Polikarpov Po-2 Flight - Soviet "Night Witches"

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6 жыл бұрын

Kermit Weeks flies his Polikarpov Po-2 Soviet biplane on a beautiful afternoon. The plane, made primarily of wood, and fabric covered, was originally designed and built in the late 1920's as a training and light utility aircraft. In World War II they were used for liaison, light attack, nuisance raider and propaganda aircraft... complete with microphone and loudspeaker. The PO-2 is well known as a safe and reliable aircraft.
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@Ntmoffi 6 жыл бұрын

This thing looks so easy and gentle. Beautiful plane.

@johnferguson7235 6 жыл бұрын

Women pilots flew many different types of missions. Delivering aircraft from the factory to front line bases was one of the most important. The Po-2 was also used to deliver messages and medical supplies, low level reconnaissance and artillery observation, evacuation of wounded, weather observation, etc...

@user-ku6ot7yw1g 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for restoring the legendary Soviet aircraft with such love!

@dbaider9467 6 жыл бұрын

The girls who flew this plane did a lot of damage. The constant night attacks really affected the invaders moral.

@Whitpusmc 6 жыл бұрын

How impressive that undertrained and under equipped women would use whatever they had, however they had to to take the fight to the invader. All respect and honor to the night witches.

@user-rl4we5ur5p Жыл бұрын

Почему не достаточно обученные и плохо экипированные? Это всё сказки.

@ronrico4741 6 жыл бұрын

If Kermit does the flying for a Night Witches documentary, he does have the hair for it. Kermit you’re awesome.

@robertpowers6727 5 жыл бұрын

A recent book release (2019) “The Huntress” is about the Night Witches. Great read. It was great to see one of these planes flying. Thanks, Kermit!,

@thewoodster8607 4 жыл бұрын

Read it and really enjoyed it!

@Sometungsten 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the lesson! The airplane and Night Witch story are both new to me.

@Alex-Mouse 5 жыл бұрын

Hello !! Привет из России, спасибо вам, что храните историю !! Фильм "Небесный тихоход" 1945 года "Heavenly slug" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLyclKRmytPRcn0.html

@user-ul1pf7fh1c 4 жыл бұрын

RUS. Большое Вам Спасибо за самолёт и видео!!!!!! В лётных школах его называли "летающая парта".

@RTD1947 4 жыл бұрын

Never get tired of watching this era of flight!!!

@donaldholman9070 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful. Thank you.

@alyciamarrison2916 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! That is a beautifull sounding aircraft, lovely popping sound too, looks like she flies real smooth & slow? I'm amazed this aircraft really has some great charm to it maybe it feels like a good old first world war plane. Surely its incredibly hard to find parts especially for an engine of such an age? Thanks so much for making this video!

@Kranak8833 6 жыл бұрын

I came to FoF about 10 or 12 years ago and was allowed to take a lot of pictures of inside this panes cockpit as well as the exterior so it could be modeled into IL2 Sturmovik WW2 flight game. Wonderful plane with an outstanding history.

@brex50 4 жыл бұрын

I'm living vicariously thru Kermit Weeks.................just sayin..........

@Gendos_Iz_Tallina Жыл бұрын

Неужели я вижу живой По-2 ??? Вот спасибо Вам огромное за видео!

@robertoday5279 4 жыл бұрын

respect and honor to the night witchs

@Moggster23 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic aircraft, rugged simplicity.

@DRANDULETOS 5 жыл бұрын

Большое спасибо за фильм! Good luck! ))

@daviddorado5632 6 жыл бұрын

Love these vids. It's best when he does comprehensive workaround of the planes

@ryanmoeller3308 6 жыл бұрын

4:29.. Kermit yelling in excitement was so funny. Haha.. Keep up the great work gentlemen. It's awesome seeing these amazing machine's in the air. 👍👍👍

@m0ther_bra1ned12 6 жыл бұрын

This plane just looks like so much fun to fly. Its like a motorcycle with wings. XD

@matt-sn5lq 6 жыл бұрын

Nice job as always!!!!

@angelreading5098 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful to see you giving this unique biplane a dust off Kermit and it flies so nicely too,please do another from the cockpit with your Kermie cam !

@papa12213 6 жыл бұрын

A very nice and historic aircraft, god to think they faced Emil’s and 110’s in these things, incredible aircraft and one of my favourites when Kermit flys her.

