Replica "America" Flight September 2008 Keuka Lake NY
Uploader Comments (angelica14709)
All Comments (17)
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it would be a blast to fly this. i just love the sound of the engines
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Thanks for posting! An unfathomable amount of work here- INCREDIBLE! I remember poking around the corners of the Curtiss Museum as a kid- was it at the old library on Sheather Street?- and sitting in the "Oriole" there. Eventually, I think someone put their foot through the wing, yikes! Had to have been over 30 years ago. Also recall Mercury building the June Bug replica and flying it in '76.
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really nice sound, good to hear what this plane sounded like in 1914. This is nice built to exact specifications like the 1914 original. Too bad Curtiss couldn't give it an Atlantic attempt in 1914, it might have been crossed when Lindbergh was still a juvenile. Nice vid!
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What a lovely looking [and sounding] aircraft , great vid mate .
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Magnificient work.. congratulations!!
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Did you notice the change in sound as it dropped into the water at 2:32.
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Sweet video! Thanks for posting. I wonder what single engine performance would be like?
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The great reward to years of very hard work....way to go guys !!!!!
What year was this airplane produced? Sweet bird for sure.
tuutuutango 3 years ago
This video gives a full explanation "Seaplane America Clips 2007/2008" copy and paste the words into the youtube search box.
angelica14709 3 years ago
Great Event & a great plane! Kudos to all who had a hand in bringing this to life. I do have to agree though, an event this grand mandates the need of a tri-pod. If you can run a camera, a tri-pod is easy.
tubefan357 3 years ago
Blake, Thanks for your comment, the focus is on the airplane. If you can run a camera on a tri-pod in a rocking boat with other photographers at 120x zoom? LOL if you read my youtube bio I really am a simpleton who needs to quit drinking. I asked the Curtiss Museum for $500,000 to set up cameras just like they do for a F1 race and damn they turned me down, so you are stuck with my hand held Sony camcorder and my decision to not edit the shakey parts out. Freebies leave you wanting more, sorry.
angelica14709 3 years ago
"Avid Experimental Aircraft" (on YouTube)
95% handheld.
I even shot the floatplane handheld from speedboat, standing up... It can be done, but it ain't easy.
tuutuutango 3 years ago
Forest, thank you for your service in Nam. Why did you disable your ratings? By the way I am very happy with this video, it's history now and I don't profit from it. It's not straight up advertising like posting your video here.
Don
angelica14709 3 years ago