Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:22 pm
bomberflight wrote:
Four classic warbird rides as a package ?
Pinch me someone ~ I must be dreaming
That would be absolutely amazing. I'd definitely have to get in on that!
Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:51 pm
jpeters wrote:I'm still trying to get the boys and I on a ride. We tried to get on Aluminum Overcast at EAA last summer but the wait was like 6 hours long!
John
WARNING! Obligatory shilling for my hometown team follows:
Yankee Lady may be at Janesville this year (we're tentatively on the schedule, but we've received no "signed contract, set in stone" confirmation) with a significantly shorter than 6 hour wait.
Of course, you could always just swing by Thunder, we'll be selling rides there too.
Keep checking in at http://yankeeairmuseum.org/Airshow.shtml for details.
Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:20 am
With the $ so weak v the £ you might find a few brits on board 
rides at Oskosh
Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:21 am
John and others, unfortaunately EAA got so big they no longer offer B-17 rides at OSH, they bus you or you drive 20 miles north to Appleton, sign up early by phone and get a slot. Don't despair, on site EAA offers rides in Tri motor, helicopters, maybe biplanes, and seaplanes and some ultralight guys do demos in early am or eve in calm winds.
Re: rides at Oskosh
Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:26 am
Bill Greenwood wrote:John and others, unfortaunately EAA got so big they no longer offer B-17 rides at OSH, they bus you or you drive 20 miles north to Appleton, sign up early by phone and get a slot. Don't despair, on site EAA offers rides in Tri motor, helicopters, maybe biplanes, and seaplanes and some ultralight guys do demos in early am or eve in calm winds.
Yeah...I was able to get the kids a ride on one of those Bell helicopters they were operating by the vintage airport. Only had to wait about 30 minutes or so.
John
Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:29 am
Is there anyway these days, for a pilot to get 10 minutes of stick time in a B-17? My Dad flew them and it has always been my dream to do that. I would give larges sums of money and my best dog to be able to do that.
A couple of years ago, I reserved my Dad a flight on the Collings
Foundation B-17 for his Christmas present. When I told him, he said if he couldn't fly it he wasn't interested. He said when he was 19 and 20 years
old he got to fly them all the time and didn't want somebody spending their hard earned money for him to 'ride'.
I know its an insurance issue. Just wondered if it was possible.
Steve G
A couple of years ago, I reserved my Dad a flight on the Collings
Foundation B-17 for his Christmas present. When I told him, he said if he couldn't fly it he wasn't interested. He said when he was 19 and 20 years
old he got to fly them all the time and didn't want somebody spending their hard earned money for him to 'ride'.
I know its an insurance issue. Just wondered if it was possible.
Steve G
Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:17 pm
bipe215 wrote:Is there anyway these days, for a pilot to get 10 minutes of stick time in a B-17? My Dad flew them and it has always been my dream to do that. I would give larges sums of money and my best dog to be able to do that.
A couple of years ago, I reserved my Dad a flight on the Collings
Foundation B-17 for his Christmas present. When I told him, he said if he couldn't fly it he wasn't interested. He said when he was 19 and 20 years
old he got to fly them all the time and didn't want somebody spending their hard earned money for him to 'ride'.
I know its an insurance issue. Just wondered if it was possible.
Steve G
E-mail Larry Gregory at FSFM and ask. Addy is larry@lonestarflight.org.
You won't know unless you ask the right person.