This is the place where the majority of the warbird (aircraft that have survived military service) discussions will take place. Specialized forums may be added in the new future
Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:52 am
My warbird flights (so far):
Beech T-34B Mentor, N99257 (was with NAS Dallas flying club)
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortresses (Chuckie, 9-0-9, Aluminum Overcast)
Waco UPF7 (okay, not a warbird, but it was really, really fun!)
Not a very impressive list compared to most others'. Hopefully, there will be more warbird flights in my future. . .
Cheers!
Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:47 pm
B-17 Thunderbird
B-25 Special Delivery
SBD Dauntless LSFM
P-51 Nervous Energy
Hawker SeaFury, Stu Dawson
T-6
PT-17
Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:00 pm
None taken. I was a thinner person, and it was in Crazy Horse for most of it. I will post some pics.
Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:16 pm
The tally so far .......
B-17's ( Aluminium Overcast / Fuddy Duddy / Nine-O-Nine / Sentimental Journey / Thunderbird / Yankee Lady )
B-25's ( Miss Mitchell / Tondelayo / Yankee Warrior )
B-24J ( Dragon and His Tail and again as Witchcraft )
Lancaster ( Mynarski Memorial )
PBY-5 Catalina ( Killer Cat ~ VP-BPS )
SBD Dauntless ( Lady In Blue ~ CAF Dixie Wing )
P-51D Mustang ( Old Red Nose ~ CAF Dixie Wing )
I'm hoping to "improve" this total at Wings Over Houston
Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:14 pm
~40 rides in C-47s
39 takeoffs and only 1 landing!!!!!
Mark
Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:44 pm
Hmmm,
I have not paid to do any of these, I am thinking that they should be paying me!
WB
C-1A, Many times
HU-16, Many times, twice in the water
T-28, Bummed a ride home
Navions, Many times
C-130 when I was 13
B-17/B-24 Maintenance/taxi runs only
Non WB,
G-IV, LR-35/60, KA 200/350, S-76, Cheyenne-400LS, Beechjet, CL-601, Citation Bravo/XL
Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:45 pm
1. AT-11, "Jaybo" Thurston Hinyub 1985 or so
2. P-38, Lefty Gardner (WOW!) even after 21 years. Oct. '86.
3. Yak 52, Jack Uhl. This summer.
Thanks for the memories,
Pirate Lex
Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:58 pm
Here are the warbirds I've flown in.
B-25,
video, flown in it 2 times.
P-40
T-28
A-1
N3N, 3 times.
All thanks to the Warhawk Air Museum!
Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:30 pm
L-2A (lots logged, duel and solo, 2 different aircraft Amilia Reid Aviation)
B-17 (Fuddy Duddy and 909)
B-24 (twice as Dragon... one of those coming in with #4 craped out, once as Witchcraft)
P-51 (American Beauty, OFM)
TBM-3 (OFM)
HH-1K (1-2 times, OFM)
UH-1H (2-3-4? times, OFM)
L-17 marked Navion (Cascade Warbirds, formation stuff)
C-123 (Cat House, OFM. A couple of very fast taxies up and down the runway with the cargo door open on a dark and rainy night with the tower closed and a bunch of drunk Brits in back.

Very fun.)
Allison V-12 powered tracter pull tracter, driven by a very inebreated Brad Pilgrim. In a ride that almost caused the destruction of 5 Navions and the seviere injury of one Bud Grandly, and did cause me much damage to my hearing.

Ok Brad wasn't the only one who was drunk....Bud was too.
All of those free, except the rented time in the L-2's
Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:55 pm
P-51 Nervous Energy
B-25 Briefing Time
AT-6
DC-3
N3N-3
Stearman
PT-19
B-24 Diamond Lil
B-17 Yankee Lady
TBM-3
Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:15 pm
I've been on a Jolly Green helo doing touch and gos at the Cape, C-141, and C-5 while in the AF. I've been in a '47(?) Piper Cub, and on the back of an ultralight (!) but never in a warbird.
Someday soon, I hope.
B
Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:53 pm
I was in a L-bird as a little kid, don't know which one.
I was in a C-47/DC-3 but it was serving as a Belgian passenger plane (most fun ride in an aircraft to date--we were crabbing sideways in the rain -hitting tree tops. Most Excellent! passengers were crying. Not me. I loved it.
Just helped out with the tour stop of Aluminum Overcast with EAA warbird Sqdn 4. Got to help a bit with a tire change, and pull props thru at dawn. No ride yet but it had very high Cool Factor.
I'm Hooked. Maybe I can get a ride in Tom Bucks TBM Avenger. He's a great guy and flys it all over the area.
Don't just want to ride, I want to FLY ONE. NOW!
Dave
Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:12 pm
P-51, including a couple cross-country's
T-6, several a/c
O-1
Chipmunk
L-13
L-20
Broussard
B-17
H-13
and probably a few other's I've forgotten about
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Hal B on Sat Sep 22, 2007 7:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:26 am
Flew in a Chipmunk as an air cadet ,did aero's over Cambridge ....
Since then flown in RAF types....C130.. lots of hours !!!VC10...TRISTAR ...ANDOVER...CHINNOOK ..GAZELLE did a trip over London to the barrier and then back to Northolt where we buzzed the tower
Would like a ride in a Skyraider though....anyone ..hint hint
Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:46 am
Dang....I haven't never flown in a warbird!
Does an RV-8A count?
Thanks,
Nathan
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