Wheeeeeeeee! Sweet aviation museum!

[Cvrt7.62Ghst]

You guys ever seen a musum like this where they actualy fly!?
http://www.olympicflightmuseum.com/
I know which one I am saving for!  Look what the extra $400 gets you in the P-51!

[Meinas]

That was the first thing I went to


"Tax-deductible donation:  $600.00.  For an additional $400.00, you will have the exclusive opportunity to pilot this famous fighter, a true once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

lets see, if I cancel my car insurance for a few months.....I might be able to save up enough.....

[BFMF]

There was a non profit group who flew their B-24 & B-17 into the area to put on display. For a small fee, you could get close, and walk through them. It was a blast, but i'm sure I annoyed the mechanic who was working on the B-17 cockpit by begging to sit at the controlls

I almost went for the ride, I just didn't have the money on me at the time

[N505AF]

I have a chance to go help restore a f-89 Scorpion but I dont think im going to have the time to do it.  It would be a chance of a life time.

[Cvrt7.62Ghst]

[quote]I have a chance to go help restore a f-89 Scorpion but I dont think im going to have the time to do it.

[Hagar]

[quote]I have a chance to go help restore a f-89 Scorpion but I dont think im going to have the time to do it.

[Jared]

If you really want to do something - make the time, even if it's on a limited basis. Opportunity rarely knocks more than once. Either grab it with both hands & go for it or miss out & regret it for ever. In my experience this applies to everything in life.

Words to live by Hagar, words to live by...;-)

[Felix/FFDS]

Kermit Week's Fantasy of Flight in Polk COunty, FL...  Museum and restoration facility.

Kissimmee Warbird Museum in Kissimmee, FL - become a member, and you can get tapped for a free flight in one of the two B-25s based there.  It's more of a working restoration facility than a "museum", but quite a number of projects.

At Kissimmee, you also have Warbird Adventures - rides on T-6/SNJ, plus also one of the top P-51 Restoration facilities (and yes, you can get a ride on a TP-51)

[Wing Nut]

The museum in Fargo, North Dakota has only about 10 airplanes, but they are all flyable, and all superior examples.

[Jared]

[quote]The museum in Fargo, North Dakota has only about 10 airplanes, but they are all flyable, and all superior examples.

[Wing Nut]

Unfortunately, I live in Chicago and am unlikely to ever make it back that way again.

[N505AF]

I would really like to go an work on that A/C but the Airforce takes up most of my time. If I do go work on it I will take lots of pic's for everone...

If you really want to do something - make the time, even if it's on a limited basis. Opportunity rarely knocks more than once. Either grab it with both hands & go for it or miss out & regret it for ever. In my experience this applies to everything in life.

[The Ruptured Duck]

yes go to the american air power heritage flight museum.  Run by the CAF, it houses all of the aircraft in the CAF fleet.  when i went with my uncle who is the pilot of the B-29, and B-24, they had both planes there, and I got to wash them both! haha, i got to work my ass off in 105deg heat, getting oil stains, and bumping my head alot!(now that i think about it, its really not supposed to be fun)

[Jared]

[quote]yes go to the american air power heritage flight museum.

[Cvrt7.62Ghst]

I would love to buy an old B-29 and restore it to original flight condition...make it the second flying one in the world...:-)

You can get an F-86 out of the boneyards for less than $60K. It would be a lot faster than a B-29, cheaper too.............