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	<description>Change yourself . . .   and you change the World!</description>
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		<title>How I acquired the Howard Hughes Sikorsky S-43!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?p=5357</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last November ended a very long quest to acquire a very rare and valuable Sikorsky S-43 that was originally owned by Howard Hughes!  Howard purchased it in 1937 to fly around the world in an attempt to set a new record.  Unfortunately, CAA approval delays, the onset of WWII, and the arrival of a faster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archiving my Past!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?p=5323</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 02:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kermit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fantasy of Flight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For about a year now I have been working with an archivist I hired to try and organize all the stuff I&#8217;ve saved over the years including; pictures, trophies, artifacts, clothing, etc. One of the great finds were in slides my father had taken when I was a little kid that I had NEVER seen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airshow Flying in England!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?p=5200</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kermit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Albatros D-Va]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently had the opportunity to fly a beautiful Albatros reproduction in the Shuttleworth and Duxford Airshows just outside of London. My good friend Gene DeMarco from TVAL (The Vintage Aviator Limited) invited me to fly it while he flew an Re-8.  His boss Peter Jackson had them both built for an undisclosed trade with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Sikorsky for the Collection!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?p=5100</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kermit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky S-38]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am very fortunate to have recently acquired an airplane I&#8217;ve had my eyes on for a number of years . . . a Sikorsky S-38! This particular airplane was built up by Buzz Kaplan and Born Again Restorations in Owatonna, Minnesota with an original upper wing and original tail booms.  They had previously built [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spirit of Lindy goes on Sale!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?p=5063</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kermit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fantasy of Flight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently got the shipment of my first printing (5000 copies) of my new illustrated children&#8217;s book The Sprit of Lindy just in time to sell them at the Reno Air Races! The new book includes characters from my first book All of Life is a School and two new ones &#8211; a Dehavilland Mailplane [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lockheed Vega heads off for Restoration!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?p=4963</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kermit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fantasy of Flight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lockheed Vega]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Something recently told me to get my Lockheed Vega flying!  I&#8217;m not sure where the message came from but it seems like a great idea! I purchased the Vega from Dave Jameson, several months after Hurricane Andrew ripped the Miami Weeks Air Museum apart on August 24, 1992.  I must have been feeling sorry for myself?  :-) While digging out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation C-47 – Mission Complete!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?p=4863</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kermit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Douglas C-47]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fantasy of Flight]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This last April, it was finally time to bring our Douglas C-47 home and finish the trip that started last summer in southern England.  We recently completed a new storage facility that allowed us to make some room and get it inside.  I grabbed some of the crew from last summer and headed north to Oshkosh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Light that Spark Within!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?p=4675</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 23:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kermit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fantasy of Flight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my mechanics recently found a really old spark plug in our spare parts that was apparently made by the &#8220;Wizard&#8221; Spark Plug Company.  He brought it to one of our aircraft meetings and presented it to me because of the &#8220;Wizard of Orlampa&#8221; title of a DVD years ago that&#8217;s for sale in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Super Flight in a Superfortress!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?p=4687</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 20:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kermit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boeing B-29]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently got the opportunity to fly the Commemorative Air Force&#8217;s Boeing B-29 Fifi from Lakeland, FL to Tallahassee!  It was my third flight in a B-29 and my second flight in Fifi.  I had the opportunity to fly Fifi the first time when I was bringing my B-25 Mitchell Bomber home from California and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Pitcairn Autogiro Arrives!</title>
		<link>http://blog.kermitweeks.com/?p=4746</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 11:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kermit</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fantasy of Flight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our 1932 Pitcairn Pa-18 Autogiro has finally arrived from a Museum in Ohio and is now on display at Fantasy of Flight!  It&#8217;s powered by a 90 hp Kinner engine and has a maximum speed of about 95 mph. I had seen this aircraft first at Oshkosh several years ago and then after the Sun &#8216;n [...]]]></description>
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