A future warbird pilot.
Mon May 12, 2008 5:21 pm
I was proud today to give a ride today to this very nice young man, a friend of my grand daughter, who will be going to the Air Force Academy in June.
His desire is to fly the F22. His grades and apptitude tests are way above average.
He does understand and appreciate that he got to wiggle the stick of an airplane that warriors before him in a war much different than we are in now also faced the unknown in their military life.
He laughed when I told him that his primary trainer will stall at speeds higher than the PT23's maximum speed.
May he remember today when he is my age.
His desire is to fly the F22. His grades and apptitude tests are way above average.
He does understand and appreciate that he got to wiggle the stick of an airplane that warriors before him in a war much different than we are in now also faced the unknown in their military life.
He laughed when I told him that his primary trainer will stall at speeds higher than the PT23's maximum speed.
May he remember today when he is my age.
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Mon May 12, 2008 6:24 pm
Very cool!
My sister's step-son came down to Salem a few years ago for a Stearman ride with a friend of mine for his first ever airplane ride. I also got him a T-6 ride in a 4-ship formation and a hop with us in the B-25. A few short years later and he's a 1Lt in the Marines flying Ospreys
Now I want my ride
My sister's step-son came down to Salem a few years ago for a Stearman ride with a friend of mine for his first ever airplane ride. I also got him a T-6 ride in a 4-ship formation and a hop with us in the B-25. A few short years later and he's a 1Lt in the Marines flying Ospreys
Now I want my ride
Mon May 12, 2008 9:04 pm
This is why I own warbirds. The shame of it is, fewer and fewer young people are being introduced to warbirds. It's always inspirational to me to see some young persons eyes go wide the first time they get a ride.
Trey Carroll comes to mind. Young people are the reason that there may be warbirds flying in the future.
Trey Carroll comes to mind. Young people are the reason that there may be warbirds flying in the future.
Tue May 13, 2008 3:19 am
Maybe he won't be a pilot but hopefully he will be involved in some way.
My son ,Benjamin aged 9 ,in the cockpit of one of our DC3's, on November 11 last year,just before it took off to do drop some poppies ,that we had loaded, on to a rememberance day parade.
As you say the future, here's to them,lest we forget.
My son ,Benjamin aged 9 ,in the cockpit of one of our DC3's, on November 11 last year,just before it took off to do drop some poppies ,that we had loaded, on to a rememberance day parade.
As you say the future, here's to them,lest we forget.
Tue May 13, 2008 11:00 am
Here's another, so far the only thing she's flown in was a JetRanger.
Tue May 13, 2008 3:02 pm
I'm 17 and am still looking forward to my first warbird ride.... Where is the best place in upstate NY to procure such a thing?
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Tue May 27, 2008 6:43 pm
Very cool!
My sister's step-son came down to Salem a few years ago for a Stearman ride with a friend of mine for his first ever airplane ride. I also got him a T-6 ride in a 4-ship formation and a hop with us in the B-25. A few short years later and he's a 1Lt in the Marines flying Ospreys
Now I want my ride
Here's sister's step-son (my step-nephew??) on his first solo!!! He was tops in his flight class and picked Ospreys.
2Lt Adam Richard USMC VT-2 NAS Whiting Field T-34C first solo 2006