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Warbird Rides?

Poll ended at Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:50 am

I have had a ride (either a thank you, freebie or Paid).
73
92%
I have not had a ride.
2
3%
Heck Yeah! I want a ride!
4
5%
No thanks...I'll stay on the ground.
0
No votes
 
Total votes : 79

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 :D

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. :partyman: 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. :partyman: Ok Brad wasn't the only one who was drunk....Bud was too. :wink:

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
Last edited by 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? :? :wink:

Thanks,
Nathan
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