@viktorpetukhov727 5 жыл бұрын

No, this was used in airspaces with no enemy - scout, night bomber, transport. The ones which faced germans were IL-16, MiG-3, Yak-1, Lavochkin La-3

@DeadBaron 6 жыл бұрын

FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL IN SILENCE, CAST THEIR SPELLS, EXPLOSIVE VIOLENCE....

@mattypusplatypus3340 5 жыл бұрын

🤘🤘🤘🤘

@aantonic 6 жыл бұрын

i know for sure there was one Po 2 in Slovenia few years ago, i saw it, it was in process of restoring

@user-xc9gl3hj8z 3 жыл бұрын

Спасибо большое!

@ulanarni8804 3 жыл бұрын

Super !!!

@MARKLOCKWOOD2012 6 жыл бұрын

Right cool 😎 Thanks for showing us.

@P61guy61 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome airplane! Thanks for preserving and sharing. That engine is music to my ears!!! You have a great channel! It sounds similar to a Kinner to me.

@harryb8945 6 жыл бұрын

I would love to be as lucky as you kermit by just owning one of these beautiful birds. However, I was lucky enough recently to receive a peace of fabric from an original P02, used by the night witches being restored by the shuttle-worth collection.

@joacotrida3968 6 жыл бұрын

Hermoso avión, saludos desde Argentina

@blackbirdpie217 5 жыл бұрын

It's an awesome plane I'd never known about before. Several interesting things about are of course the 5 cylinder engine, but also the look of the N- type Cabane struts, and when it's coming at you, you can see the inter-plane struts are splayed apart at the top, parallel with the Cabane struts. The dual cockpits are awesome as you could take a friend. Too bad they are rare, like most soviet creations it isn't really pretty but it looks like a lot of fun to fly.

@trisrush9155 6 жыл бұрын

Nice aircraft! Nice video, and nice hat - from right on my doorstep! Awesome as always KW!

@venzel-px8dy 2 жыл бұрын

Привет Кермит Уикс! Хочу поблагодарить Вас как пилота! Спасибо что даёте жизнь истории авиации!

@Carstuff111 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful plane, it is awesome to see something unique flying :)

@ColeAviation 6 жыл бұрын

😬You scared the CRAP out of me for one sec at 4:28. 🤣 AWESOME video! What a joy it must be to be able to fly this old bird. 👍🏼😁

@SulCoCrazy 6 жыл бұрын

Chad Cole ya.....what happened?

@slowpokebr549 6 жыл бұрын

What a sweetheart of a tractor engine.

@marchindy 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kermit

@Polaventris 6 жыл бұрын

These old WW2 airplanes are very cool as they are, but it is the history connected to them that makes them really special and worth preserving. Specially when they are still taken out and flown so people can really get an idea how they looked and sounded like.

@jengar6258 6 жыл бұрын

The Mightiest plane in War Thunder ;)

@henrydolan4109 6 жыл бұрын

This isn't a WW2 Aircraft...

@gregellis3859 6 жыл бұрын

The history of the Night Witches is from World War 2 and not World War One. They were from the 588th Bomber Regiment and they started in 1942. These airplanes were first built in 1927, after World War One so I guess you could say that it is technically a World War Two aircraft.

@jengar6258 6 жыл бұрын

at least it was used in WW2 ;)

@jimgariepy5844 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome flight!!! Love the old pipes. Hope to see you above the west lake Monroe area? 😎😎😎

@chucklamont9778 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful nice old (Russian) built bi-plane but then again I love the old Steadman too, you can't but love the old bi-plane regardless of who built em...

@my31and37 6 жыл бұрын

Hard to beat the sound of a radial at idle.

@buzzardvl8518 4 жыл бұрын

That sound!

@acengineer737 6 жыл бұрын

There's one at the shuttleworth collection in the uk kermit. Saw it fly last year

@Bryster51 6 жыл бұрын

Great to see it fly! Paul Allen's museum (Collection) has one here at Paine Field, Everett, Washington. Only seen it static.

@trainedwarrior502 6 жыл бұрын

Saw the very same one at an airshow on July 23rd, last year. Great day, IMO, seeing the Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat and F8F-2 Bearcat, multiple Vought F4U Corsairs, a North American B-25 Mitchell, a De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, a Grumman TBM Avenger and a Mitsubishi A6M Zero fly out.

@chucklamont9778 6 жыл бұрын

PS if alot of you viewer's if your close by, like I am here in Florida go to Kermit Weeks Fantasy of Flight over in Polk County, its near Lakeland you won't be disappointed....Kermit has the world's largest selection of flying vintage aircraft next to god, so-to-speak it makes one envious I assure you...

