Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Monday, March 21, 2011

"What a Fucking Ride!"

A writer for "Air & Space" takes a ride in a B-25.


$500 and you can have the same fun. If you want more, you can get a second-in-command rating for a B-25 for $5,000. And if you are really flush with cash, you can get a full type-rating.
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6 comments:

Nangleator said...

Beautiful image. Enviable hobby.

Wear impressive ear protection, though. Those props aren't very far from your ears.

3/21/2011 10:41 AM
montag said...

Catch a ride $500. Learn to fly right seat $5000. If I could get them to fly over Rushbo's house and let me use that Norden to drop a couple of 500 lb bombs on him. Priceless.

3/21/2011 7:47 PM
tom said...

Was a passenger in a B17 stunned at how small it was, and it was a giant in it's time...
I bet the B-25 was a helluva lot more fun!@

3/21/2011 10:08 PM
Nangleator said...

A decent computer, a good imagination and IL-2 Sturmovik goes a long way towards sating my warbird lust.

3/22/2011 8:33 AM
Ruckus said...

Tom
Did you get to fly in Aluminum Overcast?
Was a great B17 ride (1999) and yes it was pretty small. It was not as noisy as I expected and the view from the bombardier seat was spectacular. The Norden was still in place. I don't see how anyone could have bombed with any accuracy with that thing. I couldn't focus on anything and the ride was almost glass smooth. But it certainly was not in perfect or even normal condition either.

3/23/2011 12:03 AM
Sarah said...

There are at least 2, probably 4 B-25's in the area as CAF toys. Getting close to one would be quite the political project, so I'm not real tempted by a $5k SIC. Just a little tempted.

3/23/2011 9:01 PM

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