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:

  1. Nangleator3/21/2011 10:41 AM

    Beautiful image. Enviable hobby.

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

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  2. montag3/21/2011 7:47 PM

    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.

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  3. tom3/21/2011 10:08 PM

    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!@

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  4. Nangleator3/22/2011 8:33 AM

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

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  5. Ruckus3/23/2011 12:03 AM

    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.

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  6. Sarah3/23/2011 9:01 PM

    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.

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