@MrGaborseres 5 жыл бұрын

Sweet 😁..... Loved it.....

@jimh.5286 6 жыл бұрын

Cool.

@nissansilviakouki 6 жыл бұрын

What a joy to watch, used to fly it on a videogame. Lufthansa retro on the back btw?

@ATMFoxtrot 5 жыл бұрын

I heard, one of these newly built flies in Surgut (Russia), privetly owned, based at a local airclub.

@chrispza 6 жыл бұрын

Strangely percussive engine noise -- definitely an infernal combustion engine. Like that sexy Constellation in the background, BTW.

@dbaider9467 6 жыл бұрын

The Constellation is, I agree, very, very, very beautiful.

@chrispza 6 жыл бұрын

How about the Bristol Brabazon or the Lockheed Electra? I have met your namesake, BTW; a very sprcial person!

@BCSchmerker 6 жыл бұрын

+KermitWeeksBlogVideos *What **_izdelie_** this Polikarpov-2?* The Arkadij Shvetsov 11 five-cylinder was one of the smaller radials manufactured and, as I understand things, needed several design changes in its two-decade production history.

@boyhowdy5893 6 жыл бұрын

nice

@aviationlife950 6 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic aircraft! One question, is the compressed air at the beginning used to turn over the engine? Keep up the videos!

@KermitWeeks444 6 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Snow_owl1966 6 жыл бұрын

Мой дорогой друг, ты сделал меня таким счастливым человеком, чтобы увидеть, что на самолете, как этот полет, я думал, что больше не осталось в мире. Я думаю, что ты самый счастливый человек в мире,

@KermitWeeks444 6 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your support. Keep watching.

@Snow_owl1966 6 жыл бұрын

kermit недель ангаре все мои мечты быть инженер, как мой отец был до меня он положил всеми людьми на Луну с кучей мужчин для Локхид Мартин и ваши музей awesomest я был там хотел, чтобы быть частью программы, который был там я хотел бы что-то, что я всегда, как если бы он имеет Крылья это драгоценных. Спасибо, что красивый равнина я рад, у вас есть она там сейчас я инвалидов просто хочет, чтобы вы знаете, что я сбила машина 2010 я надеюсь, вы будете здесь в течение длительного времени, Бог благословит вас

@manta1969manta 6 жыл бұрын

Glorious plane! How brave this girls who fight with germans on!

@odonovan 6 жыл бұрын

I tried to follow the link to the Kermie Cam video but only got a blank screen with a gray exclamation point in a circle where the video should be. By the way, this is the same video published on the "Fantasy Of Flight" channel on Oct 17, 2012.

@waynester71 6 жыл бұрын

Is she duel control.. is there a preference to which cockpit you fly? Such an evocative sound..

@user-nc9ky1ig4s 5 жыл бұрын

Now we can see Soviet planes overseas or in the KZfaq. 30 years of democracy have destroyed our country, together with the history and airplanes. Thank you for saving our planes and know our history.

@CraigLYoung 6 жыл бұрын

What are your plans for the PBY-5 I keep seeing in the background?

@kremlevprm 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for saving the history! Very, it is a pity that history aviation not retain in Russia. Two museums in poor condition across the country. Success to you!

@leviclark8096 6 жыл бұрын

Do a Kermie cam of an old Jenny!!

@TheTigerpilot 6 жыл бұрын

A two hole biplane being flown from the front seat looks a little odd lol. Do you have to carry weight in the rear when solo?

@user-se1zm6xf7y 6 жыл бұрын

very interesting channel. Like and subscription.

@lazyjackass77 5 жыл бұрын

That's a bobby dazzler for sure!

@BASSMANN2007 3 жыл бұрын

9 dislikes from former german rear army unit soldiers

@alfredenisz4775 6 жыл бұрын

I was told stories by a former SS soldier about the night harrassment that happened when they were on the Eastern Front.

@Karuiko 6 жыл бұрын

Does it have tail wheel steering, or are you just using the rudder out of habit from the P-51?

@KermitWeeks444 6 жыл бұрын

Tail wheel does steer.

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 5 жыл бұрын

@Kermit Weeks Hangar >>> Isn't a 2-place by plane that is flown by a single pilot from the front seat a rarity?

@MianCowell 6 жыл бұрын

Pity it's not got the machine gun in the rear cockpit like the one flown at Shuttleworth

@dylanmilne6683 6 жыл бұрын

Mian Cowell not all of the different types of Po-2 had them. Also even in combat roles they're usefulness at the time was debatable - especially against night fighters - the most likely thing it would do is give you away.

@Krapfelapfen 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful plane. Can someone tell me the difference of the Polikarov Po 2 and U 2 ? Or do I mix something up?

6 жыл бұрын

Florian H. The U2 is a glider with a jet engine built by Lockheed to fly high altitude spy missions.

@Krapfelapfen 6 жыл бұрын

Neil Anderson Thank you. I didn't ment the Lockeed U2. I had a Version of Polikarov in mind. I might be wrong. The Germans called it by many nicknames like "Nebelkrähe or Nähmaschine"

@sdpg_spad 6 жыл бұрын

No difference, the U-2 just got renamed into Po-2 after N.N. Polikarpov's death, to honor his contribution to Soviet aviation.

@Krapfelapfen 6 жыл бұрын

sdpg_spad Thanks a lot 👍

@MMitchellMarmel 3 жыл бұрын

Soviet Stearman. :D

@AIHurrell 6 жыл бұрын

Didnt these have some of the lowest stall speeds of any aircraft?

@kenjohnston8173 2 жыл бұрын

40 mph

@donaldholman9070 6 жыл бұрын

Sounded like my gas lawnmower engine.

@user-hy1zs7gx8k 2 жыл бұрын

Без комментариев!

@ohwell2790 6 жыл бұрын

Wearing googles in the slip stream of a running engine would keep your eyes wear they belong and your sight too!

@blueboats7530 6 жыл бұрын

That puny engine is so loud and annoying it's enough on its own to wake everyone up!

@kenwhite451 6 жыл бұрын

What a great piece of history see woman were at war/combat a long time before we decided it was right, any Bi wing plane talks to history, is anyone making new ones of any kind

@03vivel 6 жыл бұрын

Kermie cam

@KermitWeeks444 6 жыл бұрын

There is a Kermie Cam on the Polikarpov Po-2. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h9iXhduSytq6g4k.html

@03vivel 6 жыл бұрын

Kermit Weeks Hangar Thanks! You are the best!

@jonathanFX12 6 жыл бұрын

nice, sounds like a lawnmower

@EthanA1122 6 жыл бұрын

Not much of a step up from a JN4 "Jenny"...Hard to imagine that they threw these things at a WWII enemy!!!

@icebox1145 5 жыл бұрын

OP-2 STRONK

@officer-157- 6 жыл бұрын

Po-2 = 2-op

@radracer2033 6 жыл бұрын

This Russian plane sounds just like a big Russian truck

@dicemancolostrum7369 Жыл бұрын

Made in the USSR 😏🥂🍻

@JillesvanGurp 6 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJaqdc-cyrXPnYU.html Whoohooo! :-)

@trouble67551573 6 жыл бұрын

I see there are 5 dislikes (so far). Must be Nazis. LoL

@steve1978ger 5 жыл бұрын

perhaps they did not sleep well

@arnemagnus680 6 жыл бұрын

Haha Russian Potato bomber ..... /:#D

@mongolike513 6 жыл бұрын

🕤this is the plane that stole the presidency from killory! Just my opinion from Australia. Nice plane!

@YaZloiMedved 2 жыл бұрын

Вечная память и земля пухом всем тем, кто дал путевку в небо тысячам советских пилотов. И будь прокляты современные россиянские дерьмократы.

@lavrov3178 4 жыл бұрын

Всё продали. ИЛ-2 помните достали со дна озера? Продали уже. И-16 продали. МиГ-3 продали. Ну и ПО-2 за компанию. А в сериале "Истребители" кончелыжные макеты и компьютерная графика. Спасибо великой США за то что хранит историю страны, которая под руководством Пу Ти Ина встаёт с колен, вот уже больше 20 лет.

@toriyshaov2245 3 жыл бұрын

В России Ил-2 было 2. Один продали, один в стране. МиГ-3 - то же самое, в стране есть. По-2 тоже есть летающий, по крайней мере, в 2018-м ещё летал. Есть и реплики. И-16 есть, музей Задорожного выкупил у новозеландцев, ремонтировали в Новосибирске в 2019-м после неудачной посадки, не знаю как он сейчас. А Пу Ти Ина головного мозга пора бы и вылечить. Никто ни на каких коленях не стоял никогда.

@user-gs4kl9dn7b 3 жыл бұрын

@@toriyshaov2245 Простите, вы не в курсе, что происходит в России? Не знаете что страна находится в руках кучки бандитов и убийц?