1 posted on
03/26/2006 9:19:16 AM PST by
SandRat
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2 posted on
03/26/2006 9:19:39 AM PST by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Tucson's leftist politics suggest that it should relocate to Massachusetts.
4 posted on
03/26/2006 9:22:16 AM PST by
NaughtiusMaximus
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To: SandRat
A little pricey, but I'd love to get up in one of the B-17's.
And then, I'd add a flight in a P-41 and C-47 to my dream list.
5 posted on
03/26/2006 9:26:09 AM PST by
Cagey
(You don't pay taxes - they take taxes. ~Chris Rock)
To: SandRat
"... There aren't many vintage bombers still airborne, Maher said. The B-24 is the only one still flying, according to the organizers of the two events." That's Uncle Kenny's bird. He posts here. :D
6 posted on
03/26/2006 9:28:46 AM PST by
The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi!)
To: SandRat
If memory serves me correctly, the same happens in Fresno each year (Home of FR).
9 posted on
03/26/2006 9:30:44 AM PST by
Visalia
To: SandRat
In '04 there was an air show at Westover AFB (Massachusetts)
which featured some WWII vintage aircraft.Rides were offered on a B-17 for several hundred dollars (can't recall the exact amount).
To: SandRat
Fuddy Duddy. He was $300 a ride till we lost him... don't know what it costs now or who the new owners are.
14 posted on
03/26/2006 9:36:38 AM PST by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: SandRat
I'd pay it to ride in a B-29 or a B-17. It helps with the upkeep and there aren't a lot of folks my age that have flown in either. I'd definitely get a picture.
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19 posted on
03/26/2006 9:50:02 AM PST by
indcons
(The MSM - Mainstream Slime Merchants)
To: SandRat
Cool!
A ride in a B-25... I could do that.
20 posted on
03/26/2006 9:52:30 AM PST by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: SandRat
My father was a B-17 pilot in WWII. A few years ago, one of these groups did a fly-in at a nearby airport, so my brother and sister and I pooled up to buy him a flight on the B-17 that would be there.
Turned out very well. The folks who were flying the B-17 were really nice to my father, and even let him fly the plane for a while.
It was a good day for my dad, who is now 81.
If you have a father or grandfather who flew in these planes, please consider buying them a flight when one of these groups does a fly-in near you. He'll thank you for it, I guarantee.
21 posted on
03/26/2006 10:05:31 AM PST by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: SandRat; Northern Yankee
22 posted on
03/26/2006 10:08:09 AM PST by
kstewskis
("I don't know what I know, but I know that it's big".....Jerry Fletcher)
To: SandRat
If anyone were to get the chance,they should visit the Confederate American Flyers museum in Midland TX.They have some beautiful restored vintage aircraft,and host a show every year.Their name has been changed for pc reasons.
23 posted on
03/26/2006 10:18:52 AM PST by
xarmydog
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