts!

This is high quality stuff ! I dont think I ever seen any pilot that take a tour around the P51 Mustang then actually take off after. Feel exciting ! it's like you are part of this great history.

Thank you for a great tour of an iconic warbird!

Such an extraordinary aircraft and this video highlights how far ahead of their time they were. I would have loved to have seen the day when when the German fighter pilots defecated in their flight suits when the Bomber Escorts didn't turn around due to fuel limit. Commonwealth Aircraft (CAC) in Australia had the only other license to build the Mustang during WW2 and are always a pleasure to watch at airshows down here. Looking forward to clip 2 and 3. I doubly looking forward to the completion of the Boomerang in coming years.

I miss the Kermie cam stuff!! This is awesome!!

Very interesting, love the D model, thank you Kermie !!!

Thank you for these videos. It's absolutely amazing to watch these. I left a comment asking for this in the "P-51C Mustang - Part 1" video about 4 years ago. Never lost my hope :D

Hey, it's still got its invasion stripes, that's neat.

First off, what a beautiful aircraft and how you have not only maintained it but bettered it is amazing! !! Really enjoyed the rides,,,could really feel the wind holding me up. One question did come up on your walk around and stayed with me until I could talk to an aeronautical engineer about it. Trim tab on the rudder is designed to put more pressure when left rudder is put in to compensate for the thrust of the prop....always easier to turn right because of it. The negative pressure put on the left turn evens out the pressure on the pedals so that the pilot gets the same feeling going left or right. Learn something new every day! Really into this plane and just completed a Tamiya 1/32 scale of it with aluminum foil. Decales came with a pamphlet of George's 3 P51s and eyewitness reports of his wingman and ground personnel when he was shot down. Very interesting. Have photos of model if interested. P.S. I like how you put your money to good use...those planes and your memory will live on and on and on!!!! Way to go.

Such a joy to watch, listen and learn

Let me go with you, please. Can't wait for part 2.

Thanx Kermie... Missed you and your amazing vids... You always answer all me questions before I think to ask 'em... looking f'ward to the next installment... cheers

So glad I found this channel in my suggestion box. This is amazing content, for us propeller heads.

Simply outstanding! Thanks Kermit!

Great video as always, can't wait till the next one :)

Your videos are AWESOME! Thank you, I love WW2 fighters and I love learning about them. I have never seen a video explaining things as good as you have. Keep em coming!

Beautiful plane! Thanks for the great walk around.

Thank you Kermit!

Thank you for posting. This was really enjoyable. The details are interesting.

Whoever made that tool for everything is genius.

Thanks for more insight into these beautiful machines. I learned more intricate details about the D Model than ever! Cool looking into the intake and how the.50 cals are loaded. Thank you, sir!

Thanks for another great Kermie Cam! I still have the issue of Air Classics when John Schaffhausen owned this Mustang.You have it looking better than ever!

Love the "Connie" in the background too.

Landing gear bay !! Thanks.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

love the videos Kermit, keep it up!

Thank you for sharing these videos, awesome!

These videos are the best. Never gets old.

What a great videos you make. All these informations are priceless. Thank you.

This man is a legend I would do anything to be him and I mean ANYTHING

Part of the 'Blue Nose Bastards of Bodney', Bodney, Norfolk, England. Not 10 miles from my home. Bless 'em all.

Thanks Kermie for sharing and the insight on this great machine, looks like it has been meticulously cared for unlike the war years where they were most likely operated in the mud and dirt also like all the quick disconnect panels for fast ammo loading and turn around time designed in a more contentious time of kill or be killed with 20something pilots risking it all in a foreign land.

I really enjoyed this walk-around. Thanks!

Loved your flight in P51C and I was dreaming of a flight in p51D so you did it ! Thank you so much :)

love your walk arounds

My Opinion... "Cripes A' Mighty 3rd" is the most beautiful "D" Model Mustang Flying today. I am lucky enough to have seen it a couple of times. It is no wonder it was a 2 time Grand Champion. Thanks Kermit for continuing the Kermie Cam series. Always enjoy them! Do you have another "Grand" entrance planned for EAA again this year?? Last year's would be hard to beat...

Thank you Kermit!!! love the videos and the P-51

Awesome. My favourite plane. Thanks.