Benoist Project - Building Benoist Wing Panels
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Channel: Kermit Weeks Channel - Over 490 Videos to See! · 2017 · Entertainment
First Published on September 13, 2012 Fantasy of Flight's wood and fabric specialist, Ken Kellett gives a September 2012 progress update on the building of the Benoist reproduction. The reproduction is being built for Kermit Weeks to fly on January 1st, 2014, the 100 year anniversary of the original Benoist airboat inaugural commercial flight between St. Petersburg and Tampa Florida. That first flight took place on January 1st, 1914. Subscribe with link above for notification of future Kermit Weeks videos. Follow Kermit on Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/KermitWeeks Watch all the other Kermit Weeks videos and Kermie Cam's here... http://www.youtube.com/user/KermitWeeksBlogVideo