Robert,
I doubt this will stop you...
8 years ago (around Father's Day) there was a P-51 in Fayetteville, Arkansas
(where I was living at the time) for a couple of days that was rigged up
with a second seat located behind the pilot's seat. My dad has always been
a huge P-51 fan, so as a Father's Day gift, I bought him a ride in the P-51.
If I remember correctly, it was $150 for a 15-20 minute ride. It seemed
like a heck of a bargain to me. How many chances does one get to fly in a
P-51?
Anyway, while I was talking to the pilot after my dad's flight, he snuck
into the hanger and bought me one of the two remaining available rides! The
experience was unbelievable! We did a couple of high speed low altitude
passes over the runway and some stalls and rolls. Looking *up* through the
bubble canopy at the ground was incredible!
Go for it!
Kurtis Jones
Russellville, Arkansas
1963 TR4 - CT19389L
1959 AH Bugeye - AN5L23250
www.geocities.com/tr4_1963
> Next Wednesday, the B17 and B24 that fly out of Connecticut will land
> about
> 2 miles from my house at War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa Airport. For
> $400 bucks I can get a 30 minute ride on either plane.
>
> Anybody done this? Worth it? The 30 minutes is start up to stop, and
> after
> gaining altitude and leveling out, passengers are allowed to move about
> the
> plane to sample each manned point, with the exception of the pilots seat
> I
> assume.
>
> Since I am in the middle of trying to get both the TR4 and the Midget back
> on the road for Spring, I'd have to tap savings for this. Somebody stop
> me!!!!!!